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Re: MOC: Stealth Fighter Revealed
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lugnet.build.military
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Mon, 10 Sep 2001 03:42:53 GMT
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AHHHHHHH! I never thought it possible to do this! but you've done it! I've
always stared at the pic in my room of this and thought how ugly it would
look in lego, cuz of all o the wierd lines, but you did it! Yeow! this is so
cool!
Very nice,
Love all of the SNOT!
-Geordan-
In lugnet.build, John Spencer Rezkalla writes:
> Well, after more than 5 months of on and off experimenting, ordering
> pieces, building, tearing apart, and re-building, I've reached a point
> where I am ready to declare my version of Lockheed's F-117A Nighthawk
> (aka stealth fighter) basically complete.
>
> I'm not 100% satisfied with the aesthetic appearance of the model. There
> are some gaps and discontinuities between panels in the outer skin that
> have been difficult to overcome - there are only so many angles of
> sloping bricks available! Fortunately working in a black color scheme
> helps to minimize their visual impact. I am sure I will continue to
> tinker with the model to improve the visual continuity. Nevertheless I
> feel I have achieved my goals as far as the model's desired shape, size,
> structural design, and features. I decided early on to use a smooth
> brick scheme for the plane's faceted surfaces, that minimized the
> appearance of outward facing studs on the skin, rather than trying to
> use plates.
>
> The model features a cockpit that seats a single minifig pilot,
> retractable landing gear, and two internal weapons bays with opening
> payload doors. I never bothered to install bomb racks and weapons in the
> bays. The model is 65 studs long with a wingspan of 44 studs (the real
> stealth fighter is 65' long with a 43' wingspan)
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=6826
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