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Re: gender changers?
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lugnet.build
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Wed, 13 Jan 1999 00:22:36 GMT
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Josh Spaulding wrote:
> > > Robert M. Dye writes:
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> > > > How about the other direction? Are there other pieces that will allow
> > > > connection of two studs 180 degrees opposed?
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> well, an ugly solution would be to use 1x1 Plates w/ Horiz. Side Loop.
> This causes some problems, though, because the cylindrical part between the
> opposing studs on the loop won't match the smooth face of the bricks you'll be
> connecting. Maybe that's not a problem for you, but you'll still have to take
> into account the 1x1 Plate attached to the Side Loop.
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> (I assume the new style of this piece was introduced because the old
> ones kept breaking in the same place. I have about a half-dozen broken old
> style pieces like this, but the new style is pretty sturdy.)
I think so too, but even so, TLG hasn't departed from their module... The loop on
the old version was narrow enough that if you put a 1x1 tile on each side, the
resulting width was exactly the same as a 1x brick in width.... the new version
results in a total width that is exactly the same as a 1x brick in *height*....
Both very usefull, but alas, I have a very limited (and dwindling!) supply of the
older version of this piece. I used these facts to build the "Ghost" fighter at:
www1.etymon.com/kn/pallas/Products/ghost.html
This model is a good example of attaching piece male-to-male and
female-to-female... (all 8 of the 1/4 saucer sections are put together in this
unorthodox way)... I used technic 1/2 beams for the m-to-m and the above described
method for f-to-f. I also used quite a few of the 2x4x2 bricks w/ studs (or holes)
on 3 sides.
If the saucer sections ever get done, I'm planning to LDraw this model and put the
plans up.
--Karim
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| (...) well, an ugly solution would be to use 1x1 Plates w/ Horiz. Side Loop. This causes some problems, though, because the cylindrical part between the opposing studs on the loop won't match the smooth face of the bricks you'll be connecting. (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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