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Cool! I, too, like the colors, and the shape and size. Very swoosh-along-the-floor-able. The stack of 2x2 dishes reminds me of a bellows - like giving it a good bop would launch some ordnance. James Wilson Dallas, TX (21 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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(...) snip Very good moc. I like the colors, the slick exterior and the precise detailing. What I think is really missing are headlights. Does it have a detailed underside, to? I also had a close look at your other great mocs in your gallery. I must (...) (21 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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Not much of a name, I know. (URL) (Click on the image, my puppet! Click it!) There's no real interior, I focused mostly on the exterior while building. The half-stud plate to the left of the hatch is for mounting weapons, but at the time of these (...) (21 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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Yes Lego Military. Think of it as the Military Lego version of Classic-Castle.com, FBTB.net, or classic-space.com. I've come up with a few names, but was wondering if anyone else here would be interested in such a site to be created. No, this isn't (...) (21 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Hahahaha nice catch. -Geordan (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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(...) snip It's quite impressive that you managed to put together a ship this large, and that it can hold itself together. You deffinately have the engineering skills down that will allow you to build some complex large ships. It's very boxy, (...) (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.build)
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(...) It's impressive in scope, but rather lackluster in design. Building big and keeping it visually interesting is very hard to do, and I admire your effort. Here's to seeing more detailed big ships in the future! (...) I'd try mocpages.com. Seems (...) (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.build)
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(URL) started construction of this ship in January (or maybe it was Decemeber, I don't remember which) of 2003, it took about 7 more months for me to finish the model. Eventually, it came out to more than 6 feet long, and weighed in at about 40 (...) (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.build)
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(...) Y'know...the whole craft is very beautifully constructed and really killer, but I just can't get my mind to accept the orientation you present. I see and understand that it flies in the direction you say, but it really does not work for me. I (...) (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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(...) (URL) Shooting noses> :) --Ryan W. (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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(...) hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha beats chaff doesn't it. I read your other reply to Jon and I see where you were coming from. No hard feelings, it just seemed like you were jumping on him or something, which you weren't. Sorry bout my jackalizing. (...) (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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(...) Excellent modelling as always Jon, but having all three sets of wings swept forward just makes it look like a backwards-flying airplane - which simply makes me go "yuck" from an aesthetic point of view. I would have done it with the front (...) (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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(...) Yes, Crimson Skies IS fictional, but it operates on the premise of an alternate earth reality and the level of technology is supposedly that of the WWII era. So even an alternate reality has to have physical and technological realism. That's (...) (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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(...) I'm Rick James, b*%#h. What did the five fingers say to the face? *slap!* (...) Werd. (...) Better yet, just say it was an experimental airplane with telepathic mutant pilots. (...) I knew it! (...) LOL! (...) Revenge? Me?! (quickly hides (...) (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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(...) I remember reading once that the tri-wing+ concept was scrapped when it was realized that it didn't really provide any more lift potential than a bi-wing, but I suspect the switch from WWI bi-wings to WWII mono-wings had more to do with (...) (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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(...) Careful. People who ask Jon that question tend to get dragged off by the nice men in black suits. Soren (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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(...) this can be taken so wrong. on-the-other-hand, i do agree with the general point of your post. i mean, really, i read that book where stephen hawking discusses different theoretical attempts at interstellar travel - none of them were at all (...) (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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I dunno, I think you're missing the point. This Crimson Skies stuff is purely fictional, and as a fictional plane straight out of Jon's imagination, this thing is damn cool. I don't like it when insanely whacky but intensly cool stuff like this gets (...) (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Adrian! You should take some time off from the Trib and make a plane. That would be great. The stud is dead. Long live the SNOT. (URL) [ j o n ] (URL) zemi.net> (URL) moonbase> (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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Gotta agree with Dan, he hit the nail right on the head with that post. Despite employing SNOT techniques beautifully, this airplane seems to scrunched up. Maybe if you lengthened it a bit it would look better. I can see what you were trying to (...) (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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