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Hey .spacers
Here’s a new hovercar for your consideration. It’s not based on any specific
car, but definitely nods toward those late ‘60s/early ‘70s behemoths. It’s low.
It’s wide. It’s powerful. It seats one. Seats ONE ??!!??!
Yes, it’s the opposite of practical and efficient, but boy can it swoosh.
There are more pics (deeplinks are 01 through 22) and it will all be
here post mod.
This one was fun, but tricky; it’s been over a month (1) in the making. Tricky,
because I started with the sides, then the rear, then the canopy hinge, then the
headlights... the canopy was later. The engine and interior were last. That’s
right... I built it from the outside in.
It also features that canopy that Tony Hafner recently
mastered with a different hinging
system. (See it
closed and
open)
I’ll be happy to discuss the finer points of construction later, but for now
enjoy the pictures and PLMKWYT.
Peace and heavyness,
Professor Whateverly
(1) Yeah, I’ve been doing other things this month
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Ley Ward wrote:
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Hey, I completely missed this post initially. Too many posts going through too
fast! It’s neat, though, I can’t get the folder to load. I like the headlights,
it’s a great use for those in that color, a part that seems like it would be
tough to use other than as an engine. Leaving the hood area open is interesting,
I’ve never been good at greebling personally.
Daniel Rubin
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Ley Ward wrote:
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Hey .spacers
There are more pics (deeplinks are 01 through 22) and it will all be
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Cool- I love the venting- both on the sides with wings and the rear using
ladders. The use of smooth panel (World City roof/hood) parts on the sides
works well too. And the headlights look surprisingly good- I wouldn’t have
tried those on a MOC this small. The tubes on the inside even add to the
headlight effect- beautiful!
I’m not crazy about the color choices for some
of the detailing, but then it may look better in person. The lighting makes it
hard to see stuff.
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It also features that canopy that Tony Hafner recently
mastered with a different
hinging system. (See it
closed and
open)
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Heh- thanks for the nod!
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In lugnet.space, Daniel Rubin wrote:
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Hey, I completely missed this post initially. Too many posts going through
too fast! It’s neat, though, I can’t get the folder to load.
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Yeah, It looks like Brickshelf is having problems on and off for the past day or
so.
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I like the headlights, it’s a great use for those in that color, a part that
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seems like it would be tough to use other than as an engine.
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Thanks. Those are interesting pieces. I’ve found a couple of uses for them as
you’ll see in the next little while. (one post at a time :-)
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Leaving the hood area open
is interesting, I’ve never been good at greebling personally.
Daniel Rubin
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All I can say is greeble, greeble, greeble and you’ll get good at it. I’ve been
making mostly smaller stuff recently due to lack of time and desk space, and I
seem to have a lot of little pieces that I’ve gathered while trying to amass
enough for some bigger builds. One thing I would suggest is, whatever your
sorting method, set aside a small container of the small greebly pieces and
experiment with them. (How’s that for ‘all I can say’?)
Peace and experimentation,
Professor Whateverly
http://www.mocpages.com/home.php/637 (sigfig missing while Brickshelf is down)
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"Ley Ward" <NospaM*eonmusic@sasktel.net> wrote in message
news:HswFIw.24L6@lugnet.com...
> <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=72047 here post mod.>
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> This one was fun, but tricky; it's been over a month (1) in the making. • Tricky,
> because I started with the sides, then the rear, then the canopy hinge, • then the
> headlights... the canopy was later. The engine and interior were last. • That's
> right... I built it from the outside in.
So what if it "rides a little bit slower" -- it looks good doin' it. ;) I
love the tail end of this thing. That grill work, the tail lights--and the
fins!!! Mmmmm, fins... When will today's car manufacturers realize it's
time to bring back fins?!?! And is that a premium sound system I see on
either side of the driver's head? Man, you thought of everything. The snot
work is very interesting too. I like the interleaving of the red and grey
towards the back. Good work with the underside, too. Often people ignore
that part of a model, but yours has some great features under there.
I don't know how others do it, but I usually build from the outside in too.
First a frame to get the general shape, then usually engines (just the
nozzles) and landing gear. Later on I fill in the empty spaces (including
any engine compartments, weapons bays, cockpit details, and assorted
greeb's).
