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Re: Shoddy MF
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lugnet.starwars
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Wed, 10 Nov 1999 14:44:50 GMT
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Dennett <dennett@agate.net> wrote in message
news:199911091805240490.006EEF8E@agate.net...
> On 11/09/1999, at 5:10 PM, John VanZwieten wrote:
> > Lorbaat <eric@nospam.thirteen.net> wrote in message
> > news:FKy6x4.LuI@lugnet.com...
> > > I think the thing I'm *happiest* about with it is the cockpit. It's a • very
> > > nice canopy piece, and I can already see other uses for it. It looks • to me
> > > like whether the LEGO model seat two abreast or not, it can be made to.
> > > Probably even four, two by two.
> >
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> > I've been trying to figure this one out. Is it really possible to put 2
> > minifigs inside a space only 6 studs across? I know the landspeeder puts • two
> > passengers side by side, but don't their hands overlap the side thinwall
> > pieces? In a quick test wit a couple of minifigs, sitting side by side • they
> > span 6 complete studs between the outside hands--no room for the cockpit
> > walls. In any case, the printing on this piece could much better model • the
> > MF.
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> Actually, it is possible. I build 6-wide fire trucks, also the 6-wide
> hummer I
> posted to cad.dat.models a while back seats two across. Both figs will fit
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> in the area if they are sitting on tiles and the outsides are 2x2x1
> panels.
> Since you use Ldraw, check out the model, build a mock up of the cab and
> see for yourself. It is possible
So they are just thrown in sitting on tiles? Not attatched to a stud? What
about seats?
Your fire trucks probably don't invert very often :-)
-John Van
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| (...) fit (...) and (...) What (...) Yeh, I learned the technique from Jeff Christner, "the Father of Six Wide Fire Trucks". They just sit there on a flat surface. The only way you can use seats and have it be 6W is if you do what TLG did on the (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) very (...) to me (...) two (...) they (...) the (...) Actually, it is possible. I build 6-wide fire trucks, also the 6-wide hummer I posted to cad.dat.models a while back seats two across. Both figs will fit in the area if they are sitting on (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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