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Re: Engineering difficulties
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lugnet.build
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Sun, 11 Nov 2001 22:18:51 GMT
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"LegoMasterLuke" <drew@netpluscom.com> writes:
> In lugnet.build, William R. Ward writes:
> > I think your latest version is quite good... I assume this was posted
> > before you had that worked out?
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> Yes, it was. I finally decided on using a click hinge to hold the tailfin in
> a vertical position. I'm quite pleased with the end results.
Yeah, it came out nicely.
> > With my PB4Y, I found that the landing gear wasn't strong enough to
> > hold up the plane, so I cheated and built a display stand for it.
> > This has the added advantage of being able to demonstrate the raising
> > and lowernig of the wheels without having to pick up the model. I'm
> > not sure how big the PBY is, but the 4Y has a 110 foot wingspan, which
> > translates to 110 studs. I think the PBY is a bit smaller, but still
> > quite big.
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> You are correct - the PBY Catalina has a wingspan of 104 feet, and a length
> of 63 feet, just a little bit smaller then your PB4Y.
And only two engines, as I recall. I'm surprised. Pulling something
that big & heavy through of the water would take a lot of HP.
> > If I were you I'd be more worried about the hull shape. The PBY is a
> > very curvy plane. I had a much easier job with the 4Y because it is
> > pretty boxy in real life.
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> Actually, I'm not that worried about the hull shape; the PBY is simply a
> aerodynamic flying boat. The hull should be pretty easy, actually. The only
> real challenges are going to be the nose turret, which is a lot smaller then
> your ball turrets, so I have less room to make it spin around. Another
> challenging part is going to be the large observation blisters on either
> side of the back of the plane.
Turrets are a big challenge. I wish you luck.
> One thing I'm considering doing this is this; the PBY was built in two
> versions, as a pure flying boat and as an amphibians, which had a tricycle
> type landing gear. I'm contemplating scratching the landing gear entirely
> and simply building a flying boat version.
I'd suggest doing that for the first draft, anyway, and maybe revising
it later. If you wanted you could make a "scene" with it on a blue
baseplate and the part of the hull that would be underwater not built.
Or even make an action shot of it taking off, with waves made of blue
and white bricks!
> > I'm really looking forward to seeing what you come up with for the
> > PBY.
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> The colors are fairly annoying - I would love to do a white and blue color
> scheme with yellow details, but I have no where near enough blue to do the
> model. Where did you get all of your blue pieces?
Blue is probably the most common color in my collection. It started
with the Classic Space sets, and so I got in the habit of making blue
spaceships (I'm mainly a space-head), so when I would be shopping for
new sets I would look mainly for blue. Also, I have about 20 3033
tubs, which contain an awful lot of blue, and some of that is in my
model (I think).
I bought a bunch of blue plates on eBay and various parts on BrickBay
to complete the model.
--Bill.
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William R Ward bill@wards.net http://www.wards.net/~bill/
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