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Well after many, many, many problems I was finally able to get a few pictures
of my models and I scanned them...as well as some of the models. And you can
look at them here: http://www.angelfire.com/oh3/legoinstructions/index.html
I did have a lot of close up shots but apparently my camera doesn't take close
up shots well as the majority of them turned out blurry and icky. Tomorrow
I'll try taking some more pictures and seeing if I can't get some good close
ups. The large ship in the picture is 90 bricks long, 62 bricks wide, and the
front section is a remodeled version of the classic Cosmic Fleet Voyager,
undoubtedly my favorite Lego design of all time. A design I love so much I
can actually build the original model completely from memory as I have built
it hundreds of times and ways since I first got it as a kid. So anyway I hope
you all enjoy my designs, and if you have any questions feel free to ask. I
will try and get some better images though because the ones I have right now
don't look so good.
-Matthew M
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Cool model. I love building large ships. You're kind of cheating with the
pirate hulls though. :-) Just out of curiosty how much does it weigh. It
can't weigh too much if you managed to keep it modular. I know that from
experience. What is its primary function: Freighter, Battlecruiser,
undecideed?. All in all it's a nice ship.
Lord Insanity
Vist my Lego page at:
www.fortunecity.com/tattooine/sputnik/86/gc.html
In lugnet.space, Matthew Moulton writes:
> Well after many, many, many problems I was finally able to get a few pictures
> of my models and I scanned them...as well as some of the models. And you can
> look at them here: http://www.angelfire.com/oh3/legoinstructions/index.html
>
> I did have a lot of close up shots but apparently my camera doesn't take close
> up shots well as the majority of them turned out blurry and icky. Tomorrow
> I'll try taking some more pictures and seeing if I can't get some good close
> ups. The large ship in the picture is 90 bricks long, 62 bricks wide, and the
> front section is a remodeled version of the classic Cosmic Fleet Voyager,
> undoubtedly my favorite Lego design of all time. A design I love so much I
> can actually build the original model completely from memory as I have built
> it hundreds of times and ways since I first got it as a kid. So anyway I hope
> you all enjoy my designs, and if you have any questions feel free to ask. I
> will try and get some better images though because the ones I have right now
> don't look so good.
>
> -Matthew M
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Yah, it's pretty light, but the bottom is incredibly solid. In the past I
used to try building large ships like the ones you did but whenever I tried to
pick them up...BOOM...pieces everywhere. That's a good challenge though
trying to build one solid and stable enough without the use of any large bulk
pieces. You had some really neat models on your page, I really liked the The
G.C.S. Phantom Shrieker, I might try building something similar at some point,
although it's probably going to be white since I'm low on black pieces and
painting can get tiresome. Well I better get back to work, I'm working on a
website design right now and trying to get things organized. I'll let
everyone know when I get it updated.
-Matthew
PS The big one is a heavy battle cruiser and it actually stores two of the
smaller ships (the ones with the neon green impulse engine and the 6 cannons
in the front) in its cargo bay area, although I may incorporate them into the
outer design of the ship so it has more storage capacity. The back end is not
actually complete. If you look close you'll see that the very back middle
section just has a large flat covering. I've been thinking though that I may
try to do the same thing with the Stealth Falcon and incorporate it into the
back top section of the ship.
In lugnet.space, Mike Petrucelli writes:
> Cool model. I love building large ships. You're kind of cheating with the
> pirate hulls though. :-) Just out of curiosty how much does it weigh. It
> can't weigh too much if you managed to keep it modular. I know that from
> experience. What is its primary function: Freighter, Battlecruiser,
> undecideed?. All in all it's a nice ship.
>
> Lord Insanity
> Vist my Lego page at:
> www.fortunecity.com/tattooine/sputnik/86/gc.html
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In lugnet.space, Matthew Moulton writes:
> Yah, it's pretty light, but the bottom is incredibly solid. In the past I
> used to try building large ships like the ones you did but whenever I tried to
> pick them up...BOOM...pieces everywhere. That's a good challenge though
> trying to build one solid and stable enough without the use of any large bulk
> pieces. You had some really neat models on your page, I really liked the The
> G.C.S. Phantom Shrieker,
Thanks. It weighs about 50 pounds.
