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...falalalala, lalalalaaaaaaa
With quite coincidental timing to Mr. Hoffman’s great new shuttle, I present a
small transport/shuttle craft designed and flown by members of the Eastern
Block.
^MOCpage^
Brickshelf Gallery
I had a discussion with two of our resident builders after uploading the images
last night, and they suggested some changes that I’m currently applying. What
should result will ultimately be a better ship, but I’m proud to present this
moc here in its documented version.
I’ve called it a transport/shuttle, but in reality it can’t hold much in the way
of cargo, and only 4 people at most, excluding the pilot. I thought about it
later, and I think it would actually serve a better purpose as a gunship, with
the current blasters removed in favor of better weaponry as well as an increased
number of turrets (manned, if I can arrange it.)
Several people have already proclaimed their liking of the engines, and I was
shocked to find out the technique hadn’t been used before. It was a simple idea,
and apparently quite effective. Castle being useful to space, who woulda thunk
it?
Comments/criticism, please! :)
--Ryan W.
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In lugnet.space, Ryan Wood wrote:
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Several people have already proclaimed their liking of the engines, and I was
shocked to find out the technique hadn’t been used before. It was a simple
idea, and apparently quite effective. Castle being useful to space, who
woulda thunk it?
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I love the helmet-engines - that’s a great idea. It’s good to see several nice
MOCs being posted to .space again. Gotta get folks’ minds on what’s important,
rather than gnashing teeth over colors and such (not that mine haven’t gnashed).
And, yes, Castle can be useful to Space. Usually as targets...
James Wilson
Dallas, TX
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In lugnet.space, Ryan Wood wrote:
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...falalalala, lalalalaaaaaaa
With quite coincidental timing to Mr. Hoffman’s great new shuttle, I present
a small transport/shuttle craft designed and flown by members of the Eastern
Block.
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That’s very cool! I really like the sloping angles as seen from the back.
Everything works well on this model- the castle helmets are especially cool.
I’d have to agree with the comment about the star wars cannons, though- they
break up the look and I think that if you removed them and extended the front to
allow a more gradual change in shape from front to the middle the MOC would look
better.
Good work, Ryan!
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In lugnet.space, Ryan Wood wrote:
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...falalalala, lalalalaaaaaaa
With quite coincidental timing to Mr. Hoffman’s great new shuttle, I present
a small transport/shuttle craft designed and flown by members of the Eastern
Block.
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Good work, Ryan. Nice and beetley. I like the canopy solution. Does it have
landing gear? It needs to have landing gear. :-)
Cheers,
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In lugnet.space, James Wilson wrote:
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In lugnet.space, Ryan Wood wrote:
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Several people have already proclaimed their liking of the engines, and I
was shocked to find out the technique hadn’t been used before. It was a
simple idea, and apparently quite effective. Castle being useful to space,
who woulda thunk it?
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I love the helmet-engines - that’s a great idea. It’s good to see several
nice MOCs being posted to .space again. Gotta get folks’ minds on what’s
important, rather than gnashing teeth over colors and such (not that mine
haven’t gnashed).
And, yes, Castle can be useful to Space. Usually as targets...
James Wilson
Dallas, TX
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Thanks James. Yeah, peasanties make good targets.
This ship isn’t built quite right for ground strafing though.. .:)
--Ryan W.
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In lugnet.space, John Henry Kruer wrote:
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In lugnet.space, Ryan Wood wrote:
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...falalalala, lalalalaaaaaaa
With quite coincidental timing to Mr. Hoffman’s great new shuttle, I present
a small transport/shuttle craft designed and flown by members of the Eastern
Block.
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That’s very cool! I really like the sloping angles as seen from the back.
Everything works well on this model- the castle helmets are especially cool.
I’d have to agree with the comment about the star wars cannons, though- they
break up the look and I think that if you removed them and extended the front
to allow a more gradual change in shape from front to the middle the MOC
would look better.
Good work, Ryan!
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Thanks John. :)
I’ve taken a lot of suggestions into consideration, and those blasters were the
first to go. I did implement your idea regarding middle-front shape change,
with a couple slopes and wedge bricks. And a new sensor package.
--Ryan W.
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In lugnet.space, Paul Baulch wrote:
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In lugnet.space, Ryan Wood wrote:
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...falalalala, lalalalaaaaaaa
With quite coincidental timing to Mr. Hoffman’s great new shuttle, I present
a small transport/shuttle craft designed and flown by members of the Eastern
Block.
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Good work, Ryan. Nice and beetley. I like the canopy solution. Does it have
landing gear? It needs to have landing gear. :-)
Cheers,
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Gracias, Paul. Beetley indeed, I’ve gotten that comment a couple times now.
The canopy was quite fun to build, and something I was determined to keep
through the entirety of the building process.
No, at the time of photographing, it did not have landing gear. I had one idea
early on, but scrapped it for one reason or another. It has working gear now,
though :) I finally came up with a great way to do it, and sometime down the
line I’ll photograph the new version.
--Ryan W.
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