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Re: Update on Virtual Plans
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Thu, 14 Jan 1999 01:59:07 GMT
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On Wed, 13 Jan 1999 17:30:12 GMT, blisses@worldnet.att.net (Steve
Bliss) wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Jan 1999 09:25:36 GMT, legoverse@geocities.com (Terry K)
> wrote:
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> > On your FTL ducts, are the red things the much-awaited canoe? If not,
> > what the heck is it?
>
> Bingo! I figured you'd get that one (and no one else would).
Ah. This wasn't just because I once said I don't care if the canoe
ever gets done in LDraw, is it? Just sticking it in my face and
saying "See! Canoes -can- be used in space" :-)
> > And do those barrel pieces come in yellow? I have only seen brown.
> > (I keep hoping for gray)
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> 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), but all the others are brown.
>
> The palm tree trunk piece is becoming common enough in black that I
> might use that instead.
I think the trunks would look better. They have that nice flared end
on 'em. The barrels always seem to look too much like, well, barrels.
> > You mention in the 'core' section that you think it will need beefing
> > up to support the weight. My advice:
> > Over-do it. Long structures tend to both bend and twist.
> > And in looking at the overall picture, I see you will need to do some
> > seriously creative structural reinforcement to keep it all together.
> >
> > You can talk about FTL, gravity control, and inertial dampening, but
> > the one thing you will _really_ need is a structural integrity
> > field.(1) :-)
> >
> > -- Terry K --
> > 1. Elmer's glue is _not_ a structural integrity field. :-)
>
> I don't think I ever claimed to be a LEGO purist. ;)
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> 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.
You might try an open framework of technic beams. With a central
corridor large enough for a MF.
How about an upper and lower beam, approx MF height apart. Connect
with shorter beams vertically and some longer ones stretching
diagonally corner to corner. Assuming all the ratios come out right
and work, that should be fairly stiff. Then just figure out how to
hide it internally.
(boy, it sure is easy to spout advice like that <g>)
> 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.
Oh yeah, wimp out. Take the techno-babble route. :-)
-- Terry K --
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| (...) Once? I thought we had a running gag on that one. (...) Maybe I could just stuff the canoes full of trans-orange flames, ala Time Cruisers. Wow, that would be hideous. (...) That was my general hope. (...) I don't want to push too hard against (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| (...) I don't remember for sure, but I started working on the canoe part because I wanted to use the canoe on this model. I *do* remember that I started playing around with the idea of canoe-as-drive-port as an exercise in using SPUDs in unusual (...) (26 years ago, 15-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), (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad)
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