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Re: New MOC: RedTail air-racer
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lugnet.space
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Fri, 25 Mar 2005 20:31:05 GMT
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In lugnet.space, brent skadan wrote:
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While the overall shape is not terribly aerodynamic, with the straight wings
and all, I really wanted something that would look a future/retro --
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I would say you achieved that in a superb way. At least the retro thing is the
first thought I when I looked at it. I like the fact that it looks tough. It
looks like it could take some punishment during a long hard flight.
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and a
straight wing is the way to go. Anyway I have as yet not been able to build a
satisfactorily realistic swoop back wing. Nevertheless, I like the straight
wing (un-like my wife who thinks it is chunky).
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In this case I think chunky actually works very well, for the reason noted
above. :)
Thank you very much for including this shot:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1158094
I was wondering how you got the shape of the wings and now I can see. That’s
some wonderfully clever geometry. Did it take a lot of iterations to come up
with that design, or was it fairly straightforward?
Am I correct in thinking that on the far right of that picture (toward the front
of the wing, in the center) that the 1x1’s with the eyelets are joined together
with bars? It appears that way, at least from the pic and that would seem to be
an excellent way to keep the top and bottom half of the wing closed at the
leading edge.
Thanks for sharing this great model with us.
Best regards,
Allan B.
The LEGO Builder’s Guide
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| (...) Thanks for thinking it is cleaver, but really it is just simple geometry. When I get an idea for a model I always work it out on paper first. In this case I knew the general proportions (length vs. width) of the wing and using plate thickness (...) (20 years ago, 26-Mar-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | New MOC: RedTail air-racer
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| Hi, Had some time off this week and decided to slap this one together. It is heavily inspired by the GeeBee air-racer of the 30's and a fish I ate the other day. While the overall shape is not terribly aerodynamic, with the straight wings and all, I (...) (20 years ago, 25-Mar-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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