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Subject:	Re: Non-violent Space Contest Entry: Q-35 Aerospace Jump-Jet
Newsgroups:	lugnet.build.contests
Date:	Tue, 29 May 2001 17:53:11 GMT
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Joel Jacobsen <jacobsen@oar.net> writes: > 1. The detail!! Primarily in the cockpit - you crammed it full, just like > most real airliners - but the little things throughout are excellent. I was surprised how much smaller you can make a quarter dome look when you cram it full of stuff and use big chairs. > 2. The liberal use of windows. What plane is complete without windows? • The > 1x6x?? windows in the lounge and the luxury cabin placed on their sides • are > probably my favorite of the windows you chose to use. I haven't seen many > others use them, going with the 1/4 domes instead. After I used them in my > freighter, I found that I really like using them this way. Thanks for inspiring me to use the panels that way! :) > 3. The retracts! One question- where did you put the air tank? I didn't • see > it in the pics? It's hidden next to the landing gear inside the right engine. There's a reasonable amount of room in there > The thought put into this MOC is excellent. I must say that I've learned a > lot from looking at the pictures. I made a lot of parts up as I went along, but it still came together pretty well. I was originally going to have 4 cargo containers, but some pneumatic hoses (well, actully, I used flex hoses with pneumatic hoses stuck on the ends to overcome my lack of long hoses) were in the way. My brother had the great idea for the central thrusters, and, having just seen True Lies, I decided to make them rotate like on a Harrier. > Curse you! I was supposed to be gearing up to work on some castle • creations > and you're doing your best to make me want to pick up space creations > again.... grrr... ;) Well, I keep seeing cars I want to build, so my next model will probably be another town creation. It won't use white plates, though...those are all used up. Maybe I should make a building....I always seem to have plenty of bricks left. LEGO, please make a white, black, and gray plates bucket! --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu http://home.cwru.edu/~bxl34/

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		Re: Non-violent Space Contest Entry: Q-35 Aerospace Jump-Jet
(...) Indeed - you did well! :) (...) Wow - You're welcome. I didn't realize you drew on that because of the Taranis. :) (...) Ah... that would make sense. :) (...) Hehe.. that was an amusing movie. And a great idea. :) (...) I hear that - the (...) (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.build.contests)

		Re: Non-violent Space Contest Entry: Q-35 Aerospace Jump-Jet
(...) Very true. :) It's also a perceptual horizontal-vs-vertical thing. A panel 12 bricks high seems fairly tall, but 14.4 studs length doesn't seem very long (heck, regular space canopy pieces are 10 studs long). Or maybe I just have weird (...) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.build.contests)

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		Re: Non-violent Space Contest Entry: Q-35 Aerospace Jump-Jet
(...) <snipped> (...) you, it's not in the schedule any time soon... ah well. The pictures are clear enough that they'll do. :)I can't really anything I .don't. like about this MOC. I'd love to see this in person. The things I especially like, are: (...) (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.build.contests)

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