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  • #9210
    Dan
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    Interstellar Industries in conjunction with Zaximillian Aerospace and Montronics Corp. has just finalized specifications for the new Standard Cargo Cube! This cube is intended for use by all factions across all themes providing a standard for interoperability between space, town, and everything else!

    Rich and I have been working on a standardized design for a cargo container to allow our space builds, monorail, trains, and town to work together. We’re proposing an 8x8x6 2/3 cube using Travis bricks in each corner one plate from the top and bottom (see pics). We also developed an H-bar system to clamp the cubes together (for cargo ships, both terrestrial and spacefaring). 2×2 plates on the top of the cube and 2×2 plates on the bottom allow for pineapples (1×1 rounds in light bley) to be inserted (one per corner) to separate the cubes vertically.

    The footprint can be easily expanded into sizes such as 8×17 and 8×26. Note that the size is expanded by 9 bricks each time to maintain consistency with the base cube + H-bar (see the pics).

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    #9215
    Dan
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    Additional H-bar detail

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    #9229
    Matt Redfield
    Keymaster

    Nice.

    #9238
    Benjamin C Good
    Participant

    I wanna see one completed.

    #9240
    Dan
    Participant

    Check my Facebook for an older iteration (not using Travis bricks). Simple build is 1x2x3 panels on three sides and a bit of fanciness for the door (I used a finger hinge/car roof to get a nice opening roof/wall)

    #9241
    Dan
    Participant

    Honestly I’d be interested in seeing if you’re able to build one with just the spec…

    #9411
    Dan
    Participant

    Anyone gonna build some to mess with at the Q4 meeting?

    #9434
    Matt Redfield
    Keymaster

    I dunno if I have the parts / time, but we’ll see.

    #9440
    Dan
    Participant

    @laura this is also something you may want to think about

    #9499
    Whiteside
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    Mtron Storage Container by whitesidewjw[/url], on Flickr

    Something I’ve been working on. I like what I see so far of your design!

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