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Re: See X-Wing Fighter in Ldraw/Ldlite
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Fri, 8 Jan 1999 23:47:10 GMT
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On Fri, 8 Jan 1999 17:28:37 GMT, blisses@worldnet.att.net (Steve
Bliss) wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Jan 1999 15:45:08 GMT, "John VanZwieten"
> <john_vanzwieten@msn.com> wrote:
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> > I'm most interested in seeing what seems to be a new hinge set. I'm
> > guessing it must have some sort of "teeth" which let you set a position. I
> > don't think current hinges would hold the top wings in X formation (or the
> > bottom wings in closed formation) very long. I've been thinking of
> > modifying the back of the X-wing. I made the red stripe continue around the
> > back, but on looking my son's x-wing, I realized the stripe doesn't go
> > there. I also hope Lego has done something better for the back face, so it
> > isn't just flat all the way down.
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> And what are those pieces holding the new canopies in place? Looks like
> there are at least two different holder-bricks: a 1x1 with a top
> connector for the X-wing and Y-wing, and then a 1x2 with a side
> connector for the Snow Speeder.
That is odd.
It looks to me that the canopy has two clips similar to the clips on
a "6019.dat Plate 1 x 1 with Clip Horizontal" piece that extend
rearward.
Those new pieces you mentioned look like they might have a " T " bar
arrangement to snap into the canopy clips.
Alternately, the canopy clips could have a short connecting bar
between them, and the new pieces could be simple clips that snap onto
the canopy bars. But it would be more difficult to manufacture clips
with integral bars.
Much simpler to make the "T" bar arrangement.
Whatever it is, it looks interesting. The downside of my hypothesis
is that the canopy will have these ungainly projections from the rear.
Which could pose problems when designing MOC's.
-- Terry K --
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| (...) Assuming they are the same pieces (no reason for them not to be) that are in the '99 Adventurer's sets, then they are 1x2 bricks with a horizontal side rod, as previously seen only on 1x2 plates. There is a similar 1x2 brick with a verticle (...) (26 years ago, 9-Jan-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: See X-Wing Fighter in Ldraw/Ldlite
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| (...) And what are those pieces holding the new canopies in place? Looks like there are at least two different holder-bricks: a 1x1 with a top connector for the X-wing and Y-wing, and then a 1x2 with a side connector for the Snow Speeder. Steve (26 years ago, 8-Jan-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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