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Re: c&c/red alert m1a1 abrams med tank
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lugnet.cad.dat.models
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Thu, 3 Feb 2000 04:42:11 GMT
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thomas burger wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.dat.models, Jonathan Wilson writes:
> > Here is the c&c/red alert m1a1 abrams med tank. It is a slightly modfied
> > version
> > of thomas burgers m1a1 abrams model. Tom, why didn't you tell me you had
> > a m1a1
> > abrams model???
> > 0 FILE m1a1.dat
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> why? because It didnt come out like I wanted it to.it wasnt proportionized
> like the real one. the sizes i wanted where 8 x 12 or 8 x 14 for the base.
> tracks 1 1/2 brick length, but the ones were 3, and the chain didnt seem right.
> Being inside a abrams helps as well, for about a week I worked on the
> communications gear inside... i messed around checked it all out, learned
> alot from just climbing all over them, plus for the full funtiona-bility
> for all parts was'nt possible,lego creations vs reality is like a 1/3
> minifig scale (lego, car fits 1... reality fits 3 to 4) Also the real one
> can fit 4 marines plus driver, and it just was not posible to fit maybe 1
> inside!
> I also tried my work on the lav25, and the aav's
> (look up all this at www.usmc.mil).
> the lav i wanted 2 crew, 1 driver and a top gunner, but plans went bad,
> didnt look right. (i am going to finish it though. (lav25.dat))
> As for the AAV (known as trax) was hard, those are tanks and "lav combined
> almost.. im sure a pic can be found at the marine corps site..(plus if i
> wanted to go all out, i would have done 1 x 2 tiles with radio pattern
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> PS next time ask to use model first. i dont mind but at least change something!
> Tburger
> Lcpl USMC
I would have asked but knowing you the message probobly wouldnt have gotten
through.
--
Jonathan Wilson
wilsonj@xoommail.com
http://members.xoom.com/wilsonj/
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| (...) why? because It didnt come out like I wanted it to.it wasnt proportionized like the real one. the sizes i wanted where 8 x 12 or 8 x 14 for the base. tracks 1 1/2 brick length, but the ones were 3, and the chain didnt seem right. Being inside (...) (27 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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