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Re: Solara Hovercar MOC
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lugnet.space
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Tue, 17 Feb 2004 08:44:25 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Tom Sciortino wrote:
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So what if it “rides a little bit slower” -- it looks good doin’ it. ;) I
love the tail end of this thing. That grill work, the tail lights--and the
fins!!! Mmmmm, fins... When will today’s car manufacturers realize it’s
time to bring back fins?!?! And is that a premium sound system I see on
either side of the driver’s head? Man, you thought of everything. The snot
work is very interesting too. I like the interleaving of the red and grey
towards the back. Good work with the underside, too. Often people ignore
that part of a model, but yours has some great features under there.
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Thank you.
The fact that the fins can be top and bottom just doubles the fun. Yes, that’s
the best sound system possible; when you’re flying solo, ya gotta have tunes.
This is what I call a ‘studs-out’ design; there are studs facing every
direction. The main ‘studs-up’ part is the canopy assembly and there are a few
others, but there are more studs pointing down overall (though they are covered
with tiles.)
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I don’t know how others do it, but I usually build from the outside in too.
First a frame to get the general shape, then usually engines (just the
nozzles) and landing gear. Later on I fill in the empty spaces (including
any engine compartments, weapons bays, cockpit details, and assorted
greeb’s).
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I tend to start with a seedpart or a ‘seed assembly’, which in this case was the
side panel and then the tail light/fin. I actually thought it would be a
two-seater until I tried putting seats in.
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My only complaint is that lego doesn’t make a chain-link steering wheel or
fuzzy dice. And the fact that I can’t get “Low Rider” out of my head now.
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Ah, the song-virus. ha ha! I’m glad you picked up on that one. That’s another
resonance this model has for me, though I’m not sure how the lowrider concept
maps onto the hovercar concept. But, hey, I like the song. Shall we petition
TLC for the steering wheel and fuzzy dice?
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P.S. Could you maybe make your pictures just a little smaller. While it is
kinda neat to see the individual polymer chains comprising each brick, it’s
a wee-bit slow for us pathetic dial-up users. :)
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As a pathetic dial-up user myself, I feel your pain. I did trim the extra
background of the tops and bottoms of the pics where possible. I figure that
640x480 is a reasonable compromise, but I may have saved them at too high a
quality. At least I downsampled my 4 megapixel shots from the camera. I’d like
to hear other thoughts about this issue. How many seconds at 56k is a reasonable
download time? Did anyone else see the recent brickshelf file of an out-of-focus
purple bionicle slug in the middle of a vast expanse of out-of-focus upholstery
at 1600x1200 pixels? sheeesh! Anyway, yes, I’ll try and keep them a little
smaller.
Peace and resolution,
Professor Whateverly
click to ride
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| "Ley Ward" <NospaM*eonmusic@sasktel.net> wrote in message news:HswFIw.24L6@lugnet.com... (...) Tricky, (...) then the (...) That's (...) So what if it "rides a little bit slower" -- it looks good doin' it. ;) I love the tail end of this thing. That (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-04, to lugnet.space)
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