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Large Ship under construction
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Fri, 2 Feb 2001 01:44:59 GMT
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This is my first posting here, so bear with me. I have recently
emerged from a Dim Age (I tend to pick up my Lego(R) Bricks Or Toys
every few years, then put them away for a few years, etc.) and have
been working on a largish ship. It's not exactly a Capital Ship, but
more of an asteroid mining exploration vessel.
Its main gimmick is rotating engines: it has two engine pods on each
side of the ship, and with a few Technic parts, each pair (fore and
aft engines) rotates together. If you rotate the forward starboard
engine, the forward port engine also moves in the same way. The aft
engines also rotate together. The forward engines rotate 360 degrees,
and the rear ones about 200 (down and slightly forward, to rear, to up
and slightly forward). The forward engines stick out farther, so that
their blast doesn't damage the fronts of the aft engines. There's no
click action, but they are balanced pretty well and will stay in any
position you put them in.
It also has a two-deck layout in the main cabin, with control areas
(bridge and remote manipulator arm workstations) "upstairs" and living
quarters and observation areas below decks. There is an airlock in
the rear, with a door/ramp that lowers (with storage space for a small
rover) and a door to the main cabin.
There is also a smaller shuttle craft that attaches to the front of
the ship and has wings and control surfaces (and nothing on the bottom
that might burn off during reentry) for flying down to the surface of
a planet (think Mars, for an asteroid mining expidition in the Belt or
even on Mars's moons, or perhaps Earth for an expidition to Luna) to
drop off and pick up personnel and supplies. The main ship is not
built for atmospheric travel.
Here's the trouble - I would like some advice on accomodations. There
aren't any bunks or toilets or anything - the lower deck is just a big
open space (about 22 x 28 studs, just over minifig-height). Because
of the way the upper deck is installed, and because of the tall
windows used (it uses the orange windows from the 6973 Deep Freeze
Defender), it's not really possible to partition it into rooms. I
could maybe do some kind of cubicle thing. But I'd appreciate ideas.
The ship is designed to be operated in a vacuum, in zero gravity. I
am assuming that the studs the minifigs sit/stand on are really Velcro
or something, but not assuming gravity generators - this means no
sinks or toilets can be used (in the conventional sense anyway). But
when landed on a moon or large asteroid, there may be some gravity.
I haven't taken any pics of it yet, but plan to do so soon. I want to
finish up with the interior first however.
--Bill (29 years going on 14) Ward.
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William R Ward hermit@bayview.com http://www.bayview.com/~hermit/
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| "William R. Ward" <hermit@bayview.com> wrote in message news:m2wvb9j1t0.fsf@...iew.com... (...) Welcome to Lugnet and .space. (...) I can kinda see it but pictures will help. Sounds cool. (...) Well I would say what you do depends on how you access (...) (23 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Space Shuttle astronauts of today sleep in bags attached to their bunks. They serve dual purpose: holding them stationary, and keeping them warm. Welcome to .space :^) ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (23 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.space)
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| "William R. Ward" <hermit@bayview.com> wrote in message news:m2wvb9j1t0.fsf@...iew.com... (...) Look forward to the pictures Dont know if my model might inspire you (URL) has a very detailed interior bunks medical bay shower room! Kitchen regards (...) (23 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.space)
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