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Re: No Need for Guessing @ Bryce's Newest Teaser
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lugnet.build.military
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Mon, 13 Jun 2005 12:03:54 GMT
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In lugnet.build.military, Ed Andrews wrote:
> In lugnet.build.military, Ed Andrews wrote:
> > I'll admit, I've lost track of the newest of the teaser postings. Is it the
> > E2-C Hawkeye or the M1 Abrams?
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> Checkout his Tu-16.
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Bryce2501/Teasers/tu-16_teaser.jpg
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> (prototype link)
> http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/bomber/tu-16_smp.jpg
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> Well on par with his previous B-52 building.
Most of Bryce's MOCs are very realistic indeed. I especially like the way he
uses existing transparent LEGO parts to make fairly decent looking canopies. I
always resort to transparent plastic.
Sadly though, his MOCs are 'virtual'. I'm sure he'd like to be able to build
them for real, but I doubt whether the wings on his Tu-16 or his B-52 would be
strong enough to be built in real lego parts. My attempts at building large
aircraft in the past always resulted in rather dramatically drooping wings, see
for instance my somewhat ancient Stratotanker (built in 1994):
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1235298
My Tomcat has the same problem, made worse by the mountings associated with the
wing sweep mechanism.
In real life, aircraft with somewhat stubby wings (like many fighters) are far
more manageable.
> I hope this thread isn't dead. I always assumed it was just a narrowly targeted
> group.
Old threads never die, they only fade away ....
It is a rather narrowly targeted group, but welcome nontheless.
Regards,
Ralph
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