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Re: To ladder or turbolift?
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Thu, 22 Feb 2001 19:52:17 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Trevor Pruden writes:
> Yep...I definately like your elevator solution. (snip) Next big ship I make >will have one of those. I don't think I'll make two - my destroyers and >frigates have a smaller crew population (20-40) than your luxury liner and I >also like having a ladder option to complement. I did both ladders and turbo >lifts in my Constitution.
cool, glad you like it... actually, I only put in the lifts as a courtesy
for the passengers. Since this is a cruise ship (think "Love Boat" in
space) I am making it very lavish in scale. The shortest level is 8 bricks
high, and the highest level is about 15 or something silly. The main
corridor down the center of the passenger section is about 20 wide by 22
tall. I didn't want it to feel too cramped, since people are vacationing on
it for a couple weeks, they could go insane in too small of a space. I have
a mix of lifts (2) stairwells (4) and a number of ladders. The lifts are
for the crew and passengers in the tallest section, which is 4 levels tall.
The ladders are only for the crew in the engineering section, and the stairs
are placed about the passenger section. I am also considering adding 2
spiral staircases to the front section, but that remains to be decided.
> Now, for the original post, I think this would be a cool way for Mark to
> incorporate an elevator. The cranks are available in the arctic sets, and
> the tecknic pieces (I don't know what Mark's collection is like, but I take
> it's pretty impressive) are available if required in the slizers and
> throwbot sets. Using those, he can pick and choose his color. The round
> technic tubes that you use for elevator "walls/frame" are also avalable in
> white from the artic sets.
exactly... the parts I used are not really hard to get, the only thing that
I don't have a gazillion of are the tube parts that Lego uses for armatures
in the Nautical and Arctic sets. They seem to work the best since they are
so smooth. I tried the crossbar connectors that are similar (and a little
more common) but they have ribbing on the side that tends to grab onto the
wall and not want to let go. The biggest problem I had in lift design was
that it kept getting stuck between floors. The plates are a tiny bit wider
than most bricks, and that causes problems.
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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