 | | Re: Messerschmitt Me 323
|
|
(...) Hi Will thanks for the praise :-)....and also thanks to everybody else for their praise and comments! Hm...the wings are simple but a little complicated to explain but I will give my best! To tilt the wing tips I simply used hinge plates (part (...) (18 years ago, 12-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.military)
|
| |
| | Re: Aliens Style APC
|
|
Paul, Steering like this is easy enough if you have space under the vehicle. Check out the pix showing the underside of my Wild Boar APC, in this case I was even able to incorporate suspension, but this system wouldn't work with just the four wheels (...) (18 years ago, 12-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Messerschmitt Me 323
|
|
(...) Klaus, this is just beautiful! The diorama compliments the massive airframe wonderfully. I especially like the polyhedral wing. How did you achieve it, and keep the surface so uniform and tight near the joints? Now, all you troops need are (...) (18 years ago, 12-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.military)
|
| |
| | Re: Messerschmitt Me 323
|
|
(...) Klaus, Simply marvelous, I saw a few pictures of your Gigant in an earlier post praising German AFOLs, and it's great to see even more of it, and the other vehicles in your diorama. It's amazing to consider that it could even fly. Thanks, (...) (18 years ago, 11-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.military)
|
| |
| | Re: Messerschmitt Me 323
|
|
(...) Hi Klaus, Excellent work as usual. There's far too many good bits for me to single many out but I'll try. The nose is spectacular. I really love these built up, heavily snotted slope noses which are somewhere between classic lego park (...) (18 years ago, 11-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.military)
|
| |
| | Re: Messerschmitt Me 323
|
|
(...) Very nice. Lots of great details. I especially like how you integrated the nose geometry into the main body of the fusulage. With the nose stud pattern angled up at about 25 degrees or so I was surprised to see how well you tied this back in (...) (18 years ago, 11-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.military)
|
| |
| | Messerschmitt Me 323
|
|
Hello Everybody! I just wanted to present my newest airplane MOC: the Messerschmitt Me 323 Transporter. I presented this model at the fan event in Frechen together with a little diorama: (URL) information about the actual building of the model: It (...) (18 years ago, 11-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.military) !!
|
| |
| | Re: Aliens Style APC
|
|
(...) Magnus, Thanks for the comments. You can squish 15 troops inside plus the driver and gunner in the seat shown. If you're really into the harsh reality of militaristic economics, you can get about 22, maybe 23 tops in there ;-) Cheers! ~ Paul. (18 years ago, 10-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Aliens Style APC
|
|
(...) Thanks Marco! The steering front and back are not connected. Would be a great idea though and totally possible. There's enough room under the vehicle with a slightly modified floor. And plus my son likes driving the vehicle sideways with both (...) (18 years ago, 10-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Aliens Style APC
|
|
(...) Tim, I used the technic wheels from set 8842 from 1986. My dad bought me that set way back then and it was a favourite because it had steering that worked and a simplistic engine with moving piston when you pushed it along the floor. (...) (18 years ago, 10-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Aliens Style APC
|
|
(...) Wolf, Yes I toyed with the idea of making it a few studs wider originally, but the scale of the vehicle looked out of place with the wheel diameter... and those are the only wheels in my collection (from 1980's technic set ;-) that would work. (...) (18 years ago, 10-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Aliens Style APC
|
|
Paul, Ah, I was admiring this the other day - very nice work! How many troops does it fit on the inside? I know how hard it can be to balance functionality and scale, and I think you've done a great job. I like the slightly sloped roof and you've (...) (18 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Aliens Style APC
|
|
Hello Paul, this is a true spotlight! I just had to login and answer. I like the details of the interior. And I love the playability. Great work. I wonder how you did that sliding door. It looks fantastic in the animation. And what about the wheels, (...) (18 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Aliens Style APC
|
|
(...) The movie showed the turret mounted an a pair of rails that curved over the back end of the vehicle. The guns pointed sideways and the whole turret then traveled backwards and then down the back until it was tucked in behind so they could (...) (18 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Aliens Style APC
|
|
(...) Hi Paul, You keep sneaking these things past me by not cross-posting to a theme group. I really love this. I'm a real sucker for Alien and its sequels so anything from them arouses my interest and this is a most excellent build. I find the (...) (18 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Aliens Style APC
|
|
(...) Wow!!! Very nice! Really like the look and construction, good solution on the wheels. Just my initial reactions, now I have to look more and explore further details.. :) (18 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Aliens Style APC
|
|
(...) The APC is wonderfully constructed. Just sweet. If I recall, I believe the movie version was wider (or at least seemed to be--more low slung, perhaps; I suspect that's what you were commenting on in terms of the boxy-ness. Would widening the (...) (18 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: The Shag Wagon Urban Assault Vehicle
|
|
Paul, Amazing! This is easily the most original thing on .build.military in a long time. I think my favorite part is the small arms storage in the back. This is reminiscent of Mask from the '80s, if anyone remembers that (sort of GI Joe meets (...) (18 years ago, 3-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: The Shag Wagon Urban Assault Vehicle
|
|
(...) Wow, great MOC! I love the detailing, great work. Jake --- Jake McKee Private Citizen Webmaster - bricksonthebrain.com (18 years ago, 3-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.military)
|
| |
| | Re: The Shag Wagon Urban Assault Vehicle
|
|
(...) Very nice, Paul. I love the playability of that monster ride. But, I gotta tell you, I think there is still room for a few more weapons under the hood! ;) ---Will Chapman BrickArms LLC (18 years ago, 2-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
|
