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Re: Problems with set 10124 Wright Flyer
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lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego
Date: 
Thu, 11 Dec 2003 23:54:06 GMT
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"Douglas R. Clark" <drclark@cinenet.net> writes:
My main problem was with the wings.  It was like the large tile-plates (this
<http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/6205 piece>) that made up the wings just did
not want to stick together.  As I assembled the wings they also wanted to take
on a significant droop.  If I tried to flatten the droop out, the wings would
basically disintegrate.[...]

FYI, the model is of an aircraft whose wings had significant droop.
That may have been intentional.

--Bill.

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William R Ward            bill@wards.net          http://www.wards.net/~bill/
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  Quality issues with part #6205 (was: Problems with set 10124 Wright Flyer)
 
(...) I understand that the droop may by intentional or an inevitable result of gravity on a structure that large & thin. However, the issues I mentioned with the 6x16 tiles futher down in the post cannot, in my opinion, be intentional. When the (...) (20 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)

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  Problems with set 10124 Wright Flyer
 
Hello, I purchased set 10124 and assembled it over the weekend. Like some of the other comments I read here on lugnet, I found the model to be very flimsy and difficult to assemble. My main problem was with the wings. It was like the large (...) (20 years ago, 9-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX) ! 

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