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Hey everybody -
Finished at last :-)
She's a medium freighter that's been converted into a long-range exploration
ship and outfitted with everything a crew needs for those long trips.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=63728
I've posted far too many pictures. There's a second page:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=63728&n=48
Credit where credit is due. I've been inspired by/stolen ideas from the
following folks:
4D/8D radar dishes, chairs - Paul Hartzog
toilets - Steve Runnels
gonk droid - Eric Kingsley
fleebnork - Mark Sandlin
salad bar, general inspiration - Dan Jassim
...and probably others.
Let me know what you think!
- Paul
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| (...) Nice ship Paul. It really looks like a converted freighter and the inside stuff is well thought out. Nice engines, too. The king of greeblies sure was back in action there. If I may offer some minor criticism, though, the shape is a bit blocky (...) (20 years ago, 2-Dec-03, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) <snip> (...) I'll tell ya what I think! It's beautiful! The perfect amount of greebling--I love it lately that these ships aren't over greebled nor under greebled! Lots of nifty little details that woudln't be unexpected to see on a 'real' (...) (20 years ago, 2-Dec-03, to lugnet.space)
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| Wow!!! Great job keepin the Cap Ship genre alive and well! The exterior is cool, maybe a bit boxy BUT it being a Classic Space ship AND an converted freighter, that's understandable... Your interriors... MAN some of the best I've seen. The light (...) (20 years ago, 2-Dec-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) So that's what the unholy spawn of an ISD and one of Dan Jassim's cap ships would look like! Nicely done. I love the interior details, especially the bathrooms and the double-thick walls. The back to back windows add bulk to the hull when (...) (20 years ago, 2-Dec-03, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) bigger. I love the big ridiculous tail fins on the rear. The front end looks a bit boxy. I would suggest using some hinges and thin wall windows to make a nice large observation lounge or maybe the captain's quarters in between the sloped bits (...) (20 years ago, 2-Dec-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| This is just plain fantastic. The interior detail is wonderful, and has some great creative solutions. I don't mind the boxy shape so much, as it is a CS ship. The only suggestion I have is to maybe make covers to fit over the greebed-up engines. (...) (20 years ago, 2-Dec-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) Absolutely amazing. As I've commented in other venues, this ship incorporates basically everything I've wanted to put in a ship since I was 5 years old...and 1000x better than I ever could. Bravo sir...bravo. Cheers, -Gil (20 years ago, 2-Dec-03, to lugnet.space)
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| Man, this is really groovy. I really dig the sunken bridge stations and the galley. And a weight room! The attention to detail is groovtastic. And the Classic Space feel is right on target. It's like the super playset I never had. I really want to (...) (20 years ago, 2-Dec-03, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) OMG, truely amazing. Its one thing to build big, but its another thing all together to finish off such a large MOC with beautifully thoughtful detials like this. I'm simply blown away by your awareness and use of space in the smaller quarters (...) (20 years ago, 2-Dec-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) Man I wake up this morning and everyone's talking about that one thing, y'know? And this is that One Thing. Freakin awesome. You've made my day with this ship, Paul. I can't believe some of the stuff I see in this ship. Some of it is so (...) (20 years ago, 2-Dec-03, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Wow... I don't need to add to the gushing over this thing, so I'll just leave it at wow... This is the sort of thing that makes me wish I wasn't a castle-head. I love well done spacecraft. And man... wow... As everyone has said, the details (...) (20 years ago, 2-Dec-03, to lugnet.space)
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| Sweet Ship... (...) This was quite the supprise. Not being much of a space head it is kind of strange to have one of your most known MOC's being the 11-12 piece GONK I did about 4 years ago. I think I peeked early :-). Anyway nice ship and the (...) (20 years ago, 2-Dec-03, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) That is one cool ship. Usually I tend to like the aerodynamic or rounded ships, but yours is off the scale for detail alone. I love the wing edge and engine design, with all the intricate complicated looking detailing. The modules are great, (...) (20 years ago, 2-Dec-03, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Fantastic ship; the form, colors & style are all well thought out. The interior is superb; efficient, but not to small rooms & 4-wide beds. I like seeing 4-wide beds, as 2-wide really doesn't support the whole mini-fig; I imagine they get (...) (20 years ago, 2-Dec-03, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Wow. What a wonderfully crafted ship! Some very nice detailing throught the ship, like barbells out of small wheel sets, and the diagnostic bed. Another nice touch are the readouts for the ship and also in the science lab of the fleeb and in (...) (20 years ago, 3-Dec-03, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Wow. That's gorgeous, Paul. I'm so stoked at this "renaissance" of old themes that's happening these days--with the added innovations so seamlessly inserted. It really does look like a box but not a box, like CS but not CS, teetering right on (...) (20 years ago, 3-Dec-03, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) The shape doesn't really level me on this but you've done such a great job of building it that it's hard not to stare. Really really great job. Very well realized MOC. A great ship! (URL) j o n (URL) zemi.net> (URL) moonbase> (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 3-Dec-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) Paul, I can but echo most of the other posts, this is a wonderful MOC, full of playability and everything a scientific team could need for exploring. I would have loved to make something this good to play with as a kid (now I'd love to have (...) (20 years ago, 3-Dec-03, to lugnet.space)
| | | Re: New MOC: deep-space exploration SHIP "Beagle"
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| I frick'n hate you. This ship is a beautiful example of proven concepts applied thoroughly and systematically. The stickers are wonderful, (any suggestions on how I might make some of my own?) and placed well. Interiors are balanced, very nice. I've (...) (20 years ago, 3-Dec-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
| | | Re: New MOC: deep-space exploration SHIP "Beagle"
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| Great job, Paul! The Beagle definitely has a refreshing Classic Space meets Star Wars appeal to it. It kinda reminds me a bit of my Starship Gibraltar, but with a lot more details and features. You really loaded this model with goodies! I (...) (20 years ago, 5-Dec-03, to lugnet.space)
| | | Re: New MOC: deep-space exploration SHIP "Beagle"
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| (...) I'm coming in late on this one to say great work. Really nicely detailed, and I love the custom stickers. If there was anything I didn't like, I'd say that overall she looks too stubby and short - but I guess that's a budget issue (or has to (...) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) Sorry 'bout the late post. Having trouble finding time to build or post lately. Anyway... Paul, this is wonderful. There are so many details to talk about. I really like the layout and the details of the bridge especially the little runway (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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