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| | | Hey people, My son recently got interested in some war-era comics (!) and wanted some planes with which to dogfight. I complied with this: (URL) know there are inaccuracies (the cockpit way too wide, the landing gear just a last minute add-on, and (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | | | | Re: spitfire MOC —Eric Sophie
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| | | | | Hey, the landing gear are'nt that bad, it's good. Neat way to use those windsheilds right! The way you made the insignia is definetley a cool technique. Kudos to Eric H. for that and to you too. nice. Eric (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | | | | | | Re: spitfire MOC —Stuart Immonen
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| | | | | | (...) Well, they actually fold the wrong way-- away from the fuselage, not toward. Neat way to use those (...) oh, yeah, Eric H is tops. In particular, the insignia feature was inspired by the numerals in his grandfather clock MOC. ( (URL) ) Thanks, (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | | | | Re: spitfire MOC —George Haberberger
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| | | | | (...) Great spitfire! You nailed the elliptical wing, and I like your use of SNOIT and non-standard techniques. The windshield is good, too. George (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | | | | | | Re: spitfire MOC —Stuart Immonen
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| | | | | | (...) Hey, thanks very much! Again, as far as studs-not-on-top goes, this is one of the sturdiest models I've made! I appreciate the comments, stuart (23 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | | | | Re: spitfire MOC —Tony Hafner
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| | | | | (...) I'm not particularly familiar with the real Spitfire, but that's a great plane model. Wonderful SNOT (Studs-Not-On-Top) usage! -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | | | | | | Re: spitfire MOC —Stuart Immonen
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| | | | | | (...) Well, there's lots of ref online, naturally, and the plane has undergone plenty of subtle changes over its years of service. Thanks for the kind words, though. It's actually remarkably sturdy for the amount of SNOT incorporated. stuart (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | | | | Re: spitfire MOC —William R. Ward
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| | | | | (...) However, I had some trouble with the site: I couldn't load that page in Netscape. It works fine in Internet Exploiter, but in Netscape there's a problem loading your stylesheet. Also, even in IE, I can't view the closeup images. --Bill. (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | | | | | | Re: spitfire MOC —Stuart Immonen
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| | | | | | (...) thank you! (...) huh. The closeups show in popup windows-- if you have them surpressed, that could be why. As for Netscape.... what version do you use? I'll make changes when I move the site to a server THAT WORKS! In the meantime, see the (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | | | | | | | Re: spitfire MOC —William R. Ward
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| | | | | | (...) Netscape version 4.78. It sat there for a long time waiting for the .css file to load. I switched to IE and it loaded. As for the closeups I just hadn't waited long enough. If I let the window alone for several minutes it came to life. I think (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | | | | | | | Re: spitfire MOC —Stuart Immonen
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| | | | | | Not to get too off-topic, but.... (...) I don't quite know what to say except sorry-- I run Net 4.6 and it's okay, but Netscape 4.x is notoriously buggy.... (...) Well, I'll post to brickshelf and the site simultaneously from now on. (...) yeah, (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | | | | | | | Re: spitfire MOC —William R. Ward
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| | | | | | (...) Very impressive. The cockpit windows are very original, you really captured the color scheme and overall sleekness of the actual plane. The SNOT cockpit is very clever, too. One of these days I'm going to have to try my hand at making a WWII (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | | | | Re: spitfire MOC —Drew Lawrence
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| | | | | Arrrrr!!! Avast ye Brinkster, and prepare for boarding! Your evil Brinkster account has reached its daily bandwith limit. So I have to wait until tomorrow to see it. Just a suggestion, you should use BrickShelf.com. Its free, easy, and good for Lego (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | | | | | | Re: spitfire MOC —Stuart Immonen
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| | | | | | (...) oh, for gosh' sake. I moved my other site from Brinkster for this same reason, and I've had it. I took your advice and here's where you can see the dope: (URL) for letting me know, though. Much appreciated. stuart (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | | | | | | | Re: spitfire MOC —Drew Lawrence
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| | | | | | (...) Ahhhh. Thats nice. I REALLY like how you put the plates on either side of the cockpit - that really gives the effect of the narrow Spitfire cockpit. Niiiice. Mad props, my friend. (pasted from a different part of the thread) (...) You got it (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | | | | | | | Re: spitfire MOC —Stuart Immonen
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| | | | | | In lugnet.build.military, Drew Lawrence writes: <snip> (...) thanks muchly! I appreciate you taking the time to re-visit. (...) Huh. Not according to the pics I saw (after the fact). They hinged just outside the wing guns, and folded in, not quite (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | | | | | | | Re: spitfire MOC —Drew Lawrence
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| | | | | | (...) I'm not sure what images you used as reference, but take a look at these: (URL) later variants of the Spitfire may have had the outward folding gear, but in all of the images I can find it features inward folding gear; exactly as you portrayed (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | | | | | | | Re: spitfire MOC —Stuart Immonen
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| | | | | | (...) you'v got me there. I checked out a number of the links you provided (thanks!), and yes, indeed they all prove my MOC correct. I guess I'll just have to post the reference I used.... or just forget about it, since I appear to have done right (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | | | | Re: spitfire MOC —Stuart Immonen
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| | | | | All right,just to make sure, please DON'T go to the brinkster site. Instead, go here: (URL) see the spitfire I made. >sigh< stuart (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | | | | Re: spitfire MOC —A. Mark Wilburn
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| | | | | Anyway, disclaimers aside, please let me know what you think. (...) Nicely done Supermarine Spitfire, particularly 4.4 stud wide cockpit, and the plates and tiles used to make the British aircraft insignea on the sides. Also nice job on recreating (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | | | | | | Re: spitfire MOC —Stuart Immonen
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| | | | | | (...) Thanks for the praise. It comes well met, especially considering you know the pedigree better than I do. It was definitely a fun and relatively easy build, so expect more. stuart (23 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | | | | Re: spitfire MOC —Geordan Hankinson
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| | | | Gah! -Slams head on keyboard- You beat me to it! ARG! Mine is almost done, I have put it away though, I really haven't had the intrest in finishing it, I should get to work on it again. :-) I really like it Stuart! looks good, though not exact, it (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | | | | | Re: spitfire MOC —Stuart Immonen
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| | | | (...) Well, you can still finish yours, Geordan-- in fact, I encourage it-- I've got an idea on how to improve the cockpit in particular, but I'd like to see others. (...) Excellent! Thanks so much! (...) Yes, there's one on the same roll as the (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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