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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 (...) (21 years ago, 2-Dec-03, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Yeah, those corners. I seriously considered using some castle wall corners up there to round them off a little bit, but never worked that out to my liking. Some of my earliest sketches had a big dish on front. I suppose it would make sense to (...) (21 years ago, 2-Dec-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks! My goal was to include all the features I've always wanted, too. I've come close, but I had to save some stuff for the next one :-) And I'm sure that if you built something big, it would ROCK. Get busy :-) - Paul (21 years ago, 2-Dec-03, to lugnet.space)
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| In lugnet.space, Trevor Pruden wrote: D'oh! I told you I'd forget to credit someone - the checkerboard pattern on the shuttlebay walls is all you :-) (...) Glad you like it! The tan floors happened because I didn't want the floors to be the same (...) (21 years ago, 2-Dec-03, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Thanks! (...) Good catch on the ball. Those little details just bring it to life for me. (...) Come to the dark side... I'm probably gonna build a castle someday with all of the gray bricks I bought for this thing, so it's only fair that you (...) (21 years ago, 3-Dec-03, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Hey, it's good to be known for something. Besides, the best things come in small packages :-) I love your gonk (obviously). It's WAY better than the abomination that was in the Jabba's Palace set. I'm glad you like my ship! Thanks - Paul (21 years ago, 3-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 (...) (21 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) (...) (21 years ago, 3-Dec-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks! 2-wide bunks bug me too. Minifigs are bigger than that, and if you're building to a 1 stud/foot scale (as I do), 2 studs = 2 feet = a very narrow bed. Mine are actually 3 studs wide, which seems about right. I doubt there will be any (...) (21 years ago, 4-Dec-03, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Thanks! Feel free to steal anything you like. Lord knows I've stolen a few things myself :-) The captain's chair was based on a design by Paul Hatzog - he's got a bunch of cool chair ideas here (I used the yellow one at the bottom): (URL) (21 years ago, 4-Dec-03, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) No, thank you! <geek> Landing the shuttle is tricky business - which is why it's entirely automated. In this picture... (URL) you can see a black dish on the gray part just below the tailfin. This generates the tractor field that draws the (...) (21 years ago, 4-Dec-03, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) I'll take that as a compliment :-) (...) The stickers were drawn in Macromedia Freehand, printed on glossy photo paper, and stuck on using a gluesick with repositionable adhesive. I tried to keep the designs fairly simple and use the same (...) (21 years ago, 4-Dec-03, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Classic Space is my all-time favorite theme. I'm currently tracking down the last few parts I need to complete several old sets. With the superstructure I was definitely going for a nautical look - glad you picked up on it. Thanks! - Paul (21 years ago, 4-Dec-03, to lugnet.space)
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