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is what I ended up building. Not what I expected, mind you, because I just wanted to build a swing-wing plane. That's all:) Then I got carried away. The end result is a swing wing with working landing gear and landing gear doors and an opening (...) (22 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space)
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(...) That's a really nice looking Tomcat! How close is it to actual minifig scale? It's a good use of the new contoured slope pieces too. It's a shame that Lego doesn't make realistic looking military airplane canopies, and we have to make do with (...) (22 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Very, very nice. In red, it has this .space-y quality, but I'm crossposting this to .build.military, where this sort of thing shall be especially appreciated! :) (Come see us! *tempt tempt*) LFB (22 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military)
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(...) You had to ask the scale thing didn't you?:) Well, I checked the scale with that Lego Scale Converter and got the following dimensions: Length: 57 studs/65.14 feet Actual F-14 Length: 62 feet. Wingspan (open): 46 studs/52.57 feet Actual F-14 (...) (22 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Thanks! I was going to post in military originally, but the red really made the plane go toward space. And I have lurked in .military-really neat stuff! I want to build a tank of some type, but I need to get treads. And them's not cheap! Joe (22 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military)
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I like! Nice use of the new slopes on the nose, gives it quite a predatory look. This reminds me, I need to build a warplane again soon. Magnus (22 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Very nice! An excellent reproduction of an F-14. What is that trans-blue piece you used for the HUD? Jeff J (22 years ago, 28-Mar-02, to lugnet.space)
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(...) That's a piece from the Alpha Team Deep Sea set 4764, Command Patrol. Glad you spotted it, as it was an last-minute addition! Joe (22 years ago, 28-Mar-02, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Note that the same piece is available in trans-red in the Ogel Mutant Squid. Yay, cool HUD pieces! LFB (22 years ago, 29-Mar-02, to lugnet.space)
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