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I only posted these creations to lugnet.space, but I thought I'd provide
a pointer, and also discuss one of the techniques I used (for those
who'se newsreader doesn't let them follow the references, here's the URL
of the article: http://www.lugnet.com/space/?n=1734 )
One of the "puzzles" I solved in this creation was to use the 3x3x6
castle walls as doors that flip open like the space shuttle cargo bay
doors. My solution was to put a 1x2 Technic beam with two holes on the
top of the wall and a 1x1 Technic beam on the bottom. Then I attached
1x2 plates with 3 hinge fingers at the end to the holes (on the bottom
1x1 beam, the 2nd stud fits inside the wall). Then these are attached to
the 1x2.5 tile with 2 hinge fingers on top). These two tiles wind up
well positioned, there are 5 studs between them. If two quarter octagon
plates are attached to the bottom of the wall section, the section will
line up flush with a wall of bricks. The top is harder to get smooth
since the requisite tile piece (a 3x3 quarter octagon) doesn't exist. If
the 1x2 Technic beam was available in a version without studs, that
would also work (and would then fit flush with a wall of bricks (if
anyone else knows of another part which will solve this problem, I'd
love to hear it. The 1x1 brick w/recessed stud (aka headlight brick)
doesn't work. The stud sticks out beyond the brick wall, plus it's side
profile would leave a gap. Fortuanately from the perspective of what I
was trying to build, the wall sections provide a sealed compartment.
Between the two hinge tiles, a 1x5 plate with a 1x5 tile on top are
needed to seal the wall. Of course these parts don't exist, but
combinations can be used. I actually used a 2x4 and a 1x2 plate on the
bottom layer, and then a pair of 1x2 grill tiles on top, with a 1x1 tile
w/top clip in the center (if the clip is aligned so a rod stuck into it
would be perpendicular to the wall, the wall will close down nicely
beside the clip).
There does happen to be a way to get the top flush, but I didn't have
the parts for it. You can plug the two holes of a 2nd 1x2 Technic beam
with 2 holes into the studs of the 1st Technic beam. You can then stick
a 1x2 inverse medium slope into the bottom of this beam, and a tile on
top of the beam. You then need to put a 1x2 tile beside the tile hinge.
The inverse slope brick will match the angle of the wall pretty well. My
problem is that I had 8 Blacktron I castle wall segments, and 8 black
1x2 Technic beams with 2 holes. This solution would work a little better
than using the non existant 3x3 quarter octagon tile, since that tile
would have to be stacked on 4 plates to get a total of 2 studs
thickness.
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Frank Filz
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Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
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| Well, I got tired of never building any MOCs, and decided that the first thing to do was to use up all those Blacktron parts I've been acquiring on eBay. The results may be seen on my new Space Creations web page (WARNING - the images are all on one (...) (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.space)
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