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How do you deal with model flexing? I'm working on a 6' ship right now, and would like to be able to support it from a single point, but I don't think I can without having the ship look like it was left in the sun too long. :( Anyone have (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.space)
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"James Brown" <galliard@shades-of-night.com> wrote in message news:GB69Gt.DBz@lugnet.com... (...) Well, my Destroyer is pretty solid, I would venture to say it could be supported from one point. Then again, this ship is about 3-4' long, not 6'. My (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.space)
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James, I to am building a rather large scale spacecraft 3-4ft range. I had a problem with flex as well, my solution was to build the ship along a central "keel" much like a modern day ocean going vessel, I also divided the interior up into sections (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.space)
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My 5+ foot star destroyer relies on a honeycomb-like structure and 3 partial keels for strength. Almost every piece in the hull is structural since it interlocks with those around it and distributes the load. It's taking a real-long time to finish (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.space)
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Star Destroyer eh? Got any pics yet? Regards, Andrew. Xanthra47 <jmantor@nycap.rr.com> wrote in message news:GB6snq.FE0@lugnet.com... (...) partial (...) to (...) look (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.space)
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Nothing new, but my wife just got a digital camera so hopefully soon. I started working on superstructure and the bridge details but they're not working out as well as I'd like : ( Here are some old renders I did that approximate the status of the (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.space)
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This is great, very good description for meeting the challange. (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.space)
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Another elegant system!, Very good philosophy of building.....! (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.space)
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hmm URL didn't paste right : ( (URL) <jmantor@nycap.rr.com> wrote in message news:GB6v5r.Jyt@lugnet.com... (...) physical (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.space)
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Sounds good, build on!!! (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.space)
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Keep at it!, Fighting the Daunt of a large project is what were made of , we will conquer!, sorry I get worked up about Large Lego Scupltures! (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.space)
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Gaahhhh!! I love it, WOW! I almost did'nt know bricks could be so beautiful! You BETTER build this on It'd be great!! (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) The Gibraltar is 5 feet long and sits on 6 landing struts, though I found out that the 2 front struts are not needed. The ship avoids flex by being light weight itself and having relatively even weight distribution. The biggest part of the (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Yup, apparantly. :) Thanks for all the feedback. I reworked about half of my central beam last night using some of the suggestions here, and it's working out much better; no flex at all, and I can't put enough weight on it to shear the beam (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.space)
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Yowsers - looking pretty good! Can't wait to see the final version! Regards, Andrew. Xanthra47 <jmantor@nycap.rr.com> wrote in message news:GB6vzv.LpL@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.space)
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