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Re: awfully quiet here.
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Thu, 30 Dec 1999 20:34:31 GMT
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> > The bridge will be a separate structure attached to the front of the • ship.
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> That's a neat idea that should add some "non-box" features to it.
To further the non-box-ness of it, the three main viewports in the front are
the large round bubble-windows from the Divers sets.
> > I'm going to try building turbolifts to go between decks. They'll • probably
> > only be big enough for one minifig at a time.
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> Now *this* I want to hear more about! I'm toying with elevators, but I • can
> never seem to work out one that will hold its level, be workable, and not • be
> open to the rest of the ship! It may just be that I don't have any train
> doors.
I'll get train doors if I have to, but I'm hoping instead to use sliding
doors on the stationary decks.
Another problem I may have to deal with is that of the turbolift "sticking"
to the sides of the shaft, and not going down properly. I might use an
elastic band attached to the underside of the car and to the bottom level of
the ship to provide extra pull in that direction...and a string with a
wind-up wheel or motor for pulling the lift upwards.
Another idea is that because I plan to have two symmetrically-arranged
turbolifts, I could have a long string attach to the underside of one, go
down the shaft and loop underneath the bottom deck to the opposite turbolift
shaft, and re-attach to the underside of the *other* turbolift car. That
way, raising one turbolift automatically lowers the other. :)
> > I'm also hoping that the frame is strong enough to keep the ship • together
> > well.
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> If you can, watch Silent Running--it's a 1973 classic of SF (and the
> inspiration for the Mike and the Mechanics song of the same title). It's • about
> the last forests of Earth, which have been transplanted to large • spaceborne
> biospheres tended by the film's protagonists. I forget how it comes down, • but
> the order comes down that a war is beginning and the caretakers are to • destroy
> the biodomes (the reasoning doesn't come to mind at the moment) and return • to
> Earth. Instead, the protagonist refuses--he kills the other crewmembers,
> destroys some to make his superiors believe he's fulfilled his duty, and • he
> absconds with the last of the biospheres intact. At the end, it's just • him and
> three proto-Gonks named Huey, Dewey, and Louie, sailing silently through • space
> (one of the three robots gets offed before the end of the movie, though). • It's
> kind of sad, really--but a good way to spend a few hours and a few bucks • on the
> rental.
Now that you mention it, I have seen the ending on late-night TV. I just
didn't know what I was watching.
Paul Davidson
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| (...) Why do you have to choose between conventional and Technic? Mix'n'match! It sounds like a good concept, though. I'll be interested in how it comes out! Mine will unfortunately not begin construction until at least 10 January. (...) That's a (...) (24 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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