> I might try building something similar at some point,
> although it's probably going to be white since I'm low on black pieces and
> painting can get tiresome.
PAINTING !? (sorry I am one of those that regard painting as Lego heresy)
> Well I better get back to work, I'm working on a
> website design right now and trying to get things organized. I'll let
> everyone know when I get it updated.
Oh more to see. :-)
>
> -Matthew
>
> PS The big one is a heavy battle cruiser and it actually stores two of the
> smaller ships (the ones with the neon green impulse engine and the 6 cannons
> in the front) in its cargo bay area, although I may incorporate them into the
> outer design of the ship so it has more storage capacity. The back end is not
> actually complete. If you look close you'll see that the very back middle
> section just has a large flat covering. I've been thinking though that I may
> try to do the same thing with the Stealth Falcon and incorporate it into the
> back top section of the ship.
Sounds like you will be busy for a while.
Lord Insanity
Vist my Lego page at:
www.fortunecity.com/tattooine/sputnik/86/gc.html
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In lugnet.space, Mike Petrucelli writes:
> > You had some really neat models on your page, I really liked the The
> > G.C.S. Phantom Shrieker,
>
> Thanks. It weighs about 50 pounds.
Wow! That's heavy...hmmm...I've never actually weighed mine though, think
I'll try doing that. Does like a normal bathroom scale work okay?
> > I might try building something similar at some point,
> > although it's probably going to be white since I'm low on black pieces and
> > painting can get tiresome.
>
> PAINTING !? (sorry I am one of those that regard painting as Lego heresy)
:) Well it's okay if you can't tell the difference. Model paint works the
best, you can make em look completely authentic, but it's expensive and you
don't get much. I like using Partha paints because they are very non
permanent but still look okay for esthetics. I always like my ships to look
uniform and consistent...don't think the big ship would look as good if the
hulls were brown and looked like boats pieces...he he he...
> > Well I better get back to work, I'm working on a
> > website design right now and trying to get things organized. I'll let
> > everyone know when I get it updated.
>
> Oh more to see. :-)
Yup, I have more ships too that I'm gonna try scanning, also workin on getting
some better pictures (most of the actually pictures I got were REALLY fuzzy).
I'm also going to make some scans of my older brothers stuff and we are
feverishly trying to come up with names for all these ships. The big one will
be called either the Behemoth, or the Juggernaut....but at this point it's
undecided.
> Sounds like you will be busy for a while.
>
> Lord Insanity
> Vist my Lego page at:
> www.fortunecity.com/tattooine/sputnik/86/gc.html
Yup, sometimes projects of mine can last several months to a year. I've
actually built that big ship several times, the first design was all one
section though and the back looked sorta like the millennium falcon, and it
had two Cosmic Fleet Voyagers on the front, I then moved to a smaller one with
just one CFV, and actual nacelles but it was still much smaller than the
current one. And then the current one is my latest design. I have thought
about making the nacelle front ends CFV's and then doing something else for
the front middle section...hmmm...gosh I love Legos! Completely limitless
possibilities. :)
-Matthew M
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Matthew M wrote in message ...
> Well after many, many, many problems I was finally able to get a few • pictures
> of my models and I scanned them...as well as some of the models. And you • can
> look at them here: http://www.angelfire.com/oh3/legoinstructions/index.html
Wow, love the cool fighter (er, the one right below the big ship's
pictures). But do my eyes decieve me or did you paint the bricks! Eww!!!
> front section is a remodeled version of the classic Cosmic Fleet Voyager,
> undoubtedly my favorite Lego design of all time. A design I love so much I
> can actually build the original model completely from memory as I have • built
> it hundreds of times and ways since I first got it as a kid.
I don't think I'll ever understand what people love about that ship....
