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Re: Taking apart pirtate ship hulls
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 7 Jun 1999 19:01:29 GMT
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Steve Bliss wrote:
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> On Mon, 7 Jun 1999 13:50:11 GMT, Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote:
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> > I was just starting my inventory of 6493, Flying Time Vessel, and
> > noticed that the pirate ship hulls are held together with screws, so I
> > decided to try and take them apart. The stern section was held by 4
> > screws, and easily came apart.
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> So does the inventory list 6 parts for the stern? ;)
Hmmm, guess so. Probably no chance of getting the official TLG part
number for the screws though...
> > Unfortuanately, the bow section, held only by 2 screws wouldn't come
> > apart even with a little less than gentle persuasion (I left a couple
> > scratches in non-critical parts of the hull). The fact that screws were
> > used leaves me to not expect that there is also glue (and in fact, all
> > the edges seperate). There doesn't seem to be any clips. Has anyone
> > found the trick of where to apply pressure to separate the two parts?
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> Seems like I remember there are clips, but I don't remember for sure.
> Could you tell from the flexing of the parts where the connection point was
> located?
It seems like either the place where the void for a 2x2 brick in the
center of the bottom is, or the stepped area in the center of the tip of
the bow. The stern section looked like it had clips for that 2x2 place,
but didn't.
> > I haven't looked at the center sections, are they also not glued?
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> The center sections are a single piece, not two parts connected together.
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> Steve
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 | | Re: Taking apart pirtate ship hulls
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| Frank Filz wrote in message <375C1709.7A5F@minds...ng.com>... (...) was (...) Well, I'm stumped now... The Red Beard Runner 16W bow came right apart, no clips or glue... I also tried the bow from another 6493, no different luck. Maybe these are (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Taking apart pirtate ship hulls
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| (...) So does the inventory list 6 parts for the stern? ;) (...) Seems like I remember there are clips, but I don't remember for sure. Could you tell from the flexing of the parts where the connection point was located? (...) The center sections are (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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