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Re: New MOC: "Crab" Tank Mecha
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lugnet.build.mecha
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Mon, 19 Jul 2004 03:24:14 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Lindsay Frederick Braun wrote:
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Niiiice. I see the influence of your last multilegged mech,
in the square body plan, but I absolutely LOVE that red chin
sensor turret! The shape is so organic but so, well, square
that the net effect is very pleasing on the eye.
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Heh, this is why I love reading your replies LFB, you get the reasoning behind
the design!
Yes, the “head” was originally a dull block, until I started fiddling around
trying to make it “sexier”. :-)
Too bad LEGO doesn’t make pieces that are more suited to making things like this
CITV sight for the M1A2 Abrams tank:
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I also like
the “bar” across the back--which brings to mind the big
rangefinders on seagoing warships’ HG turrets (even though
here they serve as HK-style mounts for the autocannon).
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Yep, I definitely know what you’re talking about. I have a fondness for big
ships as well, so subconsciously I must have been influenced.
In fact, I figure that the “bar” is where the bulk of the electronic equipment
(radar, comm, jammers, etc.) is housed. So it indeed has a role in aiming the
guns.
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It’s all good. Very, very excellent.
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Thank you Lindsay.
Mladen Pejic
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| (...) It worked. How free is the movement on those autocannon-- do they tend to flop around, or are they pretty stable in train? (...) I don't know, you might be able to do something with the Technic Driving Ring Extension...in dark grey on the (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: New MOC: "Crab" Tank Mecha
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| (...) Niiiice. I see the influence of your last multilegged mech, in the square body plan, but I absolutely LOVE that red chin sensor turret! The shape is so organic but so, well, square that the net effect is very pleasing on the eye. I also like (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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