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Re: POC - Classic Space Engineering Bay
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lugnet.org.ca.obb
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Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:39:05 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.obb, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.org.ca.obb, David Koudys wrote:
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K, I’ve been building a little something--it’s only in the prelim stages so
don’t go yippin’!!
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I’ll try.....
K, I love it, love it, love it. Animation on LEGO layouts is so cool to me--
the more the better:-)
I have in the works a space layout of my own, and your animation intrigues
me, but I need to know, Dave-- what is the purpose of a raising platform as
you have built it? I can see if it were an underground deal and it raises up
to the surface, but this I don’t understand. And I want to understand because
I might want to copy it! :-)
JOHN
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You can’t tell but I’m touching the side of my nose...
The plan is (subject to change without notice) (and I wont’ be giving too many
surprises away ‘cause, really, who actually reads this stuff besides you and I?
:) ) in one of the corners of the OBB CSL is to build a ‘quarter crater’ using
BURPS, LURPS and other light gray pieces that’ll be at least 12 bricks high at
the perimeter of the crater...
And situated under the crater is this. Set up in a way that you can see into
the engineering bay (all lit up--wonder where i got that I dea from...)
After I get this lifting mechanism flawless, I’ll start working on the opening
top, a la James Bond Volcano Secret Base thing from (i ferget which
one--“diamonds are forever” me thinks)
When the doors are closed, I don’t want any sign on the top of the crater that
there’s an engineering bay underneath.
The trick was to set up the lifting mechanism in as short a height as possible
so I don’t have to make the crater super tall. the platform itself rests on
tiles that are 2 bricks above the baseplate and lifts up to a full 15 studs
above the baseplate. I figured that’ll give me at lease a brick and a few plates
to fit a sliding door opening mechanism above the space ship as it is when the
platform is down. Worst comes to worst, I remove the antenna--that’ll give me
at least another brick of clearance.
Pics and vids posted as I build. For now, there’s still a few kinks in the
lifting mechanism--the clutch gear doesn’t offer enough torque at the rack to
provide lift if it’s a little stuck. The problem is, if I move the torque gear
farther back in the gear chain, then there’s too much torque when things really
get stuck and something pops or breaks. LI love the sound of gear grinding in
the morning...
THanks for the interest!
Dave K
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