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Dioramas & Buildings / Re: Lightning Bolt spaceship
« Last post by JPSA on Today at 10:43:35 »The 3-decker version ( Lightning Bolt - Phase 2B ):
Notes:
The hangar bay was initially intended to hold a crane ( PM 5254 ), but, the wide unobstructed space caused outward bowing of the walls in the original — Phase 1 — version of the ship. Phase 2B added a horizontal tension truss ( seen above the captured Dark Invaders' spaceship ), to prevent the hangar bay from collapsing under the weight.
Here the original ( aka. Phase 1 ):
Notes:
The hangar bay was initially intended to hold a crane ( PM 5254 ), but, the wide unobstructed space caused outward bowing of the walls in the original — Phase 1 — version of the ship. Phase 2B added a horizontal tension truss ( seen above the captured Dark Invaders' spaceship ), to prevent the hangar bay from collapsing under the weight.
Here the original ( aka. Phase 1 ):