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Idea Crunching
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Mon, 6 Dec 2004 19:40:20 GMT
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Okay,
Paul Baulch has a well documented distaste of the use of wheels as engines. And
at first I thought he was crazy, but then, the more I hear his words in my head,
the more I think he’s right. They are somewhat un-LEGO-y, not to mention easy
and over-used.
So I was hoping to mine the forum for some ideas on how to achieve cool engines
without resorting to space wheels, specifically in relation to building large
ships and shuttles (not dinky fighters ;) ).
I had one good idea with the
Kushinata, but the
result didn’t look 100% engine to me, so I added the transorange bit and then it
ended up looking more like a giant Bot head.
So, anyone have any cool ideas and/or thoughts on this dilema?
-Lenny
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| (...) Interesting topic. I've always felt the same about wheels as engines. I've only seen them used a few times really well. Chris Giddens seems to be able to weild them (URL) decently> in a PCS manner, mostly because they are often countersunk (...) (20 years ago, 6-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) There's always the equally trite barrels! ;) I've used barrels and wheels myself before, but have been trying to move away from that. I've tried some things using large dishes built into stuff, and with central protrubrances, and no trans (...) (20 years ago, 6-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) I personally have used Lego wheels (LoM) as a fighter engine once, and in that case I thought the Wheels worked excellently as an engine. Having said that though I agree with Paul and now you Lenny that they are over used. (...) Pods. Gil's (...) (20 years ago, 6-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) I'm not sure about making it look better or worse (might be worse than wheels), but how about Bionicle canister tops? I know they've been meshed with regular Lego by several people, dunno if I've ever seen 'em used as engines, though. Plus (...) (20 years ago, 6-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) Often yes. But at the same time, don't let somebody else's idea root itself needlessly. And it doesn't sound like you've done that, but at least consider whether it's your style or not, and why. When a wheel is the perfect part, regardless of (...) (20 years ago, 7-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) I thought I only said that once. And in haste, which I sort of regretted at the time. They can look OK, I guess my main beef with them is that they're a big cop-out on the modelling challenge side of things. I mean, many of us amass a large (...) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| *pops out of the blue that is my laziness* One thing I've always had trouble with is getting a large enough nozzle for the engine. I use "fusion engines" with my stuff, but I can never seem to get that "tunnel into the darkness" and "there's a big (...) (20 years ago, 9-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) I use wheels for engines all the time, so maybe I'm a little defensive, but I agree with Gil that they work better when they are countersunk into a housing. I think the wheel-engine on the Quasar was less than satisfying because it stuck out (...) (20 years ago, 10-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
| | | Re: Idea Crunching: Engines
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| (...) I've compiled a folder of engine pictures, including those mentioned in this thread. (URL) Engine Inspiratation> If you know of a good addition, email me. ~Kevoh (20 years ago, 11-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) I use wheels quite often for engines, but usually mix them in with other cylinder-like pieces. I'm also quite proud of some of my housings around the engines, particularly with boat hulls, as in here: (URL) and here: (URL) second has another (...) (20 years ago, 12-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) I had a design with directional flaps once. This meant that theoretically, one engine could be use for all sorts of directions, or that was the idea. Unfortunately, I made it shortly after the civilian MOC contest, and I've scrapped it (...) (20 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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