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Just to prove the pistons are actually in there,
here they are. All six of them right in a row. Talk about a tight
fit! For a while I weighed my options - 4 cylinder truck with working
pistons or 6 cylinder without working pistons. I didn’t like
either option. So I continued to work. It did pay off, I fit all
6 in there. To do it, I left barely enough room in the front for
my belts and fan, and had to cut back into the cabin a little. But
the results look great.
You can also get a
good view of the steering system in this picture. The steering for
this guy was a complicated matter. If you notice the wheel wells,
they are the large arch pieces. They make a great wheel well for
the large tires, but with the normal Lego steering systems the wheels
are incorrectly positioned. Basically the hole in the beams needs
to be under a bump, not between them. I had to create a system where
the wheels were mounted so the middle of the tire is positioned
with a bump. It turned out to be a more complex system than I first
planned.
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