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Re: Update on Virtual Plans
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Date: 
Wed, 13 Jan 1999 18:14:28 GMT
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Steve Bliss writes:
(snip!)
> Seriously, I have no idea how to make the core strong enough.  I've
> built a prototype of one of the LQ/EPs, and it is *heavy*.  I think I
> need to put in more windows.  And make it shorter, both in height and
> depth.
> 
> I'd like to be able to pick up the entire model when it's actually
> complete (even if I need a friend or two to help me).  I might have to
> sacrifice the idea of the crew being able to walk through the core, and
> make the core more-or-less solid (or at least impassable).  I'll just
> put transmats in each module.
> 
> Steve

What about building arms off the core?  Then attach the LQ/EP's to the top and
bottom?  That way, you don't have the silly things hanging by their tails.

Ben Vaughan
buster@marsbase.com
www.marsbase.com
----------------
The few,...the proud,...the plastic.



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(...) Do you mean structural arms, or arms with access passageways? It seems a little mean to make the crew scale ladders to get to their quarters (but not out of the question -- they are explorers and scientists; they shouldn't mind a little (...) (28 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad)

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(...) Bingo! I figured you'd get that one (and no one else would). (...) Nope, no yellow. I'm not sure why I colored them that way (it's been awhile since I worked on that file). There have been a few in black, in the original Space Shuttle set(s), (...) (28 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad)

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