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Re: "May the Transforce be with you."
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lugnet.starwars
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Fri, 18 Jun 2004 02:23:44 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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That may be one of the coolest things I’ve seen in a VERY long time. I’m
amazed at the amount of hinging and rotating this thing exhibits.
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Thanks, Larry! The biggest trick was getting everything to line up so that the
parts moved without bumping into each, and also so that they’d fit snugly up
against each other in both modes. Adding or removing a single plate of height
in any direction can throw the alignment off completely in so many different
ways, so it was just one big effort in trial and error. I think that’s probably
why I smashed the first version!
Originally, the legs were the black Technic spider legs from the Aragog Harry
Potter sets. When folded up, they made for some pretty clever wings, but it
gave the ship more an organic look than I really wanted. The tradeoff, though,
with the grey hinged legs that it has now is a less organic looking spider -- he
looks more like one of the Matrix squiddies than a living creature.
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there is a step or two I didn’t follow.
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I actually did forget to take a shot of a pretty important step. It falls in
between xwing-14.jpg
and xwing-15.jpg, and
it shows how the two halves of the nose section of the fighter (the back of the
bug) rotate back before turning forward. I’ve taken a new photo and thrown it
in there (xwing-14b.jpg).
-Mike
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| (...) That may be one of the coolest things I've seen in a VERY long time. I'm amazed at the amount of hinging and rotating this thing exhibits. I hope I get to see it in person because there is a step or two I didn't follow. Spotlighted! (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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