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Re: Minifig-scale China Clipper flying boat complete!
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Date: 
Thu, 30 Dec 2004 05:57:19 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Matso Limtiaco wrote:
Good evening! I've just posted some photos of a minfig-scale, Really Big Flying
Boat that I finished yesterday. To see the pics, go to
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=110109

I've been working on a variety of Golden Age flying boat MOC projects and this
one is easily the largest I've attempted. Once again, it's based on the Martin
M-130, better known as the "China Clipper," that Pan Am flew on its transpacific
routes in the late 1930s.

Excellent work. I love the sculpting under the tail.


The smaller model I finished last month served as a prototype where I worked out
a number of design ideas, and some of those made it into the larger boat. I
learned that three seats side-by-side don't really hold three minifigs, as their
arms take up more space than one seat offers. So the aircraft is not nearly as
wide as it should be for six-across seating, and each of the five passenger
compartments has 8 seats instead of 12.

A very reasonable compromise, I think!

The standard airplane windows are a little small for scale, and I didn't have
enough of the single windows to try SNOT techniques...so I used double windows,
and this plane has a lot more windows than an M-130. Artistic license, anyone?

The real M-130 had a plain metal exterior with orange on top of its wings. I
went with a red/white/grey color scheme because I thought plain grey would be
dull, and I have a lot more red slopes (for the nose) than blue ones!

My ultimate goal is to try a minifig-scale Boeing 314 flying boat, but I'm
certain that I need a lot more parts for that project. But as my 6-year-old son
said last week, "Lego isn't about worrying, it's about building!" So maybe I'll
give it a go with what we have on hand.

Constructive comments are welcome. If anyone has some ideas for creating more
convincing dihedral in a 40"-48" span wing made from large bricks and plates,
I'm all ears!

No ideas from me, but I'll be listening in for the answers too.

Cheers

Richie Dulin



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