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| Hi, I just added some photos of a new plane and another aircraft at my spot on Brickshelf: (URL) big addition is the Canary (not the best name, but I was lacking for a better name for a yellow thing that flies) which is a rapid response recon plane. (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.announce.moc)
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| (...) Not sure which suggestion you mean, but I really like the look of this. The new curved slope pieces are used to great effect. I want to get some of those new Alpha Team subs but I'm gonna have to wait until they're on sale somewhere... The (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.space)
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| Joe, I really like your Canary (and your previously posted Shrike) Both are futuristic but seem "possible" and the Canary almost seems like it could be official extension to the Alpha Team theme. (the yellow/black color combo worked so well for me (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) The suggestion came from the Tourism on the Moon thread. You pointed out the use of Technic axles to click hinge adapters. As for the Alpha Team sets, I got two of the little subs for the parts. The price on those is pretty reasonable, IMHO. (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Thanks for the compliment! (...) I'm very happy with the Canary, mainly because I was afraid the yellow would not work out as well as it did. And as for the Alpha Team extension, thanks! I like the premise of Alpha Team and have bought quite a (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Anyway, Canary is a good name for reconnaisance. In the old coal mines they used to use canaries to detect a lack of oxygen. (If the canary stopped singing, get the hell out of there.) One could generalize the idea of a canary being a way of (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) I thought of that too (pretty neat that you picked up on that), so I left the name as is. And your comment about homeworld does beg the question of the background of these....Looks like i get to do some thinking:) Joe (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.space)
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