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Re: Lambrecht-Lowell Stellar Cartography Podule
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lugnet.space
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Mon, 16 May 2005 17:09:38 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Daniel Rubin wrote:
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Very nice. It looks pretty cool, and seems like it’d look even cooler in a
moonbase module, especially clustered together.
Why limit connections to just the 4 horizontal directions? I see a 3
dimensional array of spheres as potentially very cool. Heck, if you started
doing non-orthoganal connections, simple molecules could be modeled on the
moonbase with these things!
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It was four directions so that however you put it together, it would make
something compliant with the overall module standard.
In the UK we’re still using the ‘Classic Moonbase’ ;) standard, i.e. we haven’t
jacked ours up the extra bricks, and still just have the basic plane of
connections. Vertical extensions are a cool idea. You may have to skip floors
because of the size of the sphere though.
I think if you did multiple floors, that would be down to you personally.
There’s no standard for stacking other people’s modules on top of yours, so I
don’t think there needs to be one for podules.
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Also, why does your standard allow the connection to be a plate below the
standard connection? Why not just require a standard connection?
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OK, maybe it’s not clear. It does require a standard connection. The point
is the corridor itself shouldn’t have anything hanging down from it or require
any sort of support. This is to provide clearance underneath for spacetrains
turning a corner in the area below.
I allow for 1 plate of underhang because that’s what I found I needed to SNOT
mount those natty hexagonal corridors. If it took more than that, the standard
would probably have said ‘two plates’ and the minifigs would just have to duck!
;-)
Even with the lower moonbase standard, you can still build low-riding trains for
minifigs to sit on and pass under airlocks with a few plates to spare.
Jason R
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| (...) Another point on putting space train track on the edge of modules - it becomes vitally important that you follow a strict six-wide rule on your trains. i.e. not even half a plate of overhang is allowed for ladders or handles. The trains must (...) (20 years ago, 16-May-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) snip (...) Very nice. It looks pretty cool, and seems like it'd look even cooler in a moonbase module, especially clustered together. Why limit connections to just the 4 horizontal directions? I see a 3 dimensional array of spheres as (...) (20 years ago, 16-May-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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