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Re: 2532 Passenger Jet: Your worst fears realized...
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Thu, 22 Apr 1999 17:59:42 GMT
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I thought they were pre-assembled after a time, probably using a heat
weld. Hmm... Time to look at some models....
Scott Sanburn
Jeff Stembel wrote:
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> In lugnet.general, Steve Bliss writes:
> > On Thu, 22 Apr 1999 11:24:29 GMT, "Gene Rodriguez III" <gr3@superlink.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On a darker note, I think what it says is that thinwalls are still in
> > > production, while window walls are not. The difference in manufacturing costs
> > > CAN NOT be that much different. The only extra costs would that they would
> > > have to put window walls back into production.
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> The Walls are still in production. The big Adventurers set has one. No panes,
> though, so they might not be in production.
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> > Then there's also the cost of assembling the window-walls. I don't know how
> > automated that process is. Even so, it's an additional productional line,
> > with specialized equipment and materials. I don't remember with these
> > pieces if the windows snap in reliably, or if they must be glued. Seems
> > like I've got some of each (glued and snapped), but I could be
> > mis-remembering.
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> Those windows have *never* been pre-assembled. I have some from their first
> year's release, and I had to snap the windows in myself.
>
> Jeff
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| (...) The smaller airplane windows come with a separate pane, I think. However, there is an older thinwall with an embedded (molded in, or very tightly glued) trans lt blue window. This is a thinwall that is 1x4x3 rathdr than the 1x4x2 dual (...) (26 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) The Walls are still in production. The big Adventurers set has one. No panes, though, so they might not be in production. (...) Those windows have *never* been pre-assembled. I have some from their first year's release, and I had to snap the (...) (26 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.general)
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