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Subject: 
Re: Redesigning the Star Destroyer
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.starwars
Date: 
Sat, 14 Dec 2002 08:58:29 GMT
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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 stepped plates), looks a litle rounded. Any comments?

In lugnet.starwars, James DiBenedetto writes:
> 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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  Redesigning the Star Destroyer
 
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 (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars)

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