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Re: My Star Destroyer has died. :-(
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Tue, 16 Sep 2003 17:39:16 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Derek Raycraft wrote:
> RIP.
>
> Well someone mentioned to me recently that they had read about people
> having problems with bent beams after having their Star Destroyers built
> for a long time.
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> So today I decided to inspect my Star Destroyer. I took one of the
> lower panels off to look inside. What I saw was scary. The set of
> beams at the back where bent almost a full brick over their 16 stud
> length. This is bad. I heard that if you move the front leg into the
> docking bay it relieves the stress. I tried this, and it definitely
> helps, but not nearly enough.
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> So to protect my investment in parts it must come down.
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> I've taken all the panel and the super structure off at this point.
> I'll be taking it to pieces to night and bring it home from work.
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> It's a really fun model to have, and I'll really miss having it at work,
> but I don't want to destroy parts just to keep it. At this point it
> looks like I'll have to brace up a few beams to see if I can straighten
> them out again.
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> :-(
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> Thanks to whoever pointed this problem out to me. If I ever rebuild the
> model, I'll be sure to modify the internal structure to support the
> center line beams more.
>
> Derek
I purchased 2 of the ISD's for parts only. After reading the stories about
disasters and near disasters, I am glad I never built one. However, it is a
great looking model. Steven Weiser
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| (...) Oh it's well worth building, and there's no problem with keeping it together for say a month. Mine however has been build for almost a year now. Unfortunately it's not designed well to be assembled for that long. But it's a beautiful model and (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| RIP. Well someone mentioned to me recently that they had read about people having problems with bent beams after having their Star Destroyers built for a long time. So today I decided to inspect my Star Destroyer. I took one of the lower panels off (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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