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| I just posted pics of one of my recent creations, an AV-8B Harrier jet. The model features rotating nozzles, retractable outrigger (wing) landing gear, and a functional air brake underneath the fuselage. You can see pictures at: (URL) (23 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| (...) just at the mo', and I have gotta give this a try. Cute use of the pulley/rope grabber thingie as outrigger wheels, and the work around the wings is very good too. Richard Still baldly going... (23 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)
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| Amazing! Great job Tim, I especially like the mini-fig RES-Q tool-"thingy" used as landing gear, and the air intakes! (...) and (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| Richard Parsons <richard_w_parsons@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:G76qJJ.IH9@lugnet.com... (...) Thanks! This is my first shot at a military aircraft model, I was inspired to build it by some discussion in the BrickLUG AIM chat about building a (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)
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| Mladen Pejic <milovan@netcom.ca> wrote in message news:G76qL1.IpF@lugnet.com... (...) used (...) Thanks, Mladen! Those are my two favorite features about the model :) I was talking with Mark Sandlin about how to do the intakes and bounced around a (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| Tim, NICE WORK! I love the rounded intakes! Look forward to seeing more pics in the future! Jake (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| I like it, especially the air intakes. A very innovative use of parts. Having done some inpsection work for electrical panels that go into AV-8's its really cool to see something that you've had a part in in real life get rendered into Lego. Once (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| (...) Did you end up using the 1x2 brick hinges as the wing root? ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (23 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| (...) ... Hey, very nice work (I've never seen the piece you used for the outrigger landing gear (Res-Q was during my dark ages), but it works brilliantly). Very accurate and recognizable shape, epscecially within such a small scale. Nice colour (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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