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Re: The Chimaera Fighter/Bomber, really
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lugnet.space
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Fri, 9 Jul 2004 16:16:35 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Travis Matheson wrote:
> > I like it. I especially like the shape of the bombs, and the cones that stick
> > out from the bottom.
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> Gave the bombs a bit more of a torpedo like shape, but I think it's a
> better look, well, it was the best of the designs I came up with.
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> > There's a hatch at the back of the bomb-bay, is there
> > anything in there? Some sort of ECM perhaps?
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> yes, that hatch. put in place for one reason, and one reason only. When
> the bombing bay is opened and the bombs released, getting them back in
> without pulling the model apart was a problem, if you open that hatch
> however and place you finger on the other side of the hinge the bombs are
> attached to you can mount them back in with little difficulty.
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> > I can't say that I think tan was the right color of battle droid arms to use
> > though.
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> yeah, tan wasn't the best, Dk Grey would have been better, but i don't have
> enough, and grey was pretty bad to, tan was the best solution at the time.
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> Thanks Dan
Regarding the droid arm thing, it just occured to me that you could replace the
plates with handles with 1x1 plates with horizontal clip. Then you could use
battledroid bodies instead of the arms, and battle droid bodies are now
available in yellow in some of the new spiderman sets. Just a thought.
-Dan
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Message has 1 Reply: | | Re: The Chimaera Fighter/Bomber, really
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| (...) Hmmm, would require working in the size of 3 studs instead of 2, but I could see how it would work. the curved angle may be an issue, but it's not a bad idea at all Leg Godt Travis Matheson (20 years ago, 10-Jul-04, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Gave the bombs a bit more of a torpedo like shape, but I think it's a better look, well, it was the best of the designs I came up with. (...) yes, that hatch. put in place for one reason, and one reason only. When the bombing bay is opened and (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.space)
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