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Re: Where are the carriers?
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Sat, 4 Dec 1999 19:39:53 GMT
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Jon Palmer wrote:
> Patrick Justison wrote in message ...
> > I'm planning on doing a couple of carriers in microfig scale. And a large
> > blacktron landing craft. Doing a carrier in minifig scale is unrealistic.
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> I also thought about making tons of tiny drone fighters kinda inspired
> by SC and the Episode 1--which I saw again tonight : ) --droid fighters. In
> this senario the ship, even though its not capital ship/carrier sized, (its
> about 210 studs long now putting it a little over twice the millenium
> falcon's length --to scale--I think..) would probably be plenty big or have
> plenty of room for some fighters. I mean if they weren't filled with mini
> figs you could make them real small and practically cram your bays full of
> them. Wow that would be fun.
Yeah, space management is always nuts in large ships--although I haven't built
any over 100 studs yet (I save the truly giant sizes for the 300-stud WWI
surface ships)--and somehow the fact that a wall needs to be a brick wide
consterns me. :)
The problem I've run into with large ships is--and correct me if you've found a
way around this--"sag." It seems that if I want to make them with bay doors,
opening panels to view the interior, or anything resembling amenities, it
weakens the outer structure so much that they creak and sag when lifted. 76
studs is the longest I've managed to make a ship without having to give up
liftability, "whoosh"ability, and retractable landing gear that can actually
support the ship's mass without collapsing. That's my biggest problem with
truly enormous ships, but there are others:
1) The "Box" Phenomenon: It's very hard to get away from making a ship that
looks like a giant box. Mike Petrucelli did a good job (look back a bit in the
threads, a week or so)--basically a wedge, but with variances in just the right
spots.
2) The "Rainbow Warrior" Phenomenon: The name says it all. We're oot of
bricks, keptain! Time to use the yellow, red, and green...
3) Related to 2), the "Not Enough Bricks for Furniture" Phenomenon. Again,
self-explanatory.
Any other "arghs" I missed?
> Must...finish..ship. At least before episode 2 comes out ; )
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> Jon "Up with giant lego spaceships" Palmer
I'm still dying to see this Battlefleet Gothic creation coming up. You'd better
get us pictures! Maybe I'll have to go back to the 13th century to get viable,
strong designs for the 23d century...but naves and galleries on a starship
definitely look good.
best,
Lindsay
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| (...) found a (...) doors, (...) 76 (...) actually (...) Oh don't get me wrong, my ship aint whooshin' anywhere. Sorry Todd. ; )The technique i used in construction (of the 75 stud section) was to make 4 big identical rings which have the general (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| Patrick Justison wrote in message ... (...) Why is doing a carrier (pieces willing) in mini fig scale unrealistic? I should have ample space for about 8 small fighters (about A wing sized) in my ship when its done-- maybe more if I could figure out (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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