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Re: Cockpit resource idea...
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Date: 
Fri, 26 Oct 2001 01:10:14 GMT
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In lugnet.build.military, Geordan Hankinson writes:
> Heya'all!
> 
> When building any sort of aricraft, one of the most challenging thing, is
> coming up with a cockpit that not only resembles the real thing, but also
> allows room for a minifigure.
> 
> Many people have come up with ingenous way's of combating the challenge of
> building cockpits, I have decided(deciding) to put together a massive
> brickshelf gallery with individual cockpit's for different planes, people
> would be able to use the cockpit ideas for their own models, or modify it,
> or just to garner insipration to create their own. It would use lots ideas
> from other people, but would also consist of my own ideas, I plan on
> starting with just WWII and KW aircraft, but gradually advancing to modern
> airplanes. Each section will contain a picture of the plane, as well as the
> cockpit(s) made out of lego for that plane. Each cockpit will also be
> cadded, as my collection of clear parts isn't too big, but ther is always
> Brickbay to buy the parts you need to make the cockpit.
> 
> I have already started some planes,
> 
> Let me know what you think of this idea and if I should keep at it, I hope
> someday, to have over 100 different plane canopies in the folder, hopefully,
> this will also inspire people to build planes that they would never have
> considered building for fear of the cockpit.
> 
> One last thing, I'd definitely be open to people helping out by contributing
> ideas and such, I would put them up, and cad them, but they would get credit
> for the idea.
> 
> I'm pretty busy at the moment so if this does go through, It might be awhile
> before I get it all up.
> 
> Thanks, LMKWYT!
> 
> -Geordan-


I like it!

   <<Joel>>

(who just walked in and turned on his computer)



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Heya'all! When building any sort of aricraft, one of the most challenging thing, is coming up with a cockpit that not only resembles the real thing, but also allows room for a minifigure. Many people have come up with ingenous way's of combating the (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-01, to lugnet.build.military)

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