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Re: Constructing Bay Doors
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lugnet.space
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Wed, 22 Dec 1999 21:34:45 GMT
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Z wrote:
> 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 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.
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 ship--the bottoms of the
ships are flush with the lower hull and held in place by magnets or rails. On the
rare occasion when I had to use bay doors, I usually used Technic pieces to make a
"parallel swinging" apparatus, where the door always stayed parallel to its
original position but the panel just swung out of the way. With a spring piston
and 3L friction pegs it can be made two-position and un-floppy.
best,
Lindsay
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| (...) 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: (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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