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Re: bridge designs for big space MOCs
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lugnet.space
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Thu, 10 Feb 2000 07:30:41 GMT
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Very impressive!
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Paul Davidson
Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.space, Paul Davidson wrote:
>
> > I was wondering how some of the minifig spaceship creators here like
> > designing their ship bridges. Most Lego ships only have small one-man
> > cockpits, with a little computer console or some levers. My own ship • under
> > construction, the Nautilus (http://theforce.net/tinman/nautilus), has a
> > large Star Trek-style bridge with a viewscreen, captain's chair in the
> > middle, and twelve other chairs and computer stations surrounding him.
> >
> > I was just curious as to what other design philosophies others use in • design
> > bridges (or maybe you don't even have a bridge!).
>
> I've only done a small amount of bridge work. One, really.
>
> My perpetually-unfinished large-spaceship project includes a bridge where • the
> entire shell is made from the transparent 12high quarter-dome pieces. The • idea
> was to give the crew as much view as possible. Although I suspect the • panels in
> the shell can also display video transmissions - I often catch the late • watch
> all glassy-eyed, staring at a single panel.
>
> The main bridge deck simply extends from the front of the ship's body, • ending in
> a T at the middle of this 'bubble'. The arms of the T go to either side • of the
> shell.
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> The two pilots have a station at the front of the shell, set lower than • the main
> bridge. The pilots reach their station via a lower deck.
>
> On either side of the pilot's station, there is a crew station comprised • of a
> chair on an arm. This arm can move through 90-degrees horizontally, and • can
> raise and lower as well. There is a curved console in front of the moving
> chair. One end of the console is anchored at the side of the pilot's • station,
> the other end is anchored to the side of the main deck.
>
> There will probably be other crewstations set toward the back of the • shell, but
> that hasn't been decided yet.
>
> See the basic concept at • <http://www.geocities.com/partsref/br/br-ss.html>.
>
> Steve
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