My only complaint is that lego doesn't make a chain-link steering wheel or
fuzzy dice. And the fact that I can't get "Low Rider" out of my head now.
-- Tom
P.S. Could you maybe make your pictures just a little smaller. While it is
kinda neat to see the individual polymer chains comprising each brick, it's
a wee-bit slow for us pathetic dial-up users. :)
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Ley Ward wrote:
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Hey .spacers
Here’s a new hovercar for your consideration. It’s not based on any specific
car, but definitely nods toward those late ‘60s/early ‘70s behemoths. It’s
low. It’s wide. It’s powerful. It seats one. Seats ONE ??!!??!
Yes, it’s the opposite of practical and efficient, but boy can it swoosh.
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Hey, this is really cool! Such a unique and interesting shape- that little
smooth cockpit in the middle of that big solid block. It reminds me of the
‘Hummer Baby Stroller’ on the back page of the Feb 16 and 23 (what’s up with
that) edition of the New Yorker- a huge big block with a little tiny hole in the
middle that the lonely baby sits in while mom ‘strains to push the half-ton
stroller.’
Sorry about the distraction. :)
I like the inside- and that engine is very cool, too. Greebly. Mmmm.
My only critisism is that perhaps the color scheme could be tightened a little
bit- some of the striped colors are distracting.
Nice job!
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Ley Ward wrote:
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Hey .spacers
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Nice work! I really dig that use of plates to give that ribbed effect on top.
And the engine looks really cool too. The car kind of reminds me of those 70’s
sci-fi “car of the future” efforts, the sort of cars Syd Mead would design.
Cheers,
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In lugnet.space, Tony Hafner wrote:
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Cool- I love the venting- both on the sides with wings and the rear using
ladders. The use of smooth panel (World City roof/hood) parts on the sides
works well too. And the headlights look surprisingly good- I wouldn’t have
tried those on a MOC this small. The tubes on the inside even add to the
headlight effect- beautiful!
I’m not crazy about the color choices for
some of the detailing, but then it may look better in person. The lighting
makes it hard to see stuff.
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Thanks Tony. (For your comments and for posting the links during the brickshelf
transition)
That smooth panel actually started the idea rolling. Glad you like it. The
headlights just had to be (and they practically wrap around), and those neon
green lightsabers have a wonderful fiberoptic quality just with ambient light.
Speaking of which, yeah, the light wasn’t the greatest. I couldn’t wait for
daylight, and I think it suits the model, but you’re right about it being a
little hard to see. That’s the dark red and dark blue with sand blue 1x2 grilles
sandwiched between the dark gray (try it), which does look good to me, but then
I may have a higher ‘colour-tolerance’ than some ;-) The whole thing is
resonating with a lot of stuff in my memory that I can’t quite pin down and a
few things that I can, such as the ‘66 Chrysler New Yorker I learned to drive
in. So, your mileage may vary...
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It also features that canopy that Tony Hafner recently
mastered with a different
hinging system. (See it
closed and
open)
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Heh- thanks for the nod!
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You’re welcome.
Peace and dim lighting,
Professor Whateverly
click and it’ll take you there.
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In lugnet.space, Tom Sciortino wrote:
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So what if it “rides a little bit slower” -- it looks good doin’ it. ;) I
love the tail end of this thing. That grill work, the tail lights--and the
fins!!! Mmmmm, fins... When will today’s car manufacturers realize it’s
time to bring back fins?!?! And is that a premium sound system I see on
either side of the driver’s head? Man, you thought of everything. The snot
work is very interesting too. I like the interleaving of the red and grey
towards the back. Good work with the underside, too. Often people ignore
that part of a model, but yours has some great features under there.
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Thank you.
The fact that the fins can be top and bottom just doubles the fun. Yes, that’s
the best sound system possible; when you’re flying solo, ya gotta have tunes.
This is what I call a ‘studs-out’ design; there are studs facing every
direction. The main ‘studs-up’ part is the canopy assembly and there are a few
others, but there are more studs pointing down overall (though they are covered
with tiles.)
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I don’t know how others do it, but I usually build from the outside in too.
