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Re: UCS X-Wing Q's
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Sun, 24 Sep 2000 17:25:06 GMT
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G'day (G'd night almost here in Sweden 7.30 pm)
Yes, i do have the same problem with the gearbox.
No, i did not get the extra pieces. You are indeed a lucky man...
It's really a nice set but it would be nicer without the annoying
stickers...
/Joakim
Kyle D. Jackson wrote in message ...
> G'day Folks,
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> Since TRU here in Canada finally had a 20% off sale with this
> set on the shelf, I snapped one up. The two boxes still on the
> shelf were horribly beat up. I bought the better looking one
> hoping nothing was missing. I made out pretty well, missing
> only one of the 1x16 black beams used in the stand.
>
> I notice that when I have the S-foils closed, they do not form
> a flat plane from wingtip-to-wingtip as shown on the back
> page of the manual. Instead the tips slope upwards slightly,
> most notably for the bottom foils. Also when the foils are
> opened, the roots of the upper ones rest nicely against the
> sides of the fuselage to help reduce some of the floppiness.
> But the bottom foils don't do this, are are pretty floppy.
> I'm worried a little about the stress on the lower attachment
> points. I tried following the gearbox assembly steps as
> best as possible, but I'm worried that I have the lower
> foil gears off by a tooth somewhere. Anyone else having
> this problem? I'd hate to tear apart that entire rear fuselage
> to fix the gearbox...
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> One other thing. Among the extra pieces in my set were 20
> black 1x1 plates with the little claw in the place of the
> stud on top. These are the same pieces that hold the blue
> tubes around the perimeter of the UCS Tie's panels, and
> exactly the amount required for that set (5 per panel).
> I was just wondering if anyone else had this.
>
> Thanx,
> KDJ
> ________________________________________________________
> Kyle D. Jackson, LUGNETer #203, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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