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Ben Fleskes wrote in message ...
> A few comments, keep in mind, dimensions of the Millennium Falcon vary by as
> much as 40% depending on what source to use. But if you scale it based on the
> 8 studs as the width of the cockpit you come up with number pretty close to
> what Derek mentions below.
If it's correctly to scale. As Steve pointed out, a cockpit to overall size
ratio of 1:5 would be the minimum necessary without it looking ridiculous. I
doubt TLG would be as concerned about exact dimensions as Derek was. If they
can make a model look good enough to sell, they will.
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> Regarding a six stud wide cockpit. That would work if you had a square cross
> section, but the cockpit is supposed to be round. Thus you need a six stud
> wide area the full sitting height of the minifig. That drives the width up to
> 8 studs in diameter.
Actually you need a 5 stud width at the butt level of the cockpit, 6.?? at the
arm level, and 4.5-5 stud width at the head level. Hopefully Chewie will be
taller than a normal minifig, so some extra clearance would be needed. I'll
play around in LDraw with a couple of minifigs and a cylindar and let you know
what I come up with.
-John Van
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John VanZwieten wrote in message ...
>
> If it's correctly to scale. As Steve pointed out, a cockpit to overall • size
> ratio of 1:5 would be the minimum necessary without it looking ridiculous. • I
> doubt TLG would be as concerned about exact dimensions as Derek was. If • they
> can make a model look good enough to sell, they will.
True, but I did measure their Y-Wing to see how far off it was from the
correct scale, and you know what? It was really close. Everything except
the cockpit was dead-on. Of course, the cockpit was a bit wrong, but I'll
be fixing that on the Y-Wing I have.
:Derek
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