 | | 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. (...) (21 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 (...) (21 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 (...) (21 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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