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Re: Of ABS and Lego Hinds
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Wed, 17 Jul 2002 01:51:32 GMT
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In lugnet.build.military, Bryce Rollins writes:
> In lugnet.build.military, Geordan Hankinson writes:
> > You beat me to it! ;-)
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> > Looks great Bryce! The JSF cockpit piece is perfectly suited to the Hind IMHO,
> >
> > I really like the front half of the model, although the tail seems too
> > chunky to me,
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> > I like the missile tubes under the wings, very clever idea
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> > Great job! I look forward to more.
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> > -Geordan-
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> Thanks Geordan. My plans for a LEGO Hind started the second that I saw that
> canopy piece and were cemented when I saw the Republic Gunship kit.
I still have issues with those canopies myself: they're basically useless on a
horizontal mounting, unless they're mounted with the taper forward as on the
JSF. And as you've seen, articulating the cockpits at an angle sucks up hull
space; in mine, it's worst at the chaingun and potential forward wheel well.
(Not like I have space into which I can retract the *rear* wheels, not unless I
turn the cabin into a phone booth...)
> The chunkyness in the tail is directly related to the front section design.
> To get the cockpit section angled as shown and still have room for the pilot
> minifigs, I needed to make the rest of the fuselage taller than it should be
> (if you look at pictures of an actual hind you can see that the front canopy
> is much closer to the bottom of the aircraft than is shown on my model).
It's really not that bad, though: the tail *is* fairly chunky in terms of size,
and I personally think the "height" of the forward cockpit is partially an
optical illusion generated by the chin sensor package, which I struck from mine
for pure aesthetics.
> On
> the up side, a standard minifig can stand up in my Hind's cabin (whether or
> not passengers can do this in the genuine article is something that I wasn't
> able to find out).
Just out of curiosity, what are your interior cabin dimensions? I significantly
deviated from the original design to accomodate eight armed minifigs, extending
the cabin aft between the wings to the fuselage taper. Mine's like 6 x 13 x 6
bricks tall, if I remember the stats correctly...
> One thing I can try is to move the beginning of the rear
> fuselage slope foreward a few studs. The Hind was sort of a seat of the
> pants effort than my usual models so some of the proportions may be a bit off.
The Hind's a mean machine to build, really: fixed-wing aircraft use a lot of
straight lines and simple hull forms that rotary-wing designers apparently don't
give a damn about. If I ever get that tapering-ovoid tail shape out of bricks,
I'm going to be quite amazed.
> What I really wanted to do with the tail section was to use hinge parts a la
> The Spowith Camel or the UCS X-wing to get a gradual taper to the shape, but
> I would have been unable to add the horizontal stabilizers. Also, I have
> had little success duplicating that technique in MLCAD.
Been thinking about the stabilizers, myself: I've got an idea about them, which
I oughta sit down and try for a change. More word on it if it works.
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| Chris, you did that nice looking Spetnaz SOF Hind that was posted a while back on brickshelf right? That MOC, along with the afore-mentioned canopy parts, were my primary inspiration to try and tackle the Hind. The 5 bladed rotor mounted no your (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.build.military)
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| (...) Thanks Geordan. My plans for a LEGO Hind started the second that I saw that canopy piece and were cemented when I saw the Republic Gunship kit. The chunkyness in the tail is directly related to the front section design. To get the cockpit (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-02, to lugnet.build.military)
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