*scratches head*
Cheers,
Paul
LUGNET member 164
http://www.geocities.com/doctorshnub/
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> > front section is a remodeled version of the classic Cosmic Fleet Voyager,
> > undoubtedly my favorite Lego design of all time. A design I love so much • I
> > can actually build the original model completely from memory as I have • built
> > it hundreds of times and ways since I first got it as a kid.
> I don't think I'll ever understand what people love about that ship....
> *scratches head*
Well, I love this set. Matt M. is right up my alley in terms of this ship, I
must have built and destroyed this pacticular ship hundreds of times. It is
one of the only LEGO sets in my recollection that could be an actual
spaceship, in terms of space, of no holes in the body, etc. It is a first
rate design, one that, IMHO, that LEGO has not made in a long time, outside
of a few SW ships and the like.
Scott S.
--
Scott E. Sanburn
Systems Administrator-Affiliated Engineers -> http://www.aeieng.com
LEGO Page -> http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Station/3372/legoindex.html
Coming Soon: The Sanburn Systems Company
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In lugnet.space, Scott Edward Sanburn writes:
> Well, I love this set. Matt M. is right up my alley in terms of this ship, I
> must have built and destroyed this pacticular ship hundreds of times. It is
> one of the only LEGO sets in my recollection that could be an actual
> spaceship, in terms of space, of no holes in the body, etc. It is a first
> rate design, one that, IMHO, that LEGO has not made in a long time, outside
> of a few SW ships and the like.
But it's so UGLY! Look at the nose, with all those width changes! (I know
that there's no air in space, so the shape doesn't matter, but still!)
Alan
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Well that's why you try to make it better. :) Mine is actually a modified
CFV, the nose is a lot different (bottom of it needs work though), and I tried
to be more consistent in going from smaller to larger, but now looking at my
overhead I see where I need to make it a bit more round in the front middle
section, and perhaps wider and the front rear section. I've always been of
the opinion that Lego has some nice ideas (this being one of my favorites) but
all of Legos ideas can be improved upon. You know the little ship on the
bottom of my page? That's a modified 6894 Blacktron Invader, modified again
and again to where it looks a lot better, but that's where the idea came
from. Actually though not all of my ship designs come from Lego, the Falcon
is actually modeled after the E-vac in Aliens, at least the front end.
Personally what I thought was REALLY ugly about the original CFV was the
colors...ick...but that's just me. :)
-Matthew M
> But it's so UGLY! Look at the nose, with all those width changes! (I know
> that there's no air in space, so the shape doesn't matter, but still!)
> Alan
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Heres the set for those of you who do not know it: (Cosmic Fleet Voyager)
http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=6985
> But it's so UGLY! Look at the nose, with all those width changes! (I • know
> that there's no air in space, so the shape doesn't matter, but still!)
> Alan
The shape means nothing in space. I think this is one of the more realistic
(As far as real goes for LEGO models, that is) that they have made. I think
it is a complex nose, that while may not be the prettiest, it certainly does
have protection for the pilot. I love all the slopes in this set. This would
be a great set for parts! : )
To each his own, Alan. This is one of the few models that I have changed
slightly. I think the insectoids main ship or that awful Explorien ship is
UGLY, but usable for parts. I am a big fan of the classic Space ships, this
one is, IMHO, a continuation of it, and a worthy addition.
Scott S.
--
Scott E. Sanburn
Systems Administrator-Affiliated Engineers -> http://www.aeieng.com
LEGO Page -> http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Station/3372/legoindex.html
Coming Soon: The Sanburn Systems Company
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In lugnet.space, Scott Edward Sanburn writes:
> Heres the set for those of you who do not know it: (Cosmic Fleet Voyager)
>
> http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=6985
>
> > But it's so UGLY! Look at the nose, with all those width changes! (I • know
> > that there's no air in space, so the shape doesn't matter, but still!)
