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Re: Finally done !
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lugnet.starwars
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Thu, 19 Aug 1999 09:59:27 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, John VanZwieten writes:
> Excellent!
> Things I really liked:
> Use of "off-color" plates on the hull.
> The hyperdrive looks great with all that tr. blue.
> Your method for opening in the middle. Do 6 peg-hole combos really hold that
> thing together? If you hold it from just the back, will the front fall off?
It was ok with a 4 peg-hole combo but the you could see a gap. The 6 peg is
very strong but I must admit, I never tried to hold just the back. I´ll give
it a try tonight...
If
> so, how many times did this happen while you were building?
Actually, this was the very last thing I implemented. I started building the
cockpit and an outline. Then followed the "middle" part with the laser cannons
and the landing gear mechanics. I played with the details first and tried to
fit the hull around them later.
> The cockpit is nice as a "low tech" solution.
> All those crater baseplates are making me drool :-)
This weekend are to big fleamarkets around here. I´ll go and have a look... ;o)
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> Any estimate on the piece count?
By the time I read about the last falcon´s estimate piece count, it was
already to late. But I´ll try a guess...
>
> -John Van
Ralph
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| (...) Well yes, it did fall off...actually the front never left the floor. I just had the back in my hand. ;o) Ralph (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| Excellent! Things I really liked: Use of "off-color" plates on the hull. The hyperdrive looks great with all that tr. blue. Your method for opening in the middle. Do 6 peg-hole combos really hold that thing together? If you hold it from just the (...) (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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