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Re: Aliens Style APC
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lugnet.build.military
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Tue, 9 Jan 2007 12:25:05 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Paul Brassington wrote:
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Hello All!
Thank you for your many comments / ideas on my last moc (shag wagon). Much
appreciated.
Some of you may have seen the “Aliens-Movie inspired Armored Personnel
Carrier (APC)” for the rest of you, here it is!
I found it difficult to give the swooping feel to the cab-forward design of
this apc without the boxy look. And a primary design consideration for my son
was the ability to pull the roof off easily and store soldiers inside. And we
wanted to create a sliding airlock door. And I quite desired to have both the
front and back wheels steer (to mimic the functionality seen in the movies).
Basically the model was to have playability...
So, it’s a bit boxy, but I think it captures the spirit ok ;-) Mike Yoder
from the CSF suggested the rear cannons fold into the body for better
clearance in tight quarters - so I’m thinking of modifying it to suit.
Thoughts?
For the motherload score of pictures and animations, see the website...
Website Deeplink: http://www.qualzone.com/lego5/moc_apc/display_stuff.html
Cheers! ~ Paul.
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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 front doesn’t quite match the prototype entirely but it’s quite
forgivable given the lovely interior you’ve fit in. I agree with Mr Yoder. Gotta
fold that guns back. I haven’t watched the film for a while but doesn’t it just
rotate perpendiclar to the side wall and fold to the back? Probably not too hard
to do and would add yet another cool feature.
And I’m curious how you do the wheels. They’re by far my favourite bit.
Tim
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| (...) 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)
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| (...) 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)
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| Hello All! Thank you for your many comments / ideas on my last moc (shag wagon). Much appreciated. Some of you may have seen the "Aliens-Movie inspired Armored Personnel Carrier (APC)" for the rest of you, here it is! (2 URLs) I found it difficult (...) (18 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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