> > Alan
>
> The shape means nothing in space. I think this is one of the more realistic
> (As far as real goes for LEGO models, that is) that they have made. I think
> it is a complex nose, that while may not be the prettiest, it certainly does
> have protection for the pilot. I love all the slopes in this set. This would
> be a great set for parts! : ) • Yes.
> To each his own, Alan. This is one of the few models that I have changed
> slightly. I think the insectoids main ship or that awful Explorien ship is
> UGLY, but usable for parts. I am a big fan of the classic Space ships, this
> one is, IMHO, a continuation of it, and a worthy addition.
With a bit of modification on the nose, it wouldn't be so bad.
Alan
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Alan Gerber wrote:
> In lugnet.space, Scott Edward Sanburn writes:
> > Heres the set for those of you who do not know it: (Cosmic Fleet Voyager)
> >
> > http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=6985
> >
> > > But it's so UGLY! Look at the nose, with all those width changes! (I • know
> > > that there's no air in space, so the shape doesn't matter, but still!)
> > > Alan
> >
> > The shape means nothing in space. I think this is one of the more realistic
> > (As far as real goes for LEGO models, that is) that they have made. I think
> > it is a complex nose, that while may not be the prettiest, it certainly does
> > have protection for the pilot. I love all the slopes in this set. This would
> > be a great set for parts! : ) • Yes.
> > To each his own, Alan. This is one of the few models that I have changed
> > slightly. I think the insectoids main ship or that awful Explorien ship is
> > UGLY, but usable for parts. I am a big fan of the classic Space ships, this
> > one is, IMHO, a continuation of it, and a worthy addition.
> With a bit of modification on the nose, it wouldn't be so bad.
> Alan
I'm with Scott (and others) on this one. After discovering the CFV just a few
months ago (it appeared at the start of my Dark Ages), I totally lucked into
trading for one -- for which I'm still incredibly grateful -- and it's a
fantastic set. I actually like the colour scheme (it photographs well,
dontchaknow), and it's extremely well thought out all around. I wonder what
happened internally to make those kind of designs go bye-bye? I keep wondering
if they had one or two chief set architects who sat around and thought about
authentic-looking and -feeling things...and where they went after BT-I (or what
horrible accident impaired them--too much ABS in the bloodstream? If yes, we're
all doomed. Doomed, I tell you).
My three favourite ships are still Galaxy Explorer, Blacktron I Invader, and the
new entry and new leader (for me), CFV--all for the same reason, really. (I
never owned a BT-I Renegade, so I plead ignorance of its charms.)
best
Lindsay
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> Wow, love the cool fighter (er, the one right below the big ship's
> pictures). But do my eyes decieve me or did you paint the bricks! Eww!!!
Thanks! Yup I tend to paint (nothing on that fighter though), but only things
that don't normally come in the colors I want. And they look good. I use
model paint because it looks authentic, but on the big one I used Partha
paints cause they're cheap, easy, non permanent and look okay for the camera.
On the big ship though I only painted the bottom of the nacelles, mainly
because it might look funny if they were brown. :)
> > front section is a remodeled version of the classic Cosmic Fleet Voyager,
> > undoubtedly my favorite Lego design of all time. A design I love so much I
> > can actually build the original model completely from memory as I have • built
> > it hundreds of times and ways since I first got it as a kid.
>
> I don't think I'll ever understand what people love about that ship....
> *scratches head*
>
> Cheers,
> Paul
> LUGNET member 164
> http://www.geocities.com/doctorshnub/
I love the ship because it's one of the few big Lego ships, and I don't mean
big with a bunch of weird things hanging off, it's just big. You can carry
cargo around in it, troops, anything you want. It has real storage space.
Lego tends to not make things with storage space anymore. The reason I wanted
to expand it was because I wanted a ship with a real cargo bay, and even more
storage. None of the new Lego space designs look like they could be used for
deep space exploration. Or maybe I just like big ships, some kind of an ego
thing...he he he... One thing that I eventually want to try making is a model
of the oil rig in the movie The Abyss, that thing was like a space station on
wheels.
-Matthew M
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