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Re: Request for help: bomber gun turrets
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lugnet.build.military
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Sat, 15 Sep 2001 00:53:57 GMT
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In lugnet.build.military, William R. Ward writes:
> In lugnet.build.military, Geordan Hankinson writes:
> > well here's some pics of my idea, feel free to use it modify it anything,
> > doesn't matter, it may be a little too small for the scale you're working at
> > but I hope it works,
> > of course colour code it, I didn't bother,
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> > BTW, this is for the front upper turret, This seemed like the only way ot do
> > it, a little too small, but hopefully it helps or at least give you some
> > ideas for how to do it at a larger scale,
> >
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=6877
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> Very nice. That captures the shape of the nose gun quite well. Now I just
> have to find a way to make it rotate....
oops, I didn't realize it rotated, I'll try and come up with something if
you want.
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> I don't have any of those helicopter windscreens in trans-light-blue, which is
> the color I'm planning to use for all the windows of this beast. Perhaps i can
> find some on e-bay.
Try brickbay.com, very good way to get parts in bulk.
I would love to have the radar dishes on the sides be
> clear as well, since I think the real thing has glass on the sides.
The downside of working in black and white, didn't realize that, sorry, I
should ahve reasearched up a bit more.
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> I've pretty much worked out how to do the dorsal guns now, but I need to obtain
> two 4x4x2 domes in trans-light-blue
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> --Bill.
-Geordan-
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 | | Re: Request for help: bomber gun turrets
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| (...) Feel free; I'll do the same. The turret on the nose is a ball turret, actually; it rotates and tilts. We can fudge some of that, but I want it to be as close as possible if I can. For example the wings and tails have moving flaps, the turrets (...) (23 years ago, 15-Sep-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | Re: Request for help: bomber gun turrets
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| (...) have to find a way to make it rotate.... I don't have any of those helicopter windscreens in trans-light-blue, which is the color I'm planning to use for all the windows of this beast. Perhaps i can find some on e-bay. I would love to have the (...) (23 years ago, 14-Sep-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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