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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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