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Re: New military aircraft: F-117A Stealth fighter and Su-27 Flanker
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lugnet.build.military
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Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:17:21 GMT
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In lugnet.announce, Ralph Savelsberg wrote:
> It's been a while since I last posted any of my models on lugnet, but I have
> been building quite a bit in recent months. I would like to present two of my
> most recent MOCs.
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> The first is my F-117A Stealth fighter:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=247149
> It has a retractable landing gear as well as an internal weapons bay with
> trapeze-mounted laser-guided bombs. The model took a fairly long time to build.
> Initially I built much of it using slopes, or sculpting it with layers of
> plates. The shape turned out all right, but the overall look wasn't quite right.
> The real aircraft has many sharp lines, and building those required something
> different, which is why I started experimenting with plates and bricks set at an
> angle -not unlike the F-117 by John Rezkalla. It took me about two months, with
> many small changes being made as it progressed. It is undoubtedly one of the
> most difficult models I have ever built.
>
> The second aircraft, a Russian Su-27 Flanker-B, came together a lot more
> quickly, although it's been a _very_ long time in the planning.
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=264700
> A friend of mine has had a Flanker built with LEGO since both of us were
> teenagers and we spent hours tinkering with it together. Several years later,
> when I first saw medium blue and sand blue LEGO, my initial thought was:
> wouldn't that look good for a Flanker? Several more years later, I have finally
> gathered the parts to actually do it. The entire thing was put together in a
> somewhat frenzied two days building.
These are both fantastic models! I especially like the Stealth - I remember
modeling those with the old Testor's model as a teen years ago. Your Lego
version is beautiful - when the BrickShelf folder came up I had a hard time
figuring out from the thumbs which pics were of the original prototype as
opposed to your MOC - then I realized they were all your creation!
The Flanker is also an excellent model - I am very impressed by your abilities -
keep up the great work!
-Matt :)
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