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Re: Taking apart pirtate ship hulls
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 8 Jun 1999 04:22:49 GMT
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Frank Filz wrote in message <375C1709.7A5F@mindspring.com>...
> Steve Bliss wrote:
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> > On Mon, 7 Jun 1999 13:50:11 GMT, Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote:
> >
> > > 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.
> >
> > 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...
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> > > 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?
> >
> > 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?
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> 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.
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 actually glued.
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| (...) Hmmm, guess so. Probably no chance of getting the official TLG part number for the screws though... (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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