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Re: inspiration (was Re: Microfig-scale Thunderbolt II)
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lugnet.build, lugnet.cad
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999 15:35:42 GMT
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Joseph Gonzalez writes:
> i get the impression some of your models (and other creators' stuff too) is
> based on novels, cartoons, or even computer games but i can never figure out
> where these items originate.
Typically, that's true for my stuff, but this one is based upon the very real
USAF A-10A Thunderbolt II (aka "Warthog") tank killer / ground attack fighter.
The latest issue of _Smithsonian Air & Space_ has a pretty interesting article
on it. (1)
> would you mind telling me where you get your
> ideas or on what you are basing some of the stuff?
I grab any book I can find with photos, clip art, graphics, sketches, etc. of
any weird-looking aircraft / spaceship / whatever. The uglier, the better.
:-,
I just got the "Colonial Space Marines Technical Manual" (pretty psyched about
that one), a book on the "worst aircraft in the world", and a book on concept
cars. The innovation in those books just staggers me, even if most of the
stuff never worked. :-P
Cheers,
- jsproat
1. For example, did you know that in the event of failure in both hydraulic
and backup cable systems, all three landing gear can free-fall into position
for landing? Like, wow. Why don't they do this kind of stuff with commercial
airliners?
--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@geocities.com>
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/5249/
"The world will not perish for want of wonders but for want of wonder"
-- British scientist J. B. S. Haldane (1892-1964)
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