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Re: Making accurate Y-Wing engines
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lugnet.starwars
Date: 
Fri, 14 May 1999 12:12:49 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
Jeff Stembel wrote:

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.

  How would that work?  You'd still end up with odd
  tile edges.

  LFB.

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 macaroni bricks, you'd have to buy 8 Landspeeders.  ;)

Jeff



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  Re: Making accurate Y-Wing engines
 
(...) 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)

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