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  1. allanp
    Yeah, I think that would be a good size. I think you could also finally introduce ball bearings into it, all plastic of course and assembled by the customer.
  2. allanp
    I just used microsoft paint and used some screen grabs of indidual parts from mlcad as starting points. Thanks I didn't think the colours were right for my avatar so I altered them in a free program called gimp.
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    Looked like a moving experience for the both of them!
  4. allanp
    Automatic cheese grater would be a cool challenge.
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    They are the most functional outriggers to date for sure, I think what Mr Mull was getting at (correct me if i'm wrong David) is that, as good as they are, that's really the only new thing this crane adds to the many cranes of the past, so hardley worth spending over $200.
  6. allanp
    Aaaaaaah, there's nothing like a nice hot bath, bubbles, a good read, a few candles, and some noisey, whiney motors to relax! Haha, seriously tho your machines work really well and welcome to Eurobricks.
  7. allanp
    I think it kinda has to be yellow (still hate the crane BTW ) because that's what most kids instantly recognize as being a crane, although the others mentioned would be better after so many yellow sets.
  8. allanp
    Yeah, you could still have the wires it was just kind of a sketch to show you the rings. I think having two layers would increase the iternal complexity and manufacturing costs quite significantly. Already the simple two channel design I posted could be as much as a motor. It would help to know what kind of price point you were looking to keep to. Keeping the contacts clean is a big issue because it is not a totally sealed unit. Hopefully the action of the contacts rubbing will help a bit.
  9. allanp
    Oh alright then
  10. allanp
    I think it would be possible to get 2 channels on a small enough scale by having 8 rings on a printed circuit board on the bottom half and 8 pickups on a small board on the top half. It would probably be as much as a pf motor so not too much but out of all the new parts they could make i'm not sure if this would bring the greatest benefit. Would be pretty useful tho. Edit:
  11. allanp
    Nice way to get the compound movement of the door hinge
  12. allanp
    That's what many of us have said, Blakbird invented the prase "colour vomit" to describe the out of place use of colour. Not sure if he meant to include pins in that but I do! If you are going to post a picture to show that more yellow would not be unrealistic, try using a picture that has more yellow in it!
  13. allanp
    Unimog is best, end of!
  14. allanp
    Can you hear the motor trying to move or is it just completely lifeless? I use these motors more often than any other and found them to be very reliable. The only problrms i've had have been caused by slight corrosion on the electrical contact. So make sure these are nice and clean.
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    You just have to do what makes you happy. All of it makes us happy so it's all good! If you have too many things to choose from on your plate that makes you happy, then that's a good problem to have and just requires some time management. Maybe alternate, one week you work on technicopdia, the next week you work on MOCs. Might even help to keep the hobby fresh for you. There is a case for skipping the computer renders of the entire models in technicopedia, as they usually get a prolonged glance from the reader which is not much for the amount of work that goes into them. However, as far as I know you have done renders for most of the models already, if so it would be a shame stop using them halfway through. My favorite parts are the renders of the internal mechanisms. Maybe you could skip the less interesting ones where a photo shows all there is to see. I bet it made you smile when you did this render: This got more than a prolonged glance from me, it was my screen saver for ages, with all the icons placed round it so as to not obscure the view!
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    Yeah, we could call it technicopedia......oh wait! Once Erics masterpiece is finished there really won't be much to add besides box pictures and TV ads, but even then, that's only promotional stuff and not much to do with the model itself.
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    It all depends where you draw the line. Right off the bat you are building with plastic which is not authentic. There are no proper bearings or working combustion engines so nothing made from lego can be completely realistic. Compromises have to be made. I think the MOCs with some of the least compromises made would be those made by nicjasno. However to achieve that he has cut and glued parts all over the place, don't look if you are a purist. As for sets, I think the closest would probably be the unimog. It's one of my top 4 all time favorite sets however there are somethings that are not realistic, excluding such things needed to make it an affordable toy like being made of plastic and using compressed air instead of oil. These include things like the outriggers and the turntable being linkage and 100% gear driven respectively, and having no gear shifting transmission. It may be a never ending struggle for perfection, but you can get alot closer to it than even the unimog and you'll learn enough along the way to make it always worth trying. As for losing charge, you would be best to contact Lego for that information, normally batteries can have about 500-1000 charge cycles in them before being useless, but they can vary quite alot.
  18. allanp
    Not really, the standard ones slide pretty easily, some easier than others. Having said that i'm always impressed at how he can come so close from just a few images.
  19. allanp
    Yeah, they would have to be linked via a linkage rather than gears and I wasn't sure if it would be all that easy or necesary at this scale anyway.
  20. allanp
    It's a refrence from the movie Spinal Tap. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbVKWCpNFhY
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    I think the term manual is being used here to define a function that has no mechanism to move it whatsoever, so in the case of 8421 only the slewing is manual. I have started to build my own 5 axle crane in the same scale. It will have all round suspention, 8 wheel drive and 8 wheel steer. It will be difficult and tight but from early testing it'll fit and be close to the real thing, nothing will be manual. Longer cylinders and better valves?, you can put your house i'll comment on that . Unimog tyres? That would be VERY expensive as you say, thankfully not needed unless they finally decide to make a UCS technic set.
  22. allanp
    I suppose some extra support wheel could have also helped.
  23. allanp
    Or the method I suggested earlier. It was indeed lazy to not motorise this function on a set that supposedly goes up to 11
  24. allanp
    I think you got the quotes the wrong way round, but your right, I didn't manage to stay on topic for very long did I?
  25. allanp
    What about a car that does have a steering wheel but it isn't connected to anything, it just spins without doing anything
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