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Re: Mini-fig scale F-16 Fighting Falcon
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lugnet.build.military
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Mon, 10 Jul 2006 19:36:52 GMT
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In lugnet.build.military, Magnus Lauglo wrote:
> Hello,
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> I can only echo sentiments there are some very nice fighter MOCs here and it's
> nice to see build.military get a little more activity of late.
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> I used to build lots of fighter planes a lot as a teen, and while I don't think
> I ever approached the level demonstrated here, I do remember them being quite
> cool looking overall. I used to design my own planes rather than take on the
> challenge of modelling actual aircraft. I'm guessing the latter is much more
> challenging, but for whatever reason, I was always more interested in putting my
> own designs to brick. That was over 10 years ago now and it would be interesting
> for me to have a go at another modern fighter plane some day, to see if I could
> take advantage of some of the new bricks and colors that have been produced over
> the last decade. So in other words, I'm not all that bothered with whose F-16 is
> better - this stuff is simply all very cool and quite inspirational!
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> Right now I am concentrating on building armored ground vehicles (mainly tanks
> and IFVs), and while I'm building them from my own imagination rather than
> trying to replicate actual vehicles, I time and time again come up against the
> challenge of balancing functionality, aesthetics, compactness, and scale.
> Ideally, you choose which sacrifices to make in such a way that the overall
> result is as impressive as possible. There isn't necesarrily a perfect solution.
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> With the humble admission that I've never seriously tried to model a real
> aircraft myself, one thought I'd like to shoot into the discussion here is that
> a LEGO MOC/model of an existing fighter plane isn't, and will never be an exact
> replica of the real thing. rather IMO, it is a representation of a real
> aircraft. You can't get the kind of detail you'd expect from a tradition plastic
> 1:72 scale model aircraft so what you want to do is to capitalize on the
> recognizable features and render them as best as possible.
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> I do hope to get some pix of my modern armor up soon, and who knows, even try my
> hand at some airpower one day too!
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> cheers all
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> Magnus
Hi Magnus,
It wasn't my intention to start a contest on who builds the best figher. As you
say, it is always about balancing a number of sometimes conflicting
requirements. In many cases, if you want something to be really nicely shaped,
involving a lot of SNOT work, or moving pieces, structural strength tends to
suffer. And indeed, more-or-less as Ryan wrote, since most LEGO blocks are
more-or-less rectangluar, curvacious shapes can be very tough to achieve.
In any case, if the aim were to build completely detailed aircraft models, we'd
have to resort to building model kits instead. I used to do that years ago, but
for me it never was quite as much fun as building the same aircraft with LEGO,
even though the LEGO aircraft wasn't nearly as accurate. Still, with a lot of
time and effort you can build a recognisable representation of a real aircraft,
as Ryan's F-16 shows.
At the end of the day we're all in this for the same thing. Building military
models with lots of little details and moving bits is simply fun.
Do put pictures of your MOCs on the internet. I've started doing that a little
more than a year ago, which is when I bought a digital camera, and it has added
a lot to the hobby. It is much more rewarding to build things that are actually
seen by people worldwide, and discussing them on lugnet only adds to that.
Cheers,
Ralph
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