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Re: Beautiful ship on Brickshelf (sort of)
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lugnet.space
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Wed, 26 Jun 2002 17:15:51 GMT
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> In lugnet.space, William Vale writes:
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> I assume you mean the hatch between the cabin and the bridge?
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/willvale/Tug/11-bridge-hatch-2.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/willvale/Tug/11-bridge-hatch-4.jpg
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> The front wall of the ship is a double skin with a one brick thick space
> in between. The door slides in this space - it's simply built up from
> layers of bricks and plates with those L-shaped cockpit side pieces to
> make the depressions. The door slides as one piece, with a long arm
> extended out to left side which ends in a navigation light. It looks
> a bit odd when the hatch is open...
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> The frame is just built up around this from yellow bits. Part of the
> reason for the bulge on the right by the cockpit is to conceal all the
> yellow, because I didn't want to see any grey inside or yellow outside.
> I made life harder for myself by adding the sticking-out 'bolts' on
> the right of the door. It was an afterthought and I had to do a bit of
> rebuilding to give them corresponding slots to slide into, but I think
> they look cool.
Indeed that is the hatch. The 1x2 cockpit panels are a great idea...give
some definition from the wall rather than a solid slab. I can see now how
the teeth are all part of the same unit and lock into the wall. Excellent
design...thanks for sharing!
Looking forward to more good stuff Will.
Cheers,
-G
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| (...) Thanks! I prefer Will though - probably filled in the wrong thing in the wrong box on the form... (...) I assume you mean the hatch between the cabin and the bridge? (URL) front wall of the ship is a double skin with a one brick thick space in (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jun-02, to lugnet.space)
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