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Redesigning the Star Destroyer
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lugnet.starwars
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Fri, 13 Dec 2002 15:59:36 GMT
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Has anybody out there who's got a Star Destroyer experimented with some
reengineering to make the thing more stable?
I got mine finished (in a mere 14.5 hours!), and it's all together in one
piece, but I don't feel good about four magnets and three "latches" holding
the underside plates on.
I've been thinking of ways to shore up the structure, maybe by attaching the
underside plates to the central spine more permanantly.
Anybody got any ideas? I was thining maybe some of those 2x4 hinge pieces
(sorry, I don't know the correct terminology - the ones that open and close
like alligator jaws) might be useful. Maybe 10 or so to a side connecting
the inner edge of the internal frame to the plates?
Any other great thoughts out there?
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Redesigning the Star Destroyer
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| Yep, lets see few things, after all its only 11 days and 12 hours until I open my christmas present (acting pleased will be easy, surprise I'll have to work on). Also, from pictures it looks like the outer edges of the upper/lower hull (with the (...) (22 years ago, 14-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: Redesigning the Star Destroyer
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| (...) Actually, I was pretty impressed by how strongly the magnets seem to hold...while still allowing for relatively easy removal of the plate sections for internal access. The only piece I've had fall off while I was holding it was one of the back (...) (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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