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Hi, folks,
Long time, no see. I’ve been lurking here for years. Fatherhood and work keep
me busy. All the great MOCs have been inspiring.
Mark Sandlin’s Civilian MOC Contest finally drew me out. Here’s my entry -- the
Sunfish land-speeder, or
hover-car, whatever you want to call it.
If you want to imagine the Sunfish as part of the Star Wars universe, you are
welcome to do so. I always thought that it was a little silly that Luke and
Obi-Wan had a noisy jet engine directly behind their heads. That, and the
desire to de-SPUD some of my kid’s Bionicle parts, inspired this MOC.
I’ve had the Sunfish built since early 2002, but no one outside of our home has
seen it until I put up the pictures on Brickshelf, about a week ago. I think
that means that it qualifies as a new model, per the GA’s requirements?
If anyone wants to email me, please note that, even after you edit out Lugnet’s
spam trap, the word “spam” will still exist in my VALID email address. Thanks!
Cheers,
John Ladasky
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In lugnet.space, John Ladasky wrote:
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Mark Sandlin’s Civilian MOC Contest finally drew me out. Here’s my entry --
the Sunfish land-speeder,
or hover-car, whatever you want to call it.
... That, and the desire to de-SPUD some of my kid’s Bionicle parts,
inspired this MOC.
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That’s some beautiful integration of Bionicle there- reminds me of Jon Palmer’s
(M?)-Wing. The concept and execution are spot on. And it even looks like you
have folding landing gear. Very nice work.
--
Tony Hafner
www.hafhead.com
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Hi, Tony,
Thanks for the compliments!
In lugnet.space, Tony Hafner wrote:
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That’s some beautiful integration of Bionicle there- reminds me of Jon
Palmer’s (M?)-Wing.
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Actually, it reminds me of
Travis Kunce’s Blizzard.
I felt pretty chagrined when Travis unveiled his model. Yours Truly was still
debating which digital camera to buy to photograph his own MOCs. As I said,
work and family keep me busy!
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The concept and execution are spot on. And it even
looks like you have folding landing gear. Very nice work.
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I’ve debated whether to actually use those greebles as landing gear. They have
to be a plate taller to touch the ground. I disliked the way that they looked
with anything other than the simple 1 x 1 round brick.
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Tony Hafner
www.hafhead.com
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Cheers!
John Ladasky
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In lugnet.space, John Ladasky wrote:
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Hi, folks,
Long time, no see. I’ve been lurking here for years. Fatherhood and work
keep me busy. All the great MOCs have been inspiring.
Mark Sandlin’s Civilian MOC Contest finally drew me out. Here’s my entry --
the Sunfish land-speeder,
or hover-car, whatever you want to call it.
If you want to imagine the Sunfish as part of the Star Wars universe, you are
welcome to do so. I always thought that it was a little silly that Luke and
Obi-Wan had a noisy jet engine directly behind their heads. That, and the
desire to de-SPUD some of my kid’s Bionicle parts, inspired this MOC.
I’ve had the Sunfish built since early 2002, but no one outside of our home
has seen it until I put up the pictures on Brickshelf, about a week ago. I
think that means that it qualifies as a new model, per the GA’s requirements?
If anyone wants to email me, please note that, even after you edit out
Lugnet’s spam trap, the word “spam” will still exist in my VALID email
address. Thanks!
Cheers,
John Ladasky
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A great example how you can use Bionicles parts for a good MOC.
Excellent work:)
Yaron “Webrain” Dori
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In lugnet.space, John Ladasky wrote:
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I’ve had the Sunfish built since early 2002, but no one outside of our home
has seen it until I put up the pictures on Brickshelf, about a week ago. I
think that means that it qualifies as a new model, per the GA’s requirements?
If anyone wants to email me, please note that, even after you edit out
Lugnet’s spam trap, the word “spam” will still exist in my VALID email
address. Thanks!
Cheers,
John Ladasky
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wonderful. you should sell those as kits.
-paul
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In lugnet.space, Paul B Hartzog wrote:
> wonderful. you should sell those as kits.
> -paul
Gosh, Paul, do you like it that much? Thanks!
Perhaps if some other people expressed some interest, I might consider doing a
run of kits. But I was actually planning to do an exploded view and give the
design away on Brickshelf. It doesn't have that much non-standard construction,
though it was enough to frustrate my attempt to render it in MLCAD.
I can think of some improvements I'd like to make. I'd like to add an
instrument panel in the cockpit. It seems a bit plain with only the joystick.
Space is really tight, though. Also, when a model is this small, I like to
render it in multiple color schemes. The ball joints, the Bionicle feet, and
the 1x3 inverted slope bricks are only available in a limited range of colors.
I can do one with a black body and a tan racing stripe.
Cheers,
John Ladasky
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