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Re: Landing Gear Help
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lugnet.build
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Fri, 25 Jun 1999 14:12:49 GMT
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I have taken a lot of pictures of black space craft. Some bad some good. The
trick that i think works best is taking pictures outside on a overcast
afternoon. Lots of diffuse light works well. No digital camera can photograph
a black model inside without glare or being to dark. (unless you are using a
lot of photography equipment). A good example of this can be found at:
http://members.tripod.com/~Pat_Justison/2k-ca.html
Pat J
In lugnet.build, Duane Hess writes:
> In lugnet.build, Tom McDonald writes:
> > In lugnet.build, Duane Hess writes:
> > > When I am finally done, I am going to take pictures of it - definitely!
> > > There are too many new ideas in it that I want to document. It has a two man
> > > cockpit, crew quarters for four, ops station, four cryo chambers, four escape
> > > pods, and two mission specific vehicles. I have sections of it in LDraw. My
> > > goal is to put the whole thing in LDraw as soon as all of the parts are
> > > available.
> >
> > Yeah baby! Cryo-chambers with sunroofs! :)
>
> Yeah, You know the ones! The sunroof helped cut down on the effects of
> minifig claustrophobia during initial cryo-chamber door-latch developement.
>
> > > I have structural beams running along the bottom of the ship right now, but • it
> > > won't support it's own weight yet. Once I am able to attach landing gear, I
> > > will add a few more supports and the retractable cargo ramps and enclose the
> > > whole thing. Still lots of work left though.
> >
> > How many studs long and wide is this ship now?
>
> Currently about 90 long by 32 wide plus the start of an engine design on each
> side.
>
> > > Let me know if you have any cool engine ideas too. I haven't been giving much
> > > thought to how this monster is going to be powered.
> >
> > You'd have to send a picture or twelve before I could offer advice on engines.
> > They need to match the lines of the ship and there's a few ways of doing it.
> >
> > -Tom McD.
> > when replying, thanks for visiting the International House of Spamcakes!
>
> The ship has a lot of windows, trans-orange corridor pieces and canopies.
> The start that I have so far on the engines involves an assembly made out
> of four Castle Wall Corners (2345) turned on it's side and attached to
> the side of the ship with technic pins. I just haven't given much thought
> as to how to build them up. I'm imagining some sort of nacelle design since
> the rear of the ship is mostly door for the vehicle storage bay. The
> nacelle design will also lend some sleekness to the ship since it is only
> about 10 bricks high or so.
>
> Pictures will take a while. As we have all learned, black models just
> don't photograph well. I will be investing in a digital camera when I am
> completely done with the ship. The main color is black with some white
> interior and grey detail pieces.
>
> Let me know if you have any tricks to trade.
>
> Duane
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| (...) Yeah, You know the ones! The sunroof helped cut down on the effects of minifig claustrophobia during initial cryo-chamber door-latch developement. (...) it (...) Currently about 90 long by 32 wide plus the start of an engine design on each (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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