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Re: My favorite Adventurer sets
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Wed, 22 Sep 1999 12:40:13 GMT
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If you really want to learn the comments of an aeronautical engineer (1),
Both of them sucks separately. BB is much more realistic in terms of "real
planes", though it really sucks with its lack of a lever, sloppy propeller
connection and exaggerated incline while it's on the ground. For the PP, I
can just say that it looks like much more a carousel thingy than an
aircraft. Flying boat configuration on a small scale a/c seems very funny.
If you want to see a rather nice representation of a WWI biwing, look at
5909 and 6615. They are much better.
Selçuk
(1) For the other question asked:
It's not a "rotary engine". It s "star" or "gnome" engine, in which the
cylinders placed around the shaft as a star, so its "star" section actually
does not rotate.
Yes WWI planes had no tail wheels, but some sort of sleds.
The landing wheels of the a/c from the same era usually had oversized
wheels, but not that much of course.
The gun configuration on BB is a total nonsense.
Joseph Gonzalez wrote in message ...
> In lugnet.reviews, Kevin Wilson writes:
> > Joseph Gonzalez wrote
> > > 5928 - Biwing Baron
> > > Again, a great biplane model
> >
> > I have to disagree with you here, Joseph. • --snip--
> > The pontoon plane is a much better plane model, IMHO.
> >
> > PP has a realistic underside (no gigantic floats like Lego sometimes
> > uses), compared to the BB's wildly oversized wheels and tailplane that
> > drags on the ground.
>
> That's a good point. I don't have both models in front of me right now but
> I remember that I didn't like the bulky wheels of the BB. My original
> adequate.com review of the BB also mentioned something about the tail • dragging
> on the ground but someone wrote to me and told me that some World War I • planes
> did that (I haven't verified this).
>
> > PP has a large enough space below the upper wing for the pilot to
> > actually see through, and a windscreen, compared to the BB's tiny slot
> > filled with 2 clear 1x2's
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> Hmmm.. this is one of the things I didn't like about the PP. It seemed • that
> the pilot's head poked up ABOVE the upper wings and I picture the pilot's • line
> of vision being somewhere BETWEEN the upper and lower wings. Again, I'll • have
> to take a closer look at the BB to see if it looks like the pilot can see • at
> all.
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> > BB's armament is dopey - how is he going to fire those rifles on the
> > lower wings? And he has to stand up to fire the ones on the top wing.
>
> That's a good point. I'd simply remove the guns and use them as • accessories.
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> > BB has flames along the side of the fuselage, jsut right for setting the
> > whole thing on fire.
>
> Another good point but, again, I'd remove the flames from the main model.
> (Come to think of it, having flames come out of the plane's engine is • pretty
> corny anyway.)
>
> > PP has a way better parts selection - three black roof half pyramids, 2
> > 1x2x2 plane windows, tan bricks, and a clear 1x2x1 thinwall.
>
> I'll agree with you on this one. I did like the amount of tan pieces and • the
> number of slopes was also nice.
>
> I'll wrap up my comments by saying that I still like the basic model of the • BB
> better than the PP, but the PP is a nicer selection of pieces and costs • about a
> dollar less.
>
> ..joseph g
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| (...) People keep saying this, along witht he comments about standing up to fire the rifles and such. Am I the only one that used a little imagination here and decided that the 'rifles' on the BB were an attempt at representing Gatling guns or other (...) (25 years ago, 24-Sep-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| (...) --snip-- (...) That's a good point. I don't have both models in front of me right now but I remember that I didn't like the bulky wheels of the BB. My original adequate.com review of the BB also mentioned something about the tail dragging on (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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