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Re: New MOC:
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lugnet.build.mecha
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Sun, 9 Jan 2005 17:58:29 GMT
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I really like the sliding seat on angled rails, like a fighter plane’s ejector
seat. Very well done. (The grooved bricks and sliders are really fun parts to
use.) Also it looks like if you allowed the front quadrants of the cockpit door
could close while leaving the rear ones open, then the pilot could get out of
his seat without doing gymnastics.
The guns do seem pretty long and thin, just from a standpoint of stabilization
for pointing accuracy. But rail guns like these could probably fire smart
projectiles and wouldn’t really need aiming accuracy, just muzzle velocity. The
projectiles would have little moving fins - missiles without rocket motors.
The color scheme seems a bit off to me, maybe just because the blue looks
altered by your image processing. Baby blue. Passive aggressive.
I tend to equate smoothness with thick armor, and crew protection is what’s most
important, so it makes sense that the main body is smoother than the legs.
However, as you know, vertical walls aren’t as good as sloped ones for
deflecting projectiles, so there should be reactive armor of some type, which
might give a rougher surface texture... ramble, ramble. I don’t know what my
point is anymore. ;-)
The wing gun mounts look great, as do the vertical launch missile launch tubes,
thoughtfully including rocket exhaust ports on the side of the body for them.
(Missiles could also be magnetically launched out of the tubes, then ignite
their motors when clear.)
The way the legs attach to the body throws off the realism of the model a bit.
It could use a hint of the articulation. You want me to believe it walks (Mobile
Platform), but you don’t “sell it” and provide the structural backdrop -
something that looks like a ball and socket joint, despite being fixed in
position so the MBP won’t fall over. Time for new leg technology.
K
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| (...) Yeah, people really seem to dig the sliding seat. Good point about splitting up the hatch, I thought of it, but didn't have the desire to do it. I included small hold bars on the sides, so I don't think it would be that difficult to get out. (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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