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Re: Constructing Bay Doors
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lugnet.space
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Wed, 22 Dec 1999 21:32:57 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Tim Courtney writes:
> I would like to know some of your concepts on constructing bay doors on
> larger vessels. Its been somewhat of a problem to me in the past, and it
> would be nice to hear others' strategies.
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> I guess the main thing for me is having a functional door on a bay where
> the edge of the opening is the wall of the ship, so no room for a mechanism
> on that wall of the ship. For narrower bays, I just use the garage door
> rack pieces, but I would like to construct doors for a wider and taller
> bay. I've had folding doors that fold up and down, or just up, but
> something a little more complex than that is in order. I haven't made a
> ship that is capable of using quarter domes for the doors, but a mechanism
> for that shouldn't be too difficult if I ever do. I'm looking for flat
> door ideas, maybe on a technic mechanism to open and shut them. Ideas?
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> -Tim
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> http://www.zacktron.com
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> Isn't charging someone with attempted murder just like saying, "Better
> luck next time?"
I tend to use many hinges and large plates for bay doors, when I build such
doors. I place the hinges on the edges of the bay, and attach plates in such a
way so that the plates interlock when the doors close. But, here's another
method: Remember the Death Star's blast doors, the ones in the corridors?
Those would be nice. Or, speaking of the Death Star, its bays had no doors,
just force fields. But, I still like bay doors better than force fields.
Z
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| (...) If you have enough grey to build a minifig-scale Death Star, you can make any kind of doors you want! ;) Seriously, though, I've usually handled carried craft in the "Space: Above and Beyond" method, with only the cockpit actually *in* the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) a (...) I remember Shaun Sullivan building a pretty good looking bay door on his AT-AT, but I don't have a clue how he did it. I've always used the 3 brick method where the door is slid between two walls. It works OK, but takes up a lot of (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| I would like to know some of your concepts on constructing bay doors on larger vessels. Its been somewhat of a problem to me in the past, and it would be nice to hear others' strategies. I guess the main thing for me is having a functional door on a (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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