Counterpunch wrote:Narc wrote:Seeing that mock-up with classics Optimus made me realize that there seems to be little to no articulation between the cab and trailer. It just seems to sit far too forward and almost flush with the cab. I wish there was some provision for it to swing a bit to either side.
That's because the mock-up is inaccurate.
G1 Prime didn't pull his trailer that closely to the cab...no semi does.
I beg to differ; not always:
I based
my estimation of how Prime would pull the trailer on the position of the "side skirting" and rear wheels of the trailer; I don't see why it would be positioned and shaped as it is if it were not meant to almost meet the "ground effects" on the cab in the same fashion as the City Commander.
Do you have access to information that would suggest otherwise, or are you also "eyeballing" it?
There's a basic engineering problem with having an articulated trailer for the Classics Op mold; unless you have a connection point that's really far back on the cab (like on the BT trailer), the trailer hits the "knees" on the cab when you try to turn. The only other possibility is to make the trailer high enough up to clear the "knees", which would lead to it looking awkward as well. I wager that FansProject is not going to go either route.
It's quite possible that the attachment point may be slightly further back on the tractor than it is in my mock-up, but I'm going to guess it will turn slightly if at all.
Counterpunch wrote:Magus was the way it was because there ARE some care carriers that do that.
The City Commander trailer is NOT a car carrier, so I'm not sure that wil have any bearing on things.