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(...) Hehe. And most houses released by Lego scale to about the size of my bathroom. I think we all realise that LEGO takes certain liberties with accuracy in the name of playablilty and piece count, and that's ok. I was talking, as was Jon at the (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Oh, do I wish that too man! But sadly I don't have THAT much Lego. The closest I've ever came to something of a group photo is this... (URL)Man, that'd just make me fall off my chair. Heh! Well, I do have a number of other models still (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I'm honored. Thank you very much! (...) Sure, I'll try to get a head-on shot of this model. I should've taken one to begin with but I wasn't thinking. The underside isn't complete yet. I intend to make it fully detailed and with few surprises (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) So do you keep your ships built up? How many of those big honkin' ships do you have assembled at any one time? Any chance of a group photo? Man, that'd just make me fall off my chair. (I realise the N.A. isn't a big 'un, but it did get me (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I hope you didn't take me to mean I was dismissing your logic, I was simply stating what most people (or so I assume) go by. Of course upon further thinking I realized someing. Most Lego cars are 4 studs wide just like the doors. That really (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Heh! (...) Thanks! Well, no fighters this time but you've given me an idea... Fighter drones. I haven't fleshed out the underside yet but maybe I'll create a couple of unmanned fighters that attach to the underside. (...) The big opening in (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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Hello people, You can find pictures and instructions for my latest custom, a Klingon Vor'cha class attack cruiser, here: (URL) is to the same scale as the Galaxy class explorer that's also on my site. I actually built it at the same time as the (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space) !
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"Matt Krotzer" <thematt@comcast.net> wrote in message news:HAA85M.Dnr@lugnet.com... <snip> (...) work. Ok I need to respond to this. Ever since my criticism there have been a few posts which I feel have been directly related to me, but you've (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Dude, you GOTTA show me how you made those gun turrets! Email me some pics at least. I was toying around with a 3 barreled turret (Yamato style) but it seemed too wide on this model. (...) Thanks. That's the idea :) Dan (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) But the gist of my previous post is that if you translate that vertical measurement into the horizontal it's not quite right. For best accuracy, one must use and exxagerated scale (ie. vertical scale is different to horizontal scale) Besides, (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Thanks Kirby! (...) That's funny that you suggested that because I wanted to do that. The only problem is the lights are in the Nasal Avenger :( The other thing I tried was using 2X2 trans neon cylinders instead but I just don't have enough. (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Hmmm, I hadn't heard of that. I'm not much of a video gamer anymore. I just was trying to come up with a cool sounding name. First I looked online through a bunch of mythological names of gods from different cultures. I found a bunch of cool (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Thanks, Chris! :) I'm hoping to do some more greebling, this time on the underside. I've never really did much with the undersides of the previous big 'uns since they just had big ol' baseplates. I just need to stock up on some more 6 X 16 (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I'm not really sure what you're saying here, Paul. I've already heard that my MOC is "boxy" and "exactly like Gibraltar except it's yellow." Maybe you should clarify (or not). Dan (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Well if you assume minifigs are average human height you would get 3 studs to 1 meter. I think that is what most people go by. -Mike Petrucelli (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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Wow. The cool things you can miss when your not paying very much attention to .space lately. Silly me. -Mike Petrucelli (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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Dan, First off, I've got to commend you on your amazing work. I'm still relatively new to MOC's, having mainly a modified X-wing and a box of a moonbase attempt to show for it. I want to thank you for showing me why I should keep on trying. Because (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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dang, man, you beat me to it (at least to the finished version) one of my current ships in progress is in three sections using the MB standards for the connecting hallways. nice tidy little ship you have built :-) -paul (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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this is really cool and its great to see the PCS line evolve I think Chris is the best one to help us all "get it right" but even w/out his guidance I think we can all contribute good mocs yours is a great start and a hard one to beat for simplicity (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) my 2 cents on the way here (-paul) 1) despite any criticisms, we really gotta admit that it takes a lot of time and effort and thought to even do something as "simple" as putting a fat yellow line around a really big box. Dan deserves much (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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