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Re: A Few Small Contributions to Classic Space
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Wed, 12 Mar 2003 14:42:26 GMT
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Brian...these are awesome! I can't believe you were able to pull off a
mini-minifig! The rocket base was my first plate base...this is a wonderful
representation of it. Next Christmas I was thinking of making a mini scene
of classic space - these guys will definately be in there.
Can't wait to see the Command Centre.
Suggestions? Build more...lots more!
Great stuff.
Cheers,
-Gil
In lugnet.build.microscale, Brian Muzas writes:
> As promised, I looked for my old microscale models in the basement this weekend.
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> I came up empty.
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> Where I thought I had put them I found only gutted remains. I now remember
> disassembling them for parts for the first ISCC and another contest. I
> don't think there are any pictures :( but maybe they still lurk somewhere on
> one of my hard drives. At any rate...
>
> ... both because I didn't want to return empty-handed and because I have
> long thought about re-interpreting the whole line of Lego creations from the
> 'glory days' of the late 70's/early 80's, I dashed off two quick creations.
> I picked two of my favorite classic space sets because I recently saw Robin
> Harbron's mini-6950 Mobile Rocket Transport on his page at
> http://www.tbaytel.net/macbeth/lego6950mini.html and thought it was a great
> piece of work.
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> When moderated, please visit:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=36753
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> There you will find a 483 Alpha-1 Rocket Base (a.k.a. 920 Launch Pad) as
> well as a 6861 X-1 Patrol Craft.
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> For the impatient, please visit:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/bkmuzas/microspace/a_display.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/bkmuzas/microspace/astronauts01.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/bkmuzas/microspace/alpha04.jpg
> [You can also try 01 and 01 instead of 04.]
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/bkmuzas/microspace/x-1_06.jpg
> [You can also try 01, 02, 03, 04, 07, 09, and 10
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> I am quite happy with the mini-483. I have no trans-yellow plates of the
> correct size, so I used trans-clear instead. Nevertheless, I think it is a
> decent effort. The tower and the dish antenna move as they do in the
> full-scale set. I tried my best to make appropriately-scaled astronauts. I
> wish I had more gold 1x1 round plates: I tried to use the one I have to
> suggest the old "planetary swoosh" logo. Aside: does Lego make 5-stud
> 1x1x1's in white and red in current sets? I would have liked to have taken
> the time to model the crater. Maybe when I make the 493 Space Command
> Center....
>
> I'm reasonably happy with the mini-6861. Actually, I'm delighted with the
> top of it (I even managed to give the wings the correct notches :), and I'm
> particualarly pleased with some 'invisible' use of SNOT and
> fractions-of-a-stud offsets. The underside, however, is bulkier than I
> would like. Any suggestions?
>
> All comments and critiques are welcome.
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> --Muze
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