Comments on: The worst Lego piece ever made http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/31/the-worst-lego-piece-ever-made/ the blog that is not dansdata.com Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:09:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Itsacon http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/31/the-worst-lego-piece-ever-made/#comment-2768 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:01:11 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/31/the-worst-lego-piece-ever-made/#comment-2768 Or just do what they did with old wooden hulls to make them watertight: Tar them below the waterline... Or just do what they did with old wooden hulls to make them watertight: Tar them below the waterline...

]]> by: skaar http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/31/the-worst-lego-piece-ever-made/#comment-2763 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:19:37 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/31/the-worst-lego-piece-ever-made/#comment-2763 water based model glue, i have found a lot of uses for it, it'd be perfect, excepting that it's water soluble. however, it brings to mind, there's got to be a similar oily glue that won't melt the blocks, and be removable, i've used plain model glue occasionally, it didn't seem to do much to them, but it was quite hard to remove. water based model glue, i have found a lot of uses for it, it'd be perfect, excepting that it's water soluble. however, it brings to mind, there's got to be a similar oily glue that won't melt the blocks, and be removable, i've used plain model glue occasionally, it didn't seem to do much to them, but it was quite hard to remove.

]]> by: FuzzyPlushroom http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/31/the-worst-lego-piece-ever-made/#comment-2761 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 06:17:54 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/31/the-worst-lego-piece-ever-made/#comment-2761 I had the '95 Street Sweeper. Some great memories there - the Car Wash Brushes got left with the <a href="http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/3706" rel="nofollow">Technic Axle 6</a> and mounted separately on another vehicle, and the surround usually ended up flipped over as a snowplow. Thanks for the memories, Dan! I had the '95 Street Sweeper. Some great memories there - the Car Wash Brushes got left with the Technic Axle 6 and mounted separately on another vehicle, and the surround usually ended up flipped over as a snowplow.

Thanks for the memories, Dan!

]]> by: kamikrae-z http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/31/the-worst-lego-piece-ever-made/#comment-2760 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:37:21 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/31/the-worst-lego-piece-ever-made/#comment-2760 If looks aren't important you could simply wrap the outside of the hull with cling wrap and then tack it in place with a row of plates above the water line. If looks aren't important you could simply wrap the outside of the hull with cling wrap and then tack it in place with a row of plates above the water line.

]]> by: Itsacon http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/31/the-worst-lego-piece-ever-made/#comment-2759 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:28:40 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/31/the-worst-lego-piece-ever-made/#comment-2759 Ok, now I'm wondering if I should dig up my crates of Lego to see if this is a feasable undertaking or not... Tempting, tempting, tempting.... Ok, now I'm wondering if I should dig up my crates of Lego to see if this is a feasable undertaking or not... Tempting, tempting, tempting....

]]> by: Erik T http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/31/the-worst-lego-piece-ever-made/#comment-2757 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:57:54 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/31/the-worst-lego-piece-ever-made/#comment-2757 Even a thin layer of plastic is probably too thick to have Lego butting against itself. The tolerances are astonishingly tight for a kid's toy. Even a thin layer of plastic is probably too thick to have Lego butting against itself. The tolerances are astonishingly tight for a kid's toy.

]]> by: xuth http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/31/the-worst-lego-piece-ever-made/#comment-2756 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:27:07 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/31/the-worst-lego-piece-ever-made/#comment-2756 The easy way to do a structurally sound double hull (with plastic in between) would be to make several smaller sealed sections with structural walls in between. The easy way to do a structurally sound double hull (with plastic in between) would be to make several smaller sealed sections with structural walls in between.

]]> by: Itsacon http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/31/the-worst-lego-piece-ever-made/#comment-2755 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:31:51 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/31/the-worst-lego-piece-ever-made/#comment-2755 Why leave a gap? plastic isn't that thick... Biggest problem have to be structurally sound, that's true. But hey, it's LEGO and you're building an oil tanker, what did you expect? Why leave a gap? plastic isn't that thick...
Biggest problem have to be structurally sound, that's true. But hey, it's LEGO and you're building an oil tanker, what did you expect?

]]> by: Erik T http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/31/the-worst-lego-piece-ever-made/#comment-2753 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:19:45 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/31/the-worst-lego-piece-ever-made/#comment-2753 It'll also be pretty stinking fragile, since you'll have some single-stud gap around an entire complex shape. It'll also be pretty stinking fragile, since you'll have some single-stud gap around an entire complex shape.

]]> by: Itsacon http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/31/the-worst-lego-piece-ever-made/#comment-2752 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:41:16 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/07/31/the-worst-lego-piece-ever-made/#comment-2752 Never heard of a double-walled hull? Simply build two hulls, one in the other, with a liner of plastic in between. It'll be very heavy, but should be water-tight, as long as the plastic in between is a full seal. Never heard of a double-walled hull?
Simply build two hulls, one in the other, with a liner of plastic in between. It'll be very heavy, but should be water-tight, as long as the plastic in between is a full seal.

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