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Re: Battleship Casemates: Proof of Principle Model
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lugnet.build, lugnet.space
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Date:
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Mon, 11 Jun 2001 08:27:33 GMT
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I like these a lot. I am very bad at building guns. This is a design I could
use.
Very cool.
-Jon
> The shots of the small section I built:
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> Outboard:
> http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/casemate-1.jpg
> http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/casemate-2.jpg
> http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/casemate-4.jpg (my favourite!)
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> Inboard:
> http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/casemate-3.jpg
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> The part I had never been able to get was the inboard-
> outboard swivel matching. The ring solves that as it has
> two axle holes! The back section of the cannon is a wee
> bit long, but it's just there for show. Ideally I could
> find a way to put the gun in the hollow of the casemate (as
> it was in reality) but...nah. Selective compression is my
> friend!
>
> I imagine this construction could be turned sideways and used
> to make an elevating gun mount to be placed in a turret, or
> heightened by using half-cylinders and Naboo Fighter canopies
> (opaque ones if you want to tail the underside off into a hull).
> I imagine this might have applications to .space builders as
> well (thus the dipping of this thread there).
>
> all best
>
> Lindsay
>
> FUT -> .build
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