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REALLY large models
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lugnet.space
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Mon, 2 Oct 2000 01:56:51 GMT
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moulton@%stopspam%hscis.net
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Okay my next project (which I estimate to take at least a year or two
to complete) will be a Star Trek Voyager type ship...minifig scale.
Now I already know how I'll build the decks, turbolift, shuttle bay,
etc. The problem is I'm wondering about stability. Now I know that
because the saucer section will be around 10 base plates long I am
going to have to use superglue to help keep the whole thing together.
Basically each deck is going to be super glued, but then each deck
will be sectional. So without the decks you'll be able to see the
turbolift shaft and the bottom deck section. All the other decks will
be stacked on top to make up the saucer. I also know that I'm going
to have to make the rear of the ship VERY heavy in order to keep the
ship from tipping forward on the saucer section. What I really don't
know is how well a ship of this size will stay together. Has anyone
had experience making something this big? How well does the glue hold
things together? So far the biggest ship I've made is the Behemoth
witch just under 3 road plates long and about two wide at it's maximum
width. I did make the Behemoth completely sectional and it holds up
okay but any bigger and I'm sure it wouldn't hold together if I picked
it up. The other thing I'm wondering about is what sorts of methods
have people used to make such ships sectional. So far I've mainly
always used the male/female locking pieces like the original 6985
Cosmic Fleet Voyager uses. Any ideas or suggestions would be GREATLY
appreciated. Thanks! : )
-Matthew
-http://members.hscis.net/~moulton/
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: REALLY large models
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| If you're willing to glue your Lego together for one-shot building projects (no redesign or recycling allowed!), I'm sure plastic cement would do well. I kind of enjoy the challenge of just using Lego natively to build strong structures, although (...) (24 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.space)
| | | Re: REALLY large models
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| "Matthew" <moulton@hscis.net> wrote in message news:39d7eb42.107890...net.com... (...) about 320 studs long? And then when you add on the rear it will probably be about 600 studs long total right? Man my whole ship is only about 300 studs long. Well (...) (24 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.space)
| | | Re: REALLY large models
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| Wow ! 300 studs long is rather large. I'm roughly half finished with my star destoyer which is about 200 studs long. I've found that if you can arrange it such that you build an interlocking skeletal structure from 1x6's and 1x4's (most prevalent (...) (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.space)
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