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Re: Aliens Style APC
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lugnet.build.military
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Wed, 10 Jan 2007 05:21:13 GMT
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In lugnet.build.military, Timothy Gould wrote:
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You keep sneaking these things past me by not cross-posting to a theme group.
I really love this. I’m a real sucker for Alien and its sequels so anything
from them arouses my interest and this is a most excellent build.
I find the front doesn’t quite match the prototype entirely but it’s quite
forgivable given the lovely interior you’ve fit in. I agree with Mr Yoder.
Gotta fold that guns back. I haven’t watched the film for a while but doesn’t
it just rotate perpendiclar to the side wall and fold to the back? Probably
not too hard to do and would add yet another cool feature.
And I’m curious how you do the wheels. They’re by far my favourite bit.
Tim
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Tim,
I used the technic wheels from set 8842 from 1986. My dad bought me that set way
back then and it was a favourite because it had steering that worked and a
simplistic engine with moving piston when you pushed it along the floor.
Memories... http://www.brickset.com/search.aspx?Set=8842-1
Stuck some technic pins in there, slapped in a 1x3 plate and then put some flat
tiles on it. The dark grey 1x2’s just magically snapped into place on either
side of the 1x3. Zingerlicious.
Thanks for your comments!
Cheers! ~ Paul.
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| Paul, Steering like this is easy enough if you have space under the vehicle. Check out the pix showing the underside of my Wild Boar APC, in this case I was even able to incorporate suspension, but this system wouldn't work with just the four wheels (...) (17 years ago, 12-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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| (...) Hi Paul, You keep sneaking these things past me by not cross-posting to a theme group. I really love this. I'm a real sucker for Alien and its sequels so anything from them arouses my interest and this is a most excellent build. I find the (...) (17 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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