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Re: has anyone ever made a lego model of NCC-1701D
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Fri, 17 May 2002 13:24:30 GMT
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In article <Gw7yFB.5sD@lugnet.com>, Curt <CommanderCurt@msn.com> wrote:
> If you're talking about a scale model, i don't think that would be possible
> (if it is, it would take an ENOURMOUS amount of work and LEGOs) because it
> would be 60 32x32 baseplates long, or 50 feet IRL. Which, if stood on end,
> would be five stories tall.
The subject came up a zillion or so years ago on rec.toys.lego. Someone
claimed to had built one.
Minifig scale being something of a contradiction of terms, I suspect you
could fudge those numbers a bit, but you're still talking colossal. It
was widely recognized as a hoax but somehow still generated a huge
amount of conversation.
So I figured instead it might be fun to do just parts. Even just doing
the bridge was tough-- scale's no problem, but the big curved railing
doesn't lend itself well to Lego. And, well, when I tried it, "tan" was
not a color that you could get your hands on.
I'd like to see it done correctly now. I might get around to trying it
again. :)
-JDF
--
J.D. Forinash ,-.
jd@forinash.not ( <
The more you learn, the better your luck gets. `-'
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| (...) I have been playing with the thought of making a bridge for a while myself, and I see lots of 'interesting challenges' to be addressed besides the wishbone railing. The sloping of the rear of the bridge to the front is a big problem too. Other (...) (23 years ago, 17-May-02, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) If you're talking about a scale model, i don't think that would be possible (if it is, it would take an ENOURMOUS amount of work and LEGOs) because it would be 60 32x32 baseplates long, or 50 feet IRL. Which, if stood on end, would be five (...) (23 years ago, 16-May-02, to lugnet.space)
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