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Re: Take Two - Heinkel He219 WWII German Nightfighter
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lugnet.build.military
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Fri, 16 Nov 2001 19:43:44 GMT
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> I must say, i like this new incarnation better than the last one. The
> previous canopy just didn't work for me.
>
> If i may offer a few suggestions though, i would say the only areas that need
> a bit of work are the engines and wingtips.
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> - i think the engines need to be lengthened and raised, thouhg not by much in
> either case. In your reference pic, the engines are longer, which you might be
> able to achieve by using two grey cylinders end to end, such as those from the
> x-wing fighter engines (minifig scale set). This would allow the engine to be
> integrated into the wing structure much more, rather than having to be slung
> under it, by making it look as though the wing passes through the center of the
> engine structure, as in the reference picture.
Good point; I think I could do this with the current structure by adding 45
slopes to the top of the wing, and shifting everything up by one brick. I
could also lengthen them in the same way. I'll try it out.
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> - the wing tips should perhaps be tapered more, and a bit longer. At present,
> they are a bit too blunt and lack the characteristic post-engine long-tapering
> found in the reference pic. This could likely be achived with using grey star
> wars wings, as they have almost the perfect silhouette for the task.
You're right, the silhouette is perfect, but they only come in black,
light-grey, and white as best I can tell. If I redo it in light grey at
some point, I'll definitely do this.
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> please don't take this the wrong way, i am just trying offer constructive
> criticism (no pun intended!).
Oh, no, not at all.
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> Other than that, it looks great!
Thanks again,
Gary
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> john
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>
> In lugnet.build.military, Gary Thomas writes:
> > Thanks to some new parts off BrickBay and a little creative part-shuffling,
> > I've redone my Heinkel He-219, complete with bubble canopy, tricycle
> > landing-gear, and enough dark-grey plates to finally cover the wings.
> >
> > To be honest, my last post looks totally lame compared to this one, so
> > please take a second look.
> >
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=8300
> >
> > I ended up using B-Wing bubble canopies instead A-Wing ones, since the grey
> > transparent looked much better than white transparent.
> >
> > Anyways, hope you like it.
> >
> >
> > Take care,
> >
> > Gary
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