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Re: Take Two - Heinkel He219 WWII German Nightfighter
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Thu, 22 Nov 2001 02:10:00 GMT
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"Gary Thomas" <thomasg@rohan.sdsu.edu> writes:
- 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.

I had a similar problem in an early version of my Navy patrol bomber,
and fixed it when I realized that my wings were too thin.  I ended up
making the wings 3 bricks thick, and the scale was much more accurate.
Now your wings won't be nearly that thick, since it's a smaller plane,
but look closely at the real thing and see if that might be part of
the problem.  Thicker wings means you can add more of an airfoil shape
(by layering plates), which is nice.

--Bill.

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William R Ward            bill@wards.net          http://www.wards.net/~bill/
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(...) 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. (...) You're right, the silhouette (...) (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.build.military)

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