ER0L
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Thank you, glad you like the cars. To be honest I am too busy with the slot car thing at the moment that's long overdue - there's no time left to make detailed photographs of all of the vintage cars right now. Anyway LDD might not take all the techniques used here. What I can do is take some pics of the truck which is used as a slot car anyway. It's quite easy to build and has no illegal techniques. Meanwhile this may help (actual pic of the truck with new tires to make it slottable): My only request would be that if you really produce an LDD file of it is to make it available for all.
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Nice layout! I really like the idea of having one large open space in the middle surrounded by the buildings so that everything can be seen properly. That's something to think about.
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Very nice, I especially like its playability.
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Thank you! Glad you like it. It's the 7w scheme that allows this. Thank you! As you have put it: compromises, compromises ... In fact the pin system has so many advantages over the strings that we don't even think about them any more. You'll even be able to push a vehicle out of a garage and let it merge into the traffic ... some day ... hopefully.
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Great stuff again, reminds me of the cast-iron facades in SoHo. The shop front works very well in white, too. The design of the entrance at the right (with the staircase) is maybe my favourite aspect of the facade. And I like the way the cupcakes are displayed in the shop window.
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Great stuff, I especially love your interior design.
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It's all great, but the lettering really stands out. Is there a special alphabet you're using? Looks very professional.
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Great shaping, I really love the SNOT work!
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There are buildings with that technique, e.g. this one. That's a victorian house designed by fbmodels.
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Thank you! Let's call it "larger town scale" but it still works with the modulars. In fact the Ecto is being reworked since its frame is too weak to use it as a slot vehicle - which will be quite important in the future city. But there are some improvements already - hopefully you'll see it going around in the city soon.
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Thank you. There are quite a few vehicles with douple panes as a windscreen but maybe not slanted like this. Many thanks all for commenting and viewing!
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This can be done with pliers. You avoid that ugly profile that rather belongs to off-road vehicles.
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Thank you. Glad you like it. Thanks. Yeah, that's the most important thing. Thanks a lot. Thank you. In fact it's much easier to build appropriate 7w cars than 6w cars, especially when figs are involved. Thanks a lot.
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Hi all, some of you may have seen the underfloor of this car already. It has been built as a slot car from scratch, that's why it's the most stable slot car we have so far. Some facts: 7 studs wide. Fits 3 whole minifigs, even 4, when omitting the rear windows. To my own surprise it is possible to seat 2 figs side by side even in such a setup which increases the possibilities very much. Don't know why I haven't tried this before ... The car has the usual slot car chassis with moveable rear and steerable front axle, see www.flickr.com/photos/er0l/10383446935/. Windscreen see www.flickr.com/photos/er0l/11066311676/ Credits: Misterzumbi (www.flickr.com/photos/47504763@N05/6967047801/) Henrik Hoexbroe (www.flickr.com/photos/hxmiesa/7222860256/) Rear: Four passengers: On a trip in NYC: Here you can find a video of the Checker moving. It was filmed during an endurance test with the Checker driving nearly a kilometre. C&c welcome as usual, thanks for looking.
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Well, now there are at least two great 1970 Chargers in minifig scale worth knowing: yours and derjoe's. I love the overall shape, especially the rear part. A good idea to lift the whole thing at the rear, adds a lot to the shape. While I am not too fond of that kind of windscreen I must admit that it has some advantages. One suggestion: Have you ever tried to turn those tires inside out? Might be working on a muscle car like this.
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Glad you like them. Sure: http://www.bricklink...m.asp?P=132-old Thank you! I must admit I had no idea what that means, but the Urban Dictionary helped me with that. Thank you, glad you like them!
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Great! I especially love the details like the traffic lights on the strings (could we get some more detailed pics of that?) and the shape of the railroad embankment. A hint: If you grab the complete BBcode on Flickr (not only the static picture link) we can get to your account and see if there are more pics ...
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No problem. That was my guess since I knew you'd be interested in the subject ...
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Many thanks Henrik! Another update which is quite important since we've changed the slot car design. Now it looks like this: This combination has quite a few advantages compared to the string solution: You can add and take away cars from the slot ad libitum. The directional stability of the cars is much better. There's nothing lifting the chain any more which runs smoother now. On the other hand turning doesn't look quite as good since there is no delay effect like with the string. Maybe modifying the guide rollers will help a bit. However we think that this setup can be transformed into a larger layout now. All this takes much longer than we have thought but the main problems seem to be solved (there are still quite a few ... ). A - very short - video of the turning car you can find here. Many thanks for looking.
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Looks very nice, well done! Self steering seems to be the vogue ... The mudguard parts you use are very suitable for that purpose - there's enough room for the turning wheels yet the looks are nice. I must try something with them, too. Keep it up!
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Great vehicle, the presentation is very nice, too. As a crash tender, 8w is a very suitable scale, I guess (although it will be quite hard to find a plane that can go with it ... ) I especially like the shaping of the front and that it fits 4 figs. The details, especially that water cannon, are very nice, too. The whole thing looks very playable. Keep it up!
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Another update: Some technical bits of the vehicles used on our car system. Here you can see the chassis of the already known school bus (more pics and info here): It's driven by an M-motor with worm screw. Front wheels are self-steering - you get an "Ackermann" steering geometry by nature which reduces the friction when turning. The front axle is pivoting since the slot roads are quite uneven. Otherwise the front wheels wouldn't spin nor steer properly. With the 9V box you can easily switch the motor on and off from underneath and quickly change the battery. An adapter cable is needed for that, of course. This is the chassis of a (cable) car built for the slot from scratch: Maybe you can guess the type of car from the color, if not, you may take a look here. As you can see, the front wheels are again self-steering, some small devices keep them from touching the body of the car when turning. The rear axle is movable here so that all wheels keep spinning permanently. That's about it so far, thanks for looking. More to come soon!
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I like both of them, I must say. Now, since the first one seems to be based on the Impala design scheme, some words on this one. I like the idea of turning the design into something more lively, the Impala (which is meant to be a car of the Sixties, of course, not of the Fifties like your version) has quite a sober design: Plus it's nice to have doors and to fit in four people - that's one more than the Impala. On the other hand, two aspects could be optimized in my opinion: The front bumper doesn't fit its purpose like this, it's much too far recessed. And then there's an issue with the height of the windscreen. Under no circumstances a windscreen on a car of that time can be that tall. We all know that there is no suitable part for that, so we must think of something else. Setting it down like on the Impala will not work here because of the doors, but maybe something like this helps: That's quite exactly a 6w low windscreen which might look a bit strange like this, but not any more when built in and slanted. Last, not least: You might want to change the tires - they definitely don't work on a car like this. Anyhow, great job on this, looking forward to further stylish vehicles from you!
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Thank you. Guess somebody else will have to do that ... ;-) Many thanks. Otto is a nice idea, will there be an Otto with the Simpsons range? Perhaps the bus would drive on a Scalextric track, but that would be quite a boring race, I guess. Loops might be difficult for it, too. To be serious we didn't think of combining Lego with Scalextric or something. Our aim is to do it with Lego and nothing else, as good as it can get. Car races would be nice (and perhaps even possible with slotted SNOT roads) but we rather want to have a more lively city with moving vehicles in it.
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Haha, that's a great idea, too. Obviously quite scary!
