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Re: Y-wing fighter
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lugnet.starwars
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Fri, 10 Nov 2000 18:55:02 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Darren Townsend writes:
> Hi,
> I'm sorry if this has been mentioned before, but why is the Y-wing (in the
> Y/Tie set) taken from the original McQuarrie concept drawings and not from
> the actual model used for the films? The main differences between the 2 are
> that the film model has smoother lines and ,more importantly, the support
> pylons on the ion engines are at 45,135,225 and 315 degrees on the film
> model as opposed to 0,90,180 and 270 deg on the concept. Can anyone see a
> way of rotating the engines thru 45 degrees in order to achieve the correct
> look?
> Cheers
> Daz
Hmm... I can think of one method that wouldn't be too sturdy... It would
require 8 macaroni pieces (4 landspeeder sets). Because macaroni's don't have
the tubes underneath, you can angle them 45 degrees off from each other...
Hence, the 1st layer of 4 macaronis attaches just before the pylon supports,
and the 2nd one directly behind it, upon which the 4x4 round brick w/ holes can
attach.
However, that's pretty flimsy, I think. Perhaps you could support it by using a
'lightsaber blade' piece, which fits snugly inside an axle hole (on both of the
4x4 rounds surrounding the macaronis). Actually, heck, if you're not concerned
with it being physically attached by studs, you could eliminate the macaronis
altogether, and just supporting that last 4x4 round on the lightsaber blade (dk
grey of course), and rotating it 45 degrees...
Anyway, an idea... As to why they didn't do it, it was probably far easier and
sturdier to do it the way they did. Plus I don't think they were as concerned
with details like that as Star Wars fans often are...
DaveE
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| (...) Yeah, yeah, I'm replying to my own message... Looking at Jay's response, it looks like he did sorta the same thing? Only he covered up the gap between the two 4x4 rounds with 1x2 tiles... cool... DaveE (24 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| Hi, I'm sorry if this has been mentioned before, but why is the Y-wing (in the Y/Tie set) taken from the original McQuarrie concept drawings and not from the actual model used for the films? The main differences between the 2 are that the film model (...) (24 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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