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Re: Large Ship under construction
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Fri, 2 Feb 2001 06:19:56 GMT
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"William R. Ward" <hermit@bayview.com> wrote in message
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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.
Welcome to Lugnet and .space.
> 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.
I can kinda see it but pictures will help. Sounds cool.
> 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.
Well I would say what you do depends on how you access the interior. How
much you can access or see, and how much you want to be able to see and play
with. This doesn't seem like such a large area so I'm sure you can fill it
up nicely. How well you can see inside and such has to do with how the area
opens up to you. Some pictures of this would help. Or a better description.
As for what should go insie consider what the crew would need. You say its
no grav so no proper toilets or sinks but you will still need the no G
equivalent of this.
> 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.
If you need help still give me a good description of what you might like in
the area and how much you will actually be able to reach in with you hand.
I'll try to help you with layout.
> --Bill (29 years going on 14) Ward.
Again welcome and good luck!
-Jon
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The Galactic Shipyard
http://www.oklahoma.net/~jpalmer/GS/
(updates on the way!)
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