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For the wheels for the conveyor belts, I would look at flanged pulleys or gears like so:
http://www.brewertensioner.com/fbfpcastiron.html
Obviously these are all too big, but that's the general idea. I know I've seen tiny plastic flanged gears, but I can't seem to find any online. Worst case (or best, depending), maybe find someone with a lathe that might be willing to make you some?
Model tank track wheels?Quote:
Originally Posted by artoodeeto
small lego gears and chains?
16t gear is the smallest that will take the chain, 2 gears on RH side
and these links for a conveyor? (on left)
thanks guys! I'll look at this in more detail on Sunday (going to be out of town the next couple days). If anyone else has any ideas in the meantime, feel free to toss out suggestions! My modus operandi on this has been spend all kinds of time and $$ figuring out all the ways that my ideas WON'T work LOL :D I'd like to break that streak...
Here's the promised comparison shots. I didn't have similar photos of all 3 in every instance; but for each set I put the original one first, then the 2nd, then the 3rd.
All shots of the 3rd crawler were taken today, April 26 2010. All photos of the second crawler were taken August 3, 2006. All photos of the original crawler were taken February 3, 2002.
I looked through my photos of the two older ones, and tried to duplicate the angles when I took the photos of the 3rd one. The photos of the 1st are a bit grainy (didn't have a good camera back then), the 2nd is the one totally lacking detail, and by this point in the log you'll know which one is the 3rd :). Enjoy!
Nice. It's cool seeing a direct comparison like that; I think the most striking improvement is in in the rear engine section. :D
yeah, that's definitely the most-changed area in appearance. Other, more subtle, things to look at are the angles of the sides (they're very slanted on the earlier ones, and straighter on the new one), number of EXTERIOR visible lights (9 in the first one, 12 in the second, and 35 in the 3rd, 20 of which are in the cockpit; the 3rd has 150 lights overall), total lack of interior cockpit detail on the first two, total lack of logical panel placement on the sides/top of the first two, super messy computer in the first two, etc etc. Incidentally, in that last pic, the droid suction tube was re-used from the 2nd model... :)
^ What x88x said :), Great stuff artoo :up:.
that actually might be the way to go....cheap and it's lego! I like the way the track looks too, I'll have to check out what sizes are available.Quote:
Originally Posted by SXRguyinMA
thanks guys! and just wait til I do the model building on the inside...it's gonna get to a whole new level of awesome :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Waynio
:banana: I look forward to that :D :up:.
