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(...) "kit busting" IIRC. I've seen it in "SW: Behind The Magic" CD. Selçuk (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.build)
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(...) What I remember about this is the rear engine cowling on the Battlestar Galactica was lined with tank bases and turrets along the bevelled corners of the rectangular exhaust. -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.build)
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They are so lovely Allan..:-) Thanks for the nice work and sharing them with us. Selçuk (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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(...) (URL) yes! Cool! I was thinking about using this idea for a "short nosed" truck, though, but it's basically the same thing. Fredrik (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.build)
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(...) the (...) is (...) choice. (...) parlance? (...) What I meant to ask is: Shiri, do you feel that this would be appropriate for the acronym list? Perhaps expand it to be a list of terms? Cheers, - jsproat -- Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com> (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.faq)
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I really appreciate that Mike. I have your site bookmarked and really like your ships. I have to say that my favorite is probably the Avenger even though the other ships seem to have a more refined and clean look to them. I like all sorts of ship (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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(...) I second the motion. If only just to put the word in a place where I can find it again. Do we have a vote? Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Roller coaster? Can I ask (and hence the lugnet.build reference) how you're going to handle those extreme angle changes? I think it's a fascinating idea. (...) Hey, how was it? (Besides "still there," of course.) FUT: .build best Lindsay (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.build)
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(...) James Mathis did that. See it at: (URL) message's random set is: 1746, (URL) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.build)
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(...) We can lament it if it greatly reduces our usable small detail parts ;-) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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Allan, You've made some excellent trucks! I love 'em. Thanks for posting accompanying photos of the "real" trucks for comparison. Very good "likeness of..." in every case. I really like the "solid tyre" look; especially the way the solid tyre fills (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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(...) I believe! (URL) like the term -- anyone second the nomination for Official LUGNET parlance? :-) - Mike (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.build)
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In lugnet.build, Jeremy H. Sproat writes: <snip> (...) <snip> As I understand it, the word used by the model builders around the shops at the time they were building all those cluttered ships was "greeblies". But this is pretty much 3rd- or 4th-hadn (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Or maybe just "camouflage," but it's not really disguising something IMHO: more like adding small details for a larger effect. Obfuscation (to me) would be adding bits to a model that make people go "and what the heck is THAT for?" :-) - Mike (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I used 6 8x8 grill plates aranged 2x3 vertically on each side. I used red bricks underneath to give the engine "glow" look. I am looking forward to seeing how Jon makes his engines. -Lord Insanity "A little nonsense now and then, relished by (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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Perhaps obfuscation. -Wes (...) made (...) talked (...) close, (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.build)
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Mike, I am really impressed with the big black ship of yours. It has a very nice shape and does look very refined. One question, how did you make those engine plates? They look awesome. pat J (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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In lugnet.build, Jeremy H. Sproat writes: [...] (...) Clutterfication? :-) I remember seeing something (years ago) on TV that talked about ILM: a model-maker was being interviewed, and demonstrated how they had attached bits from battleships and (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I get most of it from Karim Nassar. He has an excellent description of this "scuplting" style here: (URL) most important item (IMO) is #1 -- "Don't get caught up in the 'bumps-up' way of thinking." There are just too many shapes you can get (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.build)
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(...) That "funky" stuff is rubbing off on to me from Jeremy. I forgot who he got it from, but it really opens my eyes to look at the bricks a whole new way. (sort of frustrating sometimes as well.) (...) This looks a lot more of what I was aiming (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.build)
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