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Re: Space docking port
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lugnet.cad.dat.ideas
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Wed, 23 Feb 2000 14:57:26 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dat.ideas, Bram Lambrecht writes:
> I wrote:
> > In lugnet.cad.dat.ideas, Damian Garcia writes:
> > > The discussion in .space inspired me to build this. This interlock...
> > Looks nice. It's kind of big though...can anyone come up with a very
> > small door for small ships?
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> I was playing with pieces to see what would fit in those 1x8 door rails.
> Here's what I came up with, with a footprint basically the size of said
> door rail. It uses a "Window 4x4x3 Roof Glass", which I have plenty of
> in trans-blue, trans-green, and trans-yellow, as well as solid blue and
> black from some classic space sets. The opening is too small for a fig
> to walk through, but I think it's still a nice size--sort of like a hatch
> in a real life submarine. It can easily be supplemented with an extra
> door to form an airlock or with extra bits to form a stronger connection.
> Please LMKWYT.
> --Bram
<snipped DAT>
I like it. I think this type of dock would be more suited to access hatches
to mechanical areas, or doors on fighters. I have a small hatch with a
similar sized opening that I have developed, but it's nowhere near as
compact and refined as this. It gives me some more ideas and inspiration though.
-Duane
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| (...) I was playing with pieces to see what would fit in those 1x8 door rails. Here's what I came up with, with a footprint basically the size of said door rail. It uses a "Window 4x4x3 Roof Glass", which I have plenty of in trans-blue, trans-green, (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.ideas)
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