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Re: The Highwind
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Sun, 15 Sep 2002 05:35:29 GMT
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"Kevin Heckel" <saltczar@msn.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Anthony,
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> Ah, the Highwind. I remember trying to build it maybe five or six times
> back a few years ago, and your problems sound all-too-familiar...
> I really like the model, it's better than any version of the Highwind I'd
> ever built.
> If you do decide to rebuild it, here's a few suggestions:
> -You've built the front end a bit too long. If you make it scaled better,
> it'll help a lot with the balance of the craft.
yeah, the proportions are a bit off. I kinda ran short of red to even it
out.
> -If you have the Millenium Falcon, or can find this piece somewhere, I
> highly recommend using its smoke-colored cockpit. The lines on it match • the
> Highwind's cockpit nicely.
I want the millenium falcon, very much so... and you'r right, the cockpit
would match well
> -If you have a lot of white, I say that's the color to use, along with
> light- and dark-gray details, if you're really ambitious.
sadly the collection I can get to right now is very scarce in the white
dept.... it's overwhelmingly grey and black
> -Do you have any of those big black 6-stud diameter space tires? I found
> them to work really well with the big upward rotors.
I can't believe I didn't think of that! I've got a couple of those... when I
have a lot of time again, maybe I'll do a rebuild...
> -Have you tried using technic construction? I've always wanted to, but • never
> got around to it. Technic seems like it would be a lot better suited to,
> say, building the tail sections than plain old brick.
the tail sections are actually plates layered over a double technic beam...
although I just realized (literally as I am typing this) that I forgot to
pin the beams together... that alone would help a lot, but I also need to
improve the connection that exists to the body (it is probably the single
weakest part of the model). the rest of the model has a fair bit of technic
in it. the topside plates have technic beams on the underside edges so that
half-pins can be used to attach the side panels. likewise on the bottom...
there's a lot of technic inside, but nothing near a full internal
structure... I need to get to the rest of my collection for that...
> -Don't even think about building its "emergency transformation" into the
> thing unless you have it really, really stable. I tried it, and it became
> the "disaster waiting to happen" all over the place.
I didn't like the emergency transformation at all. I didn't like the jet
conversion either. that's why I stuck with it in it's original form...
something about the propellers really appeals to me.
> -Smaller is better. There's no way anyone's going to make it to minifig
> scale, so making it as small as you can will decrease your headaches. I'm
> not suggesting making this little bitty airship, but y'know, smaller.
somebody beat me to the little bitty one (I think it was about 12 studs
long... don't remember exactly.) actually I considered minifig scale, but
realised that 1) I'd need all 60+ gallons of my collection to even consider
it, 2) it'd be the ugliest rainbowed MOC ever, 3) it would almost certainly
collapse under it's own weight.
> -Didja notice all those little wires on the top of the ship? Maybe if you
> recreate that with string, it would hold the ship together a bit better?
> Something to experiment with, at any rate.
I might do that, I'll add it to the list of stuff to include in a rebuild
> -Have you considered any other airship besides this one? I mean, look at
> just about any other Final Fantasy. All of them, in my experience, are
> easier to build in LEGO. I've built almost all of them at one point or
> another, and let me tell you, the Highwind was one of the hardest darned
> things to build. Granted, it was by far the biggest of them, but still.
> Even building Balamb Garden from FF8 is proving easier:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=23602
that's really cool. I particularly like the railroad track to recreate the
spinning ring. I haven't really looked much at the other airships... I just
really like the highwind... it has that certain style that just sticks in my
brain...
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> Thanks for the super-huge dose of nostalgia! Keep moseying!
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> -Kevin
you are more than welcome, and thanks for the tips, they'll definitely come
in handy in the future.
-Anthony
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