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(...) Personally I'd go for the spaceship _Monotreme_ (which lends itself to a nice etymological nickname too). --DaveL (24 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus (was: building big)
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(...) Platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus See, there was a reason all these posts were appearing in loc.au James (who now knows more about platypi than he ever needed to) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.au)
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Cool totally cool! Eric (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Literally, it's "bird-nose of duck quality". Rather descriptive. But not exactly awe-inspring for a deadly piece of military hardware. Unless, of course, it's got a poisoned spur on its hind feet...;) best LFB (24 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Uh, thats plat-y-pus, and it's scientific name is Ornithorhynchus anatinus. Dunno if you can get a neat name outta that!! Regards ROSCO (24 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) added details! (...) cool it is. I especially like the addition of the escape pods. The torpedo room is quite original too. Great works, I don't know how you are going to top it off! ;-) (...) Mladen Pejic, over and out! (URL) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.space)
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Greetings! I took a bunch of new pics of some stuff I had laying around. Some are pics of models you may have seen already, but perhaps in better detail or from neat angles. Here's one I made for the Grand Admiral. I got the uniform wrong again and (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.space)
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Thanks! This reminds me I really need to finish the pics. Maybe next week. But it still needs a name... Hmm, whats the scientific name for a platapus? I allways new NASA would come in handy some day! So to NASA thanks for the background pic! --Kyle (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) My guess is that it is just a simple mistake by Todd. (...) Wow... that was really awkwardly worded. But I think I get your idea. First of all, what is with "Futureworld?" There was never any line of products by this name. The line you (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) [snip] (...) <Chuckle> Well, this is close, but not entirely correct :] The airplane goes into a climb, and then in one fluid motion levels and enters a dive. It's during the arced portion of the flight that the occupants experience zero-G. (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Heh. I've always liked that ship, but I finally figured out why today: It makes me think of a platypus! :) Okay, a platypus bedecked with cannon and engines, but still... Nice job with the photo, btw! best LFB (24 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.au)
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I'm probably gonna get flamed a little for this but here I go. (...) computer? His ship is oviously not a render. If Kyle had created this ship in LDraw he would be God. (...) apologize (...) Ok this is a really weird comment. Others have adressed (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.au)
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Just an idea I had this weekend. The wings come from the USC Tie Interceptor. (URL) Dickinson (URL) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.space)
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lol.... (...) those (...) that (...) for (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.au)
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I'll try my best. This is going to eat up all of my grey 4xY baseplates, so it looks like I'm going to have to be very careful with the placement and use of parts. Thanks for the support though! (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) There are no retro rockets used in an Apollo re-entry to Earth. Only