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(...) Viper can be posed quite well without breaking. But a child would break it at¬ first grab. I have the same problems with some of my technic ball joints. They just don't ¬ grip as good as the others. Sometimes it helps to try another axle. I (...) (19 years ago, 10-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) It was meant to be a compliment! :) It's sad that it breaks easy though. I don't mean this to be a slur on yours (or anyones!) buiding techniques, but I haven't quite got my head round the idea of building models that don't stand up to playing (...) (19 years ago, 10-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Brilliant like allways! My only suggestion would be to bulk up the legs a bit. They seem too thin and light compared to the rest of Mark III. BTW, where do you get all those small parts from? Thanks for sharing (URL) Marco> (19 years ago, 10-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Well done Nathan! You managed to capture the shape with minimalistic brick usage. The MOC looks very clear and straight. Personaly I would replace the trans-neon cones. White or dark red would be fine, IMHO. Keep up the good work (URL) Marco> (19 years ago, 10-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Danke Mladen. (I read something about German on your web page...) (...) It's a seldom used colour on Mecha. I'll try to use it more often in future. (URL) First the cockpit looked quite different>. But I didn't like it. Thought this windshield (...) (19 years ago, 10-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Matthew, but it came out of occasion. I only had those colores left. (...) That's a really good idea. I give that a try. (...) I take this as a compliment! It never will become a set. It's just not playable. It breaks very easily. (...) (19 years ago, 10-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Hello Jas, the lime bricks were around for some time. Never found a good chance to use them. So when I started with Viper those lime, green and blay bricks were the only usefull around. I was surprised myself how it came out. (...) Thank you. (...) (19 years ago, 10-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Hi Matthew, (...) Well they are what it's all about. I started with the legs. It took some time to get them to work. (...) That was the second time killer on Hyena. When the legs frame worked I had some problems to get it covered without too (...) (19 years ago, 10-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I'm feeling it. You know, mecha's really not my thing, but every once in a while I'll see something just makes me say "awwwwwww, yeah". Gotta give a shout out to that wall in background too. And your photos of this guy are really sharp too, a (...) (19 years ago, 8-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Hi, Here is my Black Titan ( Color-MOC of 7701 Grand Titan )! Just replaced a lot of red bricks with black and also the ugly tr-green with tr-red ones. :) (URL) (19 years ago, 7-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Jas, Kick butt slope usage. I was posting earlier that you need the backpack and a weapon or two. Soren has some good gun ideas, especially with his more recent NemoII. Also check out David Rabahan's BS folder. He has a folder named "weapons" that (...) (19 years ago, 6-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Nothing short of grawesome (19 years ago, 6-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I don't know if I can give you much constructive criticism, because so far, I like pretty much everything I see. :-) The only thing that looks off a bit are the forearms. They look short. I'm not a big fan of GlaGla's minifig arms-as-hands (...) (19 years ago, 6-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Thanks for all kind words and suggestions folks! I have moved the whole torso assembly back one stud and it works better for sure, thanks for the heads-up Soren! Also many thanks for the list of links, not seen GEARS before and there are some (...) (19 years ago, 6-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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I've been informed that lugnet's URL redirection was choking on these so I"ve reposted the offending links below in plain text. (URL) (19 years ago, 6-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Looking good - not really saying ZZ to me, but that's just fine, because I hate the ZZ Gundam :). I do have a short list of criticisms and suggestions: Chest: I think moving the whole torso back about a stud on the hip assembly would make it seem (...) (19 years ago, 5-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Sorry I can't help you with suggestions on where to go next. I just wanted to chime in and say that is a very clean design so far, from what I can see. I would like to see more of how you used those mecha click hinges - did you use them for the (...) (19 years ago, 5-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Magnificent. Suggestions? pfff. That's an awesome Mech. Back pack? Should be really nice to make. How? I'm sure you'll manage given the natural flow of the rest of the Mecha. I'd say just follow that. Great work! e (19 years ago, 5-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Hey, Good point about the angles, here's some more pics... (2 URLs) The rear is not really finished yet as you can see, thats why I was going to use a Back pack of some description but not sure what sort of style, winged or boosters, or a mix of (...) (19 years ago, 5-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) holy crap, that's a work in ~progress~?! it's wonderful! perhaps some more shots would highlight any areas of weakness - you said about a backpack and we can't see what the back looks like at the moment; but if that were mine, I'd be happy to (...) (19 years ago, 5-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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