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In lugnet.build, Daniel Siskind writes:
> http://www.brickmania.com/Gallery2/war/Bofers.html
Wow. Wowowowowowow. Dan, that's *beautiful*. The
tanks are always great, but the 40mm mount is the
real star of this update. But then again, I'm biased. ;)
I'm especially impressed that it's in actual minifig
scale and not compressed. I've given some thought to
making just a standalone 12.7cm mount just to go to
"real" minifig scale, and I think you've just made
me think about it yet again. This really came out
beautifully.
A couple of questions (and, alas, one nitpick):
-How much elevation and depression do you get on the mount?
-Have you considered how you intend to build the "tub" that
always accompanied such mounts on US warships? (I ask
because this is a problem that vexed me, and I finally
took the easy way out with saucer bottoms--which you won't
be able to do owing to the size of your platform there.)
A related question is "how do you plan to fix it to the deck?"
If there is some way to make a click link to the base that
would be ideal, but I found that 2x2 turntables meant a lot
of collecting shed 12.7cm mounts every time I moved the
ship.
-I assume the barrel banks are linked, but how "tight" are
they? Are they only moved by hand, and is it reliant on
good balance for stability or are the friction pegs enough?
I recalled your original project was to build a battleship;
was that shelved with an eye to making a ship in true minifig
scale or do you anticipate compression?
Man, is that ever beautiful. Excellent work as always, Dan.
I really can't wait to see which cruiser you settle on building,
and then to see the beast evolve.
best
LFB
(Oh yeah, the one wee nitpick: it's spelled "Bofors." ;) )
XFUT -> .build.military
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| (...) Perhaps I'm being unrealistic, but I've scaled my plans to match the minifig (1 stud = 1 foot or 4 x 8 plate = 4 x 8 feet). The mounting may actually be slightly too big, because my plans were blown up from a really tiny drawing. Your own (...) (22 years ago, 16-Feb-03, to lugnet.build.military)
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| I just added a bunch of photos of stuff I have been working on for new kits to my Military gallery. Lindsay's amazing Takao model inspired me to take some pictures of the Quad 40 mount I recently built, so I posted the while I was at it to: (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.build)
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