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(...) Adrian too sweet not to comment. So is this creation able to display the inner workings? Nice work! (18 years ago, 6-Jan-07, to lugnet.space, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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(...) Adrian too sweet not to comment. So is this creation able to display the inner workings? Nice work! (18 years ago, 6-Jan-07, to lugnet.space, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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(...) Somewhere in between. I used Pro/Engineer (A 3D solid modeling CAD program) to create the general shape, and then created cross-sections at 20 stud intervals. I then used the cross sections as scale plans to shape the hull as I built it. I did (...) (18 years ago, 28-Dec-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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(...) Groundbreaking as usual Adrian. It seemed like no one at the fests took pics to do it justice. You seem to incorporate a lot more shapely sculpture these days. How do you go about doing that? Do you use any CAD or the like? Or is it all felt (...) (18 years ago, 28-Dec-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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(...) Thanks. It's odd, but the nature of SHIPs are always that they appear much much larger in person than in pictures. This airship is over 6.5 feet long, but the pictures just don't show it. As for the inspiration, you're right. This is drawing (...) (18 years ago, 28-Dec-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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Adrian, Wow, that looks amazing, and I can only imagine how much better it looks in person. It reminds me of all the Crimson Sky MOcs from a few years ago. I really liked the use of the hangar deck and elevator to get the planes off and on the (...) (18 years ago, 28-Dec-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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(URL) This was shown at Brickfest DC 2006, but I hadn't finished it until now. More (URL) here>. Cheers Adrian (18 years ago, 28-Dec-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, lugnet.adventurers, FTX) !
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(...) I certainly enjoyed your creation. Dr. K seems a tad hare-brained - it doesn't faze him to be sitting on the nose of an enormous pressure vessel that could go sky-high at any time. And that's the way it should be - the true Adventurer spirit. (...) (18 years ago, 7-Dec-06, to lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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I like this! It has the rudimentary look of a new innovation, and you can almost see Kilroy's pride ;) Form has always followed function anyway ; ) I am posting a link to your post on EB (for the adventurer lovers there...). God Bless, Nathan Visit (...) (18 years ago, 7-Dec-06, to lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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It's been a while since I've built anything Adventurer's specific, so I took a little time last night to build a steam-powered vehicle for Dr. Kilroy. (URL) This is a total case of form following function. My goal was to make something that looked (...) (18 years ago, 7-Dec-06, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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(...) Neat! I like the idea of filling up a whole shelf with a diorama. I'm looking forward to seeing the other shelves. Cross-posted to .underground. Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (18 years ago, 29-Nov-06, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.underground, FTX)
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Hello! I want to show you a little scenery: The Adventurers and the Journey to the Center of the Earth. Inspiration give me Jules Verne with his novel Journey to the Center of the Earth. (URL) Here you can find all pictures of this scenery: (URL) I (...) (18 years ago, 29-Nov-06, to lugnet.adventurers, FTX) !
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I was playing around with guns for an American Revolutionary War project that I'm working on when I came up with this. I thought I'd share, since cannon designs seem to be in short supply. (URL) Ideally the gun carriage should all be brown, but I (...) (18 years ago, 30-Sep-06, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.pirates, FTX) !!
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(...) Bravo! I always found Lovecraft a little too dry and straight-faced to be really frightening so I find your ebullient, spectacular interpretation far more enjoyable. I'd love to see you mock up a five-set theme in fake packaging. I couldn't go (...) (18 years ago, 29-Sep-06, to lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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(...) Thanks George - good luck with the treatment! Just a note for everyone who's asked why Doctor Who (from the BBC sci-fi time travelling TV series) is included here? Because: 1. When I was growing up in the 70's and 80's many of the Doctors foes (...) (18 years ago, 27-Sep-06, to lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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(...) Mark, I'd like to say this is a wonderful MOC, full of incredible detail, like the corrugated sided airplane, the old style roadsters, the Rat Patrol style machine gunning jeep and the oddly out of place Police call box, but the hideous, (...) (18 years ago, 26-Sep-06, to lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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(...) That is just amazing. The fact that someone ELSE read the series, and that you did it in lego. good job. Chris (18 years ago, 26-Sep-06, to lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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Simply awesome! I have to admit, though, that I was hoping to see another implementation of (URL) But, I still love it! (18 years ago, 25-Sep-06, to lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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(...) <snip> (...) Once again, excellent job. This has so much detail and the main mouth is downright scary. love all the little touches, and how you have brought lovecraft to the small build. I would probably favour your sea side one over this, but (...) (18 years ago, 25-Sep-06, to lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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Very nice! I particularly like the plane. Your work is being admired on Eurobricks as well. God Bless, Nathan Visit my brickshelf gallery: (URL) (pic=link) (18 years ago, 24-Sep-06, to lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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