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Re: Space Craters Baseplate?
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Date: 
Fri, 14 May 1999 21:19:28 GMT
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On Fri, 14 May 1999 10:28:05 GMT, Jaco van der Molen <jmolen@globalxs.nl>
wrote:

> Terry K wrote:
> > 
> > On Fri, 14 May 1999 04:26:05 GMT, jamien@interworx.com.au (Jamie Obrien) wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi, im new to ldraw but can't seem to find the baseplate that was out
> > > in the 80's that had the craters and ridge on it. Is it in ldraw?
> > > Sorry if it's a stupid question just starting out!
> > > 
> > > Also, is there any site that has .dats of space sets?
> > 
> > No, the cratered baseplate has not been done.  That one may take a while, as it
> > would be pretty difficult to model.
> 
> I once started to make it, but, as Terry says, it _is_ pretty difficult
> to model.
> I have the plate with the proper studs on it and the complete outline of
> the "hill".
> Wasn't there someone that could convert 3D Studio Max to DAT. I think it
> would be fairly easy to make the hill and craters with Max and convert
> it and place it on the baseplate...

Good idea.  That would probably simplify it a great deal.  The problem is that
Onyx (who wrote the Max2Dat) may not have that baseplate to model from.

-- Terry K --



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  Re: Space Craters Baseplate?
 
(...) heh heh heh... as luck would have it... my *first* lego set was the alpha-1 rocket base.... alas, i sold it when i went into my dark ages... but!... recently i got an alpha-1 in an auction.. the baseplate is a little playworn, but at least i (...) (27 years ago, 15-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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(...) I once started to make it, but, as Terry says, it _is_ pretty difficult to model. I have the plate with the proper studs on it and the complete outline of the "hill". Wasn't there someone that could convert 3D Studio Max to DAT. I think it (...) (27 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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