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Re: Constructing Bay Doors
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lugnet.space
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Thu, 23 Dec 1999 00:23:24 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Duane Hess writes:
> In lugnet.space, Patrick Leahy writes:
> 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
> room. I'm just now experimenting with spring loaded doors.
On my current LDraw project, I have an airlock which features 2 of the 3 stud
wide doors - slightly modified. Tom McDonald came up with this cool system to
make a sliding door fit in 2 studs wide. I included the 3rd stud row for
extra protection (in cargo bay). This sliding door involves a plate with
tiles on it, and a track made of 1x2x1 panels for a groove, inverted with a
technic piece on the top for the top of the track. Very smart method, and
still just as strong as a 1 stud thick door.
In this case, its for corridors and airlocks. I'll probably make a bay door
which swings up on this ship, or folds up in 2 panels like this:
| <-- closed position (side view)
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/ <-- opening
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= <-- fully opened
Though I wish my bay door was positioned so the 2 stud sliding method would
work. I could make a larger cargo bay on a different vessel with an offset of
center door so the sliding door slid into the wall to whichever side, and
there was more room inside for vessels/cargo.
I really wish I had the volume of pieces to compete in the Giant Cruiser MOC
contest. I have tons of sketches of that size range of ships (250-350 long),
but not nearly the pieces to make it halfway decent and attractive looking.
I do get to take a trip to the Model Shop in Enfield when I'm out there - they
invited me to visit if I am in the area. I almost interned there in January,
but they would be so busy gearing up for Toy Fest in NYC that it wouldn't have
worked out. I don't believe they would sell bulk parts to me, since the lady
who I was talking to said their accounting wasn't set up so they could do that
easily. We'll see. Hopefully I can come away with something.
-Tim
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| (...) method (...) Yeah, accordian doors would work. Also, to return to yesteryear, a classic space design is to use the 1x2 x 1x2 brick hinges to open up to equal halves of the back of the ship. I supposed that could be applied to bay doors that (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) I like that idea, and the doors are rather strong. I have a method for making those style doors, but I mostly use it for doorways into rooms on larger vessels. The way my bay is on the (Melbourne) project, there's not a lot of room to attach a (...) (25 years ago, 23-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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