 | | Re: Onion Dome (part 44511) from Orient Expedition sets —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | (...) I am not so keen on "half" because it's not really exactly a half of a dome, it's rather more than half. (put two back to back to see what I mean). I'd support calling it "partial" or something like that. Or even "facade" since I think the (...) (20 years ago, 16-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | | | | RE: Onion Dome (part 44511) from Orient Expedition sets —William Howard
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| | | | I would have to disgree. The part is half a dome - it takes two parts to make a complete dome, therefore one part is only half of the dome. The fact that the resulting shape is not half of a circle is largely irrelevant IMHO. Even if you remove the (...) (20 years ago, 16-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | | | | | Re: Onion Dome (part 44511) from Orient Expedition sets —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) I would argue that two parts back to back make something that is not an actual dome, but rather some shape never seen in reality. (...) I would disagree, it is in fact highly relevant. If I take an idealised onion dome and divide it in half, I (...) (20 years ago, 16-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | | | | | RE: Onion Dome (part 44511) from Orient Expedition sets —William Howard
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| | | | (...) parts (...) actual (...) According to my dictionary a dome is any curved or vaulted roof. It does not have to be circular, or even regular. The fact that something doesn't exist in reality is hardly a reason to reject a name for what is a toy. (...) (20 years ago, 16-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | | | | | Re: Onion Dome (part 44511) from Orient Expedition sets —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) I said idealised, not standard. (...) I am sure they did. But they didn't make things that had figure eight cross sections much of the way up, if I am not much mistaken. (...) It is more than that, it is a quarter of a *cylinder*, a geometric (...) (20 years ago, 16-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | | | | | Re: Onion Dome (part 44511) from Orient Expedition sets —William Howard
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| | | | (...) This part has no figure 8 cross sections either. The horizontal (ie parallel to the Y=0 plane) cross sections all terminate with the normal to the curve at right angles to the open face and the widest part of the cross section is always at the (...) (20 years ago, 17-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | | | | | Re: Onion Dome (part 44511) from Orient Expedition sets —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, William Howard wrote: (snip) I wanted to close the loop on this.. William is right, and I was incorrect about the cross section. I agree that there is no recurve in the part, and thus no figure 8 cross sections when put back (...) (20 years ago, 31-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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