First a frame to get the general shape, then usually engines (just the
nozzles) and landing gear. Later on I fill in the empty spaces (including
any engine compartments, weapons bays, cockpit details, and assorted
greeb’s).
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I tend to start with a seedpart or a ‘seed assembly’, which in this case was the
side panel and then the tail light/fin. I actually thought it would be a
two-seater until I tried putting seats in.
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My only complaint is that lego doesn’t make a chain-link steering wheel or
fuzzy dice. And the fact that I can’t get “Low Rider” out of my head now.
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Ah, the song-virus. ha ha! I’m glad you picked up on that one. That’s another
resonance this model has for me, though I’m not sure how the lowrider concept
maps onto the hovercar concept. But, hey, I like the song. Shall we petition
TLC for the steering wheel and fuzzy dice?
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P.S. Could you maybe make your pictures just a little smaller. While it is
kinda neat to see the individual polymer chains comprising each brick, it’s
a wee-bit slow for us pathetic dial-up users. :)
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As a pathetic dial-up user myself, I feel your pain. I did trim the extra
background of the tops and bottoms of the pics where possible. I figure that
640x480 is a reasonable compromise, but I may have saved them at too high a
quality. At least I downsampled my 4 megapixel shots from the camera. I’d like
to hear other thoughts about this issue. How many seconds at 56k is a reasonable
download time? Did anyone else see the recent brickshelf file of an out-of-focus
purple bionicle slug in the middle of a vast expanse of out-of-focus upholstery
at 1600x1200 pixels? sheeesh! Anyway, yes, I’ll try and keep them a little
smaller.
Peace and resolution,
Professor Whateverly
click to ride
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In lugnet.space, Tom Sciortino wrote:
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P.S. Could you maybe make your pictures just a little smaller. While it is
kinda neat to see the individual polymer chains comprising each brick, it’s
a wee-bit slow for us pathetic dial-up users. :)
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Oops! If I may reply again now that I know what you are talking about: sorry
about that. I’ve finished kicking myself around the room and I’ve fixed the two
pictures that didn’t get downsampled. Now everything is at 640xwhatever and
they’ll be fine after moderation.
Oh yeah, the MOC page for this one is up
now.
Peace and further resolutions,
Professor Whateverly
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In lugnet.space, John Henry Kruer wrote:
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Hey, this is really cool! Such a unique and interesting shape- that little
smooth cockpit in the middle of that big solid block. It reminds me of the
‘Hummer Baby Stroller’ on the back page of the Feb 16 and 23 (what’s up with
that) edition of the New Yorker- a huge big block with a little tiny hole in
the middle that the lonely baby sits in while mom ‘strains to push the
half-ton stroller.’
Sorry about the distraction. :)
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That’s hilarious. Distractions are good.
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I like the inside- and that engine is very cool, too. Greebly. Mmmm.
My only critisism is that perhaps the color scheme could be tightened a
little bit- some of the striped colors are distracting.
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Thank you. There are pics coming soon of the engine and a couple more of the car
in a more natural light. And, um, sorry about the distraction ;-)
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Nice job!
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Thanks again JHK.
Peace and distraction,
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In lugnet.space, Paul Baulch wrote:
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Nice work! I really dig that use of plates to give that ribbed effect on top.
And the engine looks really cool too. The car kind of reminds me of those
70’s sci-fi “car of the future” efforts, the sort of cars Syd Mead would
design.
Cheers,
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Thank you Paul. I appreciate the Syd Mead reference. While I didn’t specifically
have him in mind, I definitely grew up immersed in his style of csrs. (And, of
course, the original years of Hot Wheels, which is partly the reason for the
hoodless look.)
I’m glad you liked the engine. For those who are interested, I’ve put up a photo
of the engine out of the car
here It’s not actually atteched, just wedged in, and though I’m not entirely
happy with that arrangement, I like the engine, so it stays. There are also a
few other pics taken in natural light for those who want to examine the colours:
the last four pics in the
Brickshelf gallery. Also don’t miss the MOC page linked to the sigfig below.
Stacked plates offer so many sculpting and detail options, it’s hard to resist
them. (especially if one is short of lime green wedges ;-)
Peace and style,
Professor Whateverly
click to go for a ride...
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