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Re: New MOC:
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lugnet.build.mecha
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Sun, 9 Jan 2005 22:32:14 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Brian Cooper wrote:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I dunno, there are ways to get accuracy out of just about anything. I always
figured my guns would have some kind of complex laser measuring devices on them,
like the guns on the M1 Abrams, that take into account any warping or movement.
So when they get in the right “zone” of fire, they shoot.
But I like the idea of a “smart” railgun munition. That is really wild. :-D
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The color scheme seems a bit off to me, maybe just because the blue looks
altered by your image processing. Baby blue. Passive aggressive.
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I dunno, it might be my camera or your monitor. I notice that in some other
people’s photos of MOCs the blue gets washed out too. Might be the brightness.
Sorry.
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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. ;-)
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Yeah, or the armour could be mounted inside the walls, like Chobham armour that
the Challenger & Abrams use. Reactive armour is a bit passe nowadays anyway. :-p
It’s interesting how the old school or armour sloping is being challenged
nowadays by new armour like Chobham.
The new Leopard 2 turret, which uses it’s own type of composite armour, for
example looks like it has a huge shot trap at the front, but I read that it’s
actually designed to be one, to lead the kinetic penetrators into progressively
thicker layers of armour. Something like that.
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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.)
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Yep.
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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.
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Meh. I dunno, I just build it so it doesn’t fall over. :-)
The legs are actually VERY rigid, and the mecha firmly stands even on the
slickest surfaces. It’s a success in my mind.
Mladen Pejic
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