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Re: Project 1138
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lugnet.general
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Sat, 20 Jan 2001 05:45:37 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Mark Sandlin writes:
> It does seem rather X-Wing-ish,
<smacks forehead> No wonder it looks vaguely familiar to me. That didn't even
occur to me until you said it.
> I like the detailing in the
> cockpit. Lots of buttons to push and levers and such. Good pilot's seat.
Thanks. I'm especially proud of the cockpit, and moreso the seat.
> I like the asymmetrical gunpod on the nose, and the slope work you did on
> the nose as well. Making a tapered nose on aircraft is kind of hard to do
> with LEGO.
First thing I built, that and the intakes, which was the start of the model.
It had a much shorter nose then, but I kept making it longer as I built it, and
I couldn't work out why, I just felt compelled to. Probably because of the
X(wing)-factor.
> In the back between the engines needs a little something, maybe a widget or
> two to give it some detail. I do like the odd number of studs between the
> engines tho. That's uncommon.
I was forced into that by the Rube-goldbergesque way I did the tailfins.
Everything behind the cockpit is only there to cover for it.
> You need to get that piece of spinach out from between your front teeth
> too. ;^)
Considering I haven't had spinach in, oh, at least a month, I better get to it.
:D
eric
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| (...) *embarrassed cough* I uh, meant to go back and look at it, but I forgot. :^( It does seem rather X-Wing-ish, but I can see how it has a bit of WWII flair as well, like the partially open cockpit. I like the detailing in the cockpit. Lots of (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.general)
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