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Re: Jormungand Carrier Strike Craft
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lugnet.space
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Tue, 5 Oct 2004 20:16:03 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Peter Roberts wrote:
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The only problem is that Lego is built here on Earth, which has gravity (in
case you hadn’t noticed), and you have to make sure your models are pretty
strong and have a strong mount to have them mounted sideways on anything.
This is especially true with a model this tall. Two technic pins will not
work. You need a pretty complex mounting mechanism. I don’t mean to put you
off, but mechanisms like these are quite hard to make, especially with the
non-uniform shape of this craft. It’s not impossible, but you’ll have to
think for a while to come up with a design.
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Okay, think Crimson Skies and imagine the grapple or hook system you find in the
blimps. Something along those lines might work. Do you remember the scene from
“Aliens” with the dropship? Then a grapple system which captures the fighter
and draws it up into the belly of the carrier might be interesting. Difficult,
but interesting.
I imagined I would want a carrier like Dan Jassim’s but maybe a belly opening
blimp-like carrier would work? If I could combine the B-Wing “whadya-call-it”
gimble(?) system with a rotating cockpit..... Way out of my current league
here. But worth exploring.
Confused but inspired - Chris.
P.S.
Gravity sucks! :)
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| (...) I don't know any of those references, but it sounds cool. Yeah, I was thinking of a grapple system as well. The problem is, you'd need several, or one very movable one. Where is the grapple system going to grip on your model? You don't want a (...) (20 years ago, 6-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) The only problem is that Lego is built here on Earth, which has gravity (in case you hadn't noticed), and you have to make sure your models are pretty strong and have a strong mount to have them mounted sideways on anything. This is especially (...) (20 years ago, 5-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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