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Re: To ladder or turbolift?
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Thu, 22 Feb 2001 05:28:07 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Trevor Pruden writes:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tpruden/Destroyer-Mark-4/mk4a008.jpg
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> The above picture on brickshelf shows the car being guided by the 1 stud
> white plates with the side track. These are available in the little "temple
> of gloom" studio sets. I placed those type of plates right on the car, and
> then the bricks with the female side groove onto the side of the wall using
> any type of brick you want with side studs. The bricks with the female side
> grooves can pop off if you are not careful, but the upside is that the track
> guides very smoothly and with clearance, minimizing the chance for the
> bricks to pop off the wall. I've tried several different types of
> turbulifts, some motorized, some crank (the one in the pic is a crank
> system) and this was in the end the easiest to work with and maintain. I
> find motors, though more reliable if done right, can take more space, while
> for your ship you may want to keep the footprint to a minimum.
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> Thoughts, anyone?
woohoo, a conversation I can actually take part in :)
actually, I have come up with a lift method that I find to work pretty well,
I think it is similar to your described method, but its very hard to tell
from the picture, so I have uploaded some pics of it to my Brickshelf:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=3036
lift1.gif through lift5.gif show some detail on my lift system, it uses a
small space, it has a 4x4 space for minifigs to stand, and I have less
friction problems than with other methods I tried... not to mention I kinda
think it looks cool :)
I tried using the groove brick method you describe, but I found they were
too tight inside the actual ship, and that it would take way too many of
them to make 2 elevators go 4 floors... so this is what I had to do.
the rail it rides on is a technic beam with a 1xN plate on the bottom and a
1xN tile on top to hold it together... LMKWYT.
these are also the first pics of the interior of the Benevolent Grace... of
course the rooms aren't detailed yet, but you can see the layout sorta. If
you look carefully, you can see the crew galley... I am a baker IRL, so I
can't resist always doing the galley first :)
cheers!
Joel Kuester
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| (...) AWRIGHT!! INTERIOR DETAIL! ooooOOOOOooooo....lotsa grey pieces....mmmmmm Yep...I definately like your elevator solution. I never considered using technic...and it seems so benificial since the pieces are round and will minimize the potential (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Mark, I might suggest trying what I did to control the location and movement of the lift on my most recent capital. This way a 4x4 car will not take much space at all, and can theorectically be placed both in a tight area or in a wide open (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.space)
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