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Re: New Use of 1x1 plate w/clip light?
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lugnet.build
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Sun, 12 Mar 2000 03:11:23 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Karim Nassar writes:
> 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
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > Anybody else try this before?
> > >
> > > Bryan
> > Oh yes, me and making things into 2 or more useful (most of the time) pieces
> > go wwwaaaaayyyy back.
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> 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.
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> 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:
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> http://www.etymon.org/kn/pallas/Products/Guns.gif
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> The second type is used in:
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> http://www.etymon.org/kn/pallas/Products/ghost.html
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> It's hard to see, but they are used to hold the saucer sections together at • the
> rear of the ship.
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> --Karim
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
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