DanFraser

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  1. DanFraser

    What got you into lego trains!

    DanFraser replied to Electricsteam's topic in LEGO Train Tech

    I used to stare at 4558 and its club car like crazy when I was young even when I had transferred to Technic as my Lego interest. Over the last few years I have been buying the odd Technic set (I lost all of my original Lego) such as 8275, 42009, 42030. Then my kids noticed. First came 60052. Then 60051 and 60057. Then I had a fair bit of money come and added 60050, 60098 and 10218. The kids go mental about it, the eldest tries to build them. She's 5, and the only thing stopping her from doing any of it is lack of belief and maybe 'boredom'.
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    8 wheels, 4 axles, 2 decks, 1 bus

    DanFraser replied to GMC1987's topic in LEGO Town

    Images work for me. Is it nuclear powered?
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    Review Review: 60057 Camper Van

    DanFraser replied to Rufus's topic in LEGO Town

    This bugged me like crazy. LDD (and then bricklink) to the rescue!
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    Definitely a technic figure leg.
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    Too young for trains?

    DanFraser replied to Legotom's topic in LEGO Train Tech

    I've been experimenting with Lego with my 5 year old daughter and my 3 year old son. I am a little bit of Will Ferrell because they are mine (!). To be fair I don't think my kids are old enough to be let loose with Lego because they have tidiness issues, many things get lost. But... Both have proven they can follow 60052's instructions to build the green van and my son did the forklift and my daughter did the book for the wheelbarrow carriage. I did have to use encouragement and careful guidance so that they do it themselves. My son has some behaviour issues but Lego is a great motivator for him. Right now he knows me and him might be doing something later but he doesn't know it's probably buying 60051 or 60098.
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    MOC - 60051 Club Car and Extended Car

    DanFraser replied to frogstudio's topic in LEGO Train Tech

    Dragging up this topic, but I've built all of these cars in LDD and extended the cabs (?) by 4 studs to have long cabs. It looks amazing in a long version, just need to save up now! Edit: Added the picture.
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    *sheepish* Yeah the gears on the LAs should both face inwards.
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    This is my next purchase. Don't think I can afford 8043, 8110 and then this!
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    8275 was my dark age ender in 2008. Now I've got 8294, 9396, 42009, 42008 and 42030. In that order.
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    My girlfriend again has got a decent deal. 42030 boxed and complete (but built once so not MISB) for £125.
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    It's because the physical width of a brick of 1 stud is 7.8, but there is a 0.2mm gap between brisk stacked together. 7.8 x 2 = 15.6 but as that gap and its 15.8.
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    15... 15...!?
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    As I see it, the four lift the whole thing, and possibly more.
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    So that needs building as well then!
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    Does this have a support vehicle to carry the extra bits like the counterweights? (I know I'm opening up a huge can of worms here)
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    It's not, no. This boom is just a modification of the original. It's a lot better still.
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    He has one of the 12 tooth bevel gears on the top of one of the outrigger modules the wrong way. Where it connects to all the axles with the 8 tooth gears through one of those pin connector things that holds gears at a right angle.
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    So when shall we expect the instructions? :P
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    You need beams with the holes placed vertically on the top. Start off with one (or two for symmetry) across the top from the grey frame piece to the yellow pieces on top of the black double pin with hole connector between the curved frames. This will need to be reinforced further back, maybe all the way down.
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    Damn, wish I had the money to buy it again! I'd love to have this and the B model done at the same time.
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    Could be a bit more work than one would expect. The slope of the front and rear windows needs to probably double, the side skirts are waaay too angular at the wheels and those bucket seats need replacing with little folding seats. The snotting needed could be crazy, who's up for the challenge?
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    Tracked dumper

    DanFraser replied to Alasdair Ryan's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling

    8294 B model.
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    Lego rendering

    DanFraser replied to matt_one's topic in Digital LEGO: Tools, Techniques, and Projects

    But weirdly the CGI was done in 4:3 and the actor group shots were as well so there's lots of empty space at the sides...!
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    That section you're adding on will be built incorrectly somewhere. Rewind and try that group again because it shouldn't be making contact with the gear.
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    This would be a great item to make. The black part of the 'shock' should be joined to the hub and the yellow part should cap with an axle cross hole going vertically. Having it this way allows for custom lengths of the shock.