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Hi everyone,
I recall someone on .trains or .michlug oy veying over the
problems in building decently "round" fuel tanks. I've been
working on my latest ship, which includes a raised barbette
facing aft, and I think I may have stumbled on a SNOT solution:
http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/xbarbette.jpg
It's a lousy picture, but hopefully the structural elements
will be clear. It's not really a useful method for any
structure less than, say, 10 studs in diameter (you'd have
to eliminate the ex-low-slopes to do that), but it's great
if you want to build cylinders 16 studs wide or larger,
anywhere from 1 2/3 to "n" studs high (in multiples of 1 2/3).
The ship's P and Q barbettes are recessed partway into the
hull, and have a 40%-diameter arc slice exposed. I used
the same method to produce those (but I don't have any pics
yet). They're affixed, of course, by the 2x4x2 multi-side-
studded (or anti-studded, either will work) bricks, though
you could no doubt use the new 1x4x1 bricks with studs on
top and one side just as well.
I hope someone finds this useful!
best,
LFB
FUT -> .build
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