 | | Re: Making accurate Y-Wing engines —Jeff Stembel
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| | | (...) 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 (26 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | Re: Making accurate Y-Wing engines —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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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 (...) (26 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | Re: Making accurate Y-Wing engines —Tom McDonald
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| | | | | | | (...) Actually, they have been made in red too (I've got some from set 570), and also in white if I'm not mistaken. (...) Hehe. But it won't be my 4x4 plateless turntables I'm throwing... -Tom McD. when replying, use a plate with your spamcake. (26 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | Re: Making accurate Y-Wing engines —David Simmons
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| | | | | | | I have a pair of those round (...) I have a few in white. No idea which set they came from, though. Dave (26 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | Re: Making accurate Y-Wing engines —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | | | (...) What do you mean "odd tile edges"? You shouldn't need to use tiles at all. To make a stable cylinder with macaroni bricks, you have to rotate each layer by 45 degrees. Do this with two layers and it should work fine. Of course, to get 16 gray (...) (26 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | Re: Making accurate Y-Wing engines —Steve Bliss
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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 (...) (26 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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