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Re: Railing prototype for heavy cruiser
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lugnet.build, lugnet.build.military
Date: 
Wed, 15 May 2002 21:27:36 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:

  http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/ogelrailing.jpg

  It works out to the right height, and even though the posts are
  a bit chunky, it looks pretty good--it takes the kinks out of the
  rails I used last year, fortunately, and I think it will be a lot
  more stable if I stagger the straw lengths across the long (~300
  stud) deck lengths.

That images is a little bright--can you darken it up a bit?

Otherwise, that looks really cool.  Since I'm a big fan of apocryphal
construction toy materials, I've actually purchased 1/8" styrene stock from
the local hobby shop and fed it through a bunch of 1x1 plate with clip light
(or whatever) to similar, but not equal, effect.  For some dumb reason I
hadn't thought of using the straws, but that looks great (though dim)!

  LFB (who's waiting on the last 100 megabricks to get this thing
       underway...)

You mean MegaBloks, right?  8^)

     Dave!



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  Re: Railing prototype for heavy cruiser
 
(...) Wait, is it too bright, or too dim? I'm a bit confused as to what you're asking me. But yeah, I've thought about the sheet styrene angle, and I decided against it--I'm a purist at heart. It's hard enough for me to even cut the straws, though (...) (23 years ago, 15-May-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.military)

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  Railing prototype for heavy cruiser
 
Hi everyone, This is the solution I've come up with for warship railing. I'm eager to hear anyone's suggestions or further ideas; I intend to cover the whole ship with this stuff, so it's going to be very part-intensive. (So anyone who's willing to (...) (23 years ago, 15-May-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.military)

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