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Re: Making accurate Y-Wing engines
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lugnet.starwars
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Thu, 13 May 1999 20:05:10 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Robert Brunskill writes:
> I've been thinking about ways to fix it, and a couple nights ago, as I was
> sorting through my old sets, evaluating them for trades, I came across two
> of my oldest sets: Brickyard and Road Construction Crew. Both of these sets
> had 4x4 black turntables. Unlike the modern version, which is a round
> turntable on top of a square plate, these are two half-height rounds on top
> of each other, so the entire piece is round.
Two layers of Macaroni bricks would work well, too. It would make the engines
longer and you'd have to alternate them, but I think it would work.
Jeff
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 | | Re: Making accurate Y-Wing engines
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| (...) How would that work? You'd still end up with odd tile edges. The happy thing is that I also have both of those ancient sets, so I have a pair of those round 4x4 turntables! AFAIK, they were never in any colour but black. But you know what (...) (25 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: Making accurate Y-Wing engines
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| (...) Would you really need two layers? I don't have any macaroni bricks handy, but from what I remember (and from LDraw), you should be able to replace the second-to-last 4x4 cylinder brick with 4 macaroni bricks, and then put the final 4x4 (...) (25 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Making accurate Y-Wing engines
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| The only thing that really ever bugged me about the new Y-Wing is the improperly oriented engine struts. If you attached a 4x4 square plate to the engine, the struts should be at the corners, not in the middle of the sides, as they are. I've been (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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