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In lugnet.space, Anthony Sava wrote: (snip a whole lot of stuff) So um... what if you want to land the thing somewhere other than the mother ship? :) -Grand Admiral and Keeper of Fleebnorks (URL) "Adopt a fleebnork. They're DYING!" -Sally Struthers (22 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) If we're talking about small fighters, might it be cheaper to have your pilots wear evac suits in a non-pressurized landing bay? Entry to the bay could be through a single airlock, and the individual ships could be moored or clamped into place (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.space)
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Thanks for the comments, guys. I'm glad you like it. And while it does look a lot like Dan's Comet Fighter, the similarity is honestly coincidence. The ship I had in mind when I was shaping it was Tim's Tadpole. As for the landing gear bit, I (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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Nice job. Actually, I would also post this is .mecha. I really like the way it's more of a mech than anything else :) Really, you captured the biology of the lobster and turned it into a seriously cool mech! :) -Anne (...) -- For SCO to attack IBM (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.aquazone)
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(...) Again, I'm going to have to disagree, if we're going to dive into a 'realistic' rationalization here. For you see, from my perspective, normal landing gear in a zero gravity environment are totally useless. After all, landing gear serve only (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Fantastic model! I'm glad you decided to make it a vehicle instead of a sculpture. The large vehicle with bays to hold a smaller one are always great. The only suggestion I might have is to make the top hatch hinged instead of removeable. (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.aquazone, FTX)
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(...) Well you clearly needed a FrapShovel™ :) -Grand Admiral and Keeper of Fleebnorks (URL) "Adopt a fleebnork. They're DYING!" -Sally Struthers (22 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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But there was one small teeny tiny part that was inspired by this very NG at our train show this weekend... (2 URLs) And did it get into everything! We didn't have a fleebnork exterminator anywhere in the layout so it reigned supreme all weekend! (2 (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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I wrote... (...) -snip- Sorry that you can't view those...I forgot that you need a free account. Instead of signing up, you can also view the moderated pictures (URL) here> and (URL) here>. Sorry for the reply to my own post... The Moron, Dan (22 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Well, aside from the well-known fact that I have a thing for landing gear, the "realistic" rationalization is that it would be far cheaper to build landing gear into fighters than it would to engineer a hanging rack system for fighters with (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) That looks so very very cool. I'm not a space fan, but I am certainly drawn to swooshable things. And I gotta agree with you, swoosh factor of 10, man. I disagree with Mark that it needs landing gear. With the way you built it, with those 8 (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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Dude, niiiice. :) I really like the simple and smooth look. Looks like a very manueverable fighter. -Anne (...) -- For SCO to attack IBM using IP (\`--/') _ _______ .-r-. is somewhat like trying to eat >.~.\ `` ` `,`,`. ,'_'~`. a live tiger. -Ian (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) This is a beautiful study in simplicity = awesome. Clean, clean, clean. Great work Phil. Cheers, -G (22 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Groovy. I like the studless look. It does bear resemblance to Dan Jassim's Comet Fighter, but that's not a bad thing. I love the engine nozzles underneath. Smoove. Obligatory GA comment: It needs landing gear. -Grand Admiral and Keeper of (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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Good afternoon to everyone! I'd like to show one of my most recent WIP pictures of a MOC, a (URL). There's some problems with it so far (as can be seen at the link(s)), but I'm about to fix them. I made this image with three of my capital ships: the (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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(...) has already been cooked! So red and tasty...my only complaint might be the absence of a MOC bowl of clarified butter. -- Hop-Frog (22 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.aquazone, FTX)
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(...) Socialist Trained Intellegence Reinforced Frap Ray Android Hybrid. STIR FRAH (must be the "Jade Dragon Empire" influencing the EB... only a billion or 2 of them folk and they look to be headed to space soon) (URL) Admiral Giddens <>< (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Heh. Stir FRAH? :) -Grand Admiral and Keeper of Fleebnorks (URL) "Adopt a fleebnork. They're DYING!" -Sally Struthers (22 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) **sigh** and only a full 24 hours earlier... Thats what I get for not reading before posting... Guess we need to staff up the PCS naming division, and really, how many words go with frah anyway? (22 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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Wow. That is an awesome project. I think the ambulance makes the best use of the color scheme. Really my only dislike is the overall color scheme. Trans-red, while one of my favorite colors for accents, as windows just clashes horribly with the dark (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.space)
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