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Modelling => Ideas & Inspiration => Land => Topic started by: raafif on March 09, 2012, 12:26:50 PM

Title: Whif Construction Vehicles
Post by: raafif on March 09, 2012, 12:26:50 PM

Here's a few of the ideas from Mr. Jacque Fresco,
           co-founder of Revell Plastics, aircraft & space-station engineer, Futurist & Socio-cyber-engineer -- founder of "The Venus Project".
All these are buildable with 1970s technology.

Nuclear-powered Robotic Laser canal-digger
(http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s34/hobgrot/f1.jpg)

Constructors for high-rise "pod-housing" & a mini nuclear-reactor
(http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s34/hobgrot/f2.jpg)

Title: Re: Whif Construction Vehicles
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 09, 2012, 02:05:28 PM

I love these sort of concept...

Title: Re: Whif Construction Vehicles
Post by: Wulf on March 09, 2012, 02:47:55 PM

very gerry anderson.....looks like they should be be in an episode of thunderbirds

Title: Re: Whif Construction Vehicles
Post by: Daryl J. on March 14, 2012, 06:38:37 AM

Wasn't there a Fairey Rotodyne converted to a crane in Seattle's Modelfy category a decade or so ago?   Painted red if I recall correctly.   

Title: Re: Whif Construction Vehicles
Post by: raafif on April 05, 2012, 12:45:22 PM

(http://static.hlj.com/images/rev/rev7812.jpg)

The Teracuriser was originally to tow/launch the Mace missile but was also used as a transporter at the U.S. Antarctic base.
http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2009/03/10/march-military-campaign-antarctica-1962-and-1963/ (http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2009/03/10/march-military-campaign-antarctica-1962-and-1963/)
http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/category/service-vehicles/page/32/ (http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/category/service-vehicles/page/32/)

At the bottom of this page are a few photos of the Teracruiser Dump-truck (a civilian conversion) used in construction in the Netherlands ...
http://www.mace-b.com/38TMW/Missiles/MM-1.htm (http://www.mace-b.com/38TMW/Missiles/MM-1.htm)