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Re: P-38 Contest Entry: SA-380 Dragonfly MOC
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lugnet.space
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Fri, 26 Mar 2004 21:40:27 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Jean-Pascal Rignault wrote:
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Hi Douglas,
I went on BrickShelf to check it, it’s a very nice P38 you designed. It is
almost studless, SNOTed (MORVEd :-))everywhere. I especially like the use of
the blue 1x3x12 slope on the sides. Among the contest entries, I think this
is one of the closest to the original P38 design.
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The blue 1x3x12 wedges really give the fuselage a nice smooth shape that blends
well from the nose to the “wings”. I really was aiming for a very P-38 like
design, but not exactly like a P-38. I am happy with the way it turned out.
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My only concern is the position of the central body carrying the cockpit :
I would have tryed to put it a little bit backwards.
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Not sure what you are saying here? Are you suggesting that the cockpit be moved
toward the rear of the central fuselage? I had thought about that since it
would have allowed alot of room forward for a huge cannon or something (and be
more true to a real P-38), but they way the ship is constructed, that would have
made it impossible to build the wings and landing gear the way I did. As I was
building this, I kept thinking that the front end looked way more like an A-10
or something than a P-38. I had considered putting a rear gun turret on the
rear fuselage where the greebles are but decided that would look way too much
like the GI Joe-Cobra Rattler. I might try to re-use the forward fuselage
design in an A-10-ish MOC.
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I think I saw some rubber band in the detail pics of the side landing gear.
What are they for?
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The rubber bands provide tension to snap the gear into place in the extended or
folded positions. Otherwise, the main gear had a tendancy to hang out when
folded or have a tendancy to not support the weight of the ship when extended.
The rubber bands go through a 1x1 hole and are anchored in the central fuselage.
It works really well, but made assembly very difficult. Also, since lego rubber
bands tend to deteriorate very rapidly, I will have to eventually replace them
if I leave the MOC together for an extended period of time.
Glad you enjoyed my MOC, and thanks for taking time to comment.
drc
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 | | Re: P-38 Contest Entry: SA-380 Dragonfly MOC
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| Hi Douglas, I went on BrickShelf to check it, it's a very nice P38 you designed. It is almost studless, SNOTed (MORVEd :-))everywhere. I especially like the use of the blue 1x3x12 slope on the sides. Among the contest entries, I think this is one of (...) (20 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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