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Re: New Use of 1x1 plate w/clip light?
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lugnet.build
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Sat, 11 Mar 2000 16:01:23 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Richard W. Schamus writes:
> In lugnet.build, Bryan Wong writes:
> > In case you don't know what piece I'm talking about, it's the one shown here:
> > http://home.att.net/~partsref/images/4081.gif
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> > Anyways, when I was younger, I remember "breaking" off the round clip part • and
> > use it to join two pieces "back to back" (or "socket to socket"). I'm sure
> > that would come in useful in some situations.
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> > Anybody else try this before?
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> > Bryan
> Oh yes, me and making things into 2 or more useful (most of the time) pieces
> go wwwaaaaayyyy back.
Me too. A lot of my models use this (and some others) in similar ways.. In
the past, I used to snap them off, but recently, I've been more careful to
try to use the whole piece... I've found with a little imagination, it's
usually possible to achieve the desired effect without sacrificing a piece.
Did you know that there are two versions of this piece? They are both very
usefull in different ways... They differed in the thickness of the ridge
between the two studs on the clip part... If you used them both to join two 1x1
plates back to back, the older style (thinner) would result in an assembly
whose width is equal to the width of a 1x1 brick. The newer style (thicker)
resulted in an assembly whose width is equal to the height of a 1x1 brick. Very
important distiction... The first type is used in:
http://www.etymon.org/kn/pallas/Products/Guns.gif
The second type is used in:
http://www.etymon.org/kn/pallas/Products/ghost.html
It's hard to see, but they are used to hold the saucer sections together at the
rear of the ship.
--Karim
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| (...) here: (...) 1x1 (...) Very (...) the (...) Yes I did know that, my collection is old enough to have noticed the change, (I've collected and built from the early '70's on). I have both types, and wish I had more of both. Rich -- Have Fun! C-Ya! (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.build)
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| (...) Oh yes, me and making things into 2 or more useful (most of the time) pieces go wwwaaaaayyyy back. Sometimes I'm able to fool the eye without actually mutilating a piece, as in the pictures referenced: (URL) hope this fully illistrates the (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.build)
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