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Re: Imperial Shuttle
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Tue, 30 Oct 2001 17:33:33 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Derek Raycraft writes:
> I just uploaded pictures of an Imperial Shuttle I build about 2 years
> ago.
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=7864
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> This was a fun one to build. It had landing gear that would raise and
> lower by the 24t gear on the back. The wings could be raised or lowered
> manually.
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> It was a little delicate though, and one day I was showing it off to
> friends, and while lower the wings I dropped it. It cam down hard on
> the corner of a coffee table and burst into hundreds of pieces. I
> managed to get it back together, but its funny how you always have
> pieces left over after something like that.
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> If you look closely you will see a 5x6 grey plate on the bottom. This
> is a cut plate. I did not cut it, I've had it since I was a kid. I
> think it came in some garage sale lego my parents found. Anyway it
> happened to fit well where it is placed and was really needed for
> strength.
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> Although I don't advocate cutting lego, it does come in handy some
> times. Provided someone else did it. :-)
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> Derek
I think that is cool that you came up with something great before Lego did...
It looks a lot better than the one Lego put out....
and a side note: its amazing what kind of parts you can come up with for a
certain design concept....
nice side-story...
Benjamin Medinets
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