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Re: my three MOCs, the redtail, the sentinel and EVA unit 00
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Sat, 16 Aug 2003 07:35:09 GMT
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> > I'm very curious to ask you, what were your thoughts on the landing gear? I
> > found it to be the most pesky aspect of the stupid ship, trying to fit a folding
> > gear-wheel into a 1-stud-wide space there on the bottom of the pods. Also, I
> > noted that some of the screenshots of the actual ship show a third wheel-one on
> > either pod, and a third wheel coming down from somewhere behind the MONO pod. I
> > absolutely could *not* figure out any way to put gear into there...just figuring
> > out some sort of collapsable system to get the gear to go down about 5 bricks in
> > height would have been an enormous challenge. And I couldn't see any way to
> > house the gear either, since the fusilage is so thin behind the pod. The 1x2
> > plate with handles on the bottom of the MONO was just a cheap way of getting the
> > ship to sit flat on the two click hinges I put on mine. ;)
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> I thought and thought and thought about Landing gear, and decided to abandon it
> for structural integrity. In regards to the pod landing gear, it is possible
> that it isn't actually pod landing gear, but landing gear closer to the fuel
> tank. Here's a drawing i found:
> http://www.catsonmars.com/faye/redtail04.jpg
I saw that picture too, it's part of a very useful set of sketches (not sure
if they're canon or fan-drawn), but the first image at the top of this page
seems to show them pretty clearly on the pods:
http://www.asteroidblues.com/redtail.html
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> > In regards to your planned Hammerhead, according to the converter, it needs to
> > be 61.72 studs long, 35.31 wide, and 22.10 studs tall. Personally, I've never
> > found the Hammerhead very appealing of a model..although certain other unnamed
> > CB ships would make for very interesting models IMO (Martian patrol craft, ISSP
> > ships, etc). It should make for an interesting model, however. Good luck with
> > it, I hope to see it posted soon! ;)
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> I would love to do a martian fighter if only I could find some nice pictures on
> the internet. I don't want to mess up my projection TV by leaving the CB movie
> on pause all day. I want to make the Hammerhead and Swordfish for a display with
> my DVD's. For the swordfish I'm going to use the cones from the republic gunship
> as the front. I wish school wouldn't start for another month or two...
IIRC, the official website for the movie has some small pictures of the Martian
fighter. On the other hand, the Fighter doesn't really have a MONO pod at all,
and is such a thin and twisted shape it would be extremely difficult to model.
What I'd really like to build is the fighter seen in Jupiter Jazz, or perhaps
the one seen in Asteroid Blues..unfortunately I've yet to find even a *single*
photo of either ship online, and I don't own the episodes. Ah well. Building a
Swordfish will be enough ;)
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