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Re: Lego Has updated its online Catalog!!
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lugnet.starwars
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Sat, 23 Jan 1999 00:16:41 GMT
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Terry K wrote in message <36a91b32.10535425@lugnet.com>...
> On Fri, 22 Jan 1999 20:46:35 GMT, "John VanZwieten" • <john_vanzwieten@msn.com>
> wrote:
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> > Terry, did you see the alternate models of the snowspeeder and x-wing? It
> > looks like the new hinge for the x-wing wings has the same form as the
> > windscreen hinge. Look at the legs on the snowspeeder alt. model. 1X2
> > bricks with 1 and 2 fingers off the short end. The hinge must be pretty
> > strong if it holds the arms of the mech on the x-wing alt. model. I • suspect
> > the x-wing has two of these holding each wing.
> >
> > Now to build the alt. models in Ldraw to see which pieces I'm "missing" in
> > my main models. (New part creation may have to wait) The new pics of the
> > snowspeeder should help a bunch in finishing that for Ldraw. If only I
> > could see the back sides of the x- and y-wings.
>
> No, not yet. But I thought of the same thing when I read about the • alternates!
> But from your description, I am surprised. Those don't seem like they • would be
> that stiff.
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> -- Terry K --
Agreed. My guess is that the single finger is actually some sort of clip
which holds onto a bar between the two fingers on the other side. If the
bar and clip were non-cylidrical, i.e. hex-shaped or with "fins", the
combination of the "clip-grip" and the friction between the 3 fingers could
provide enough stiffness.
How much longer to wait?
-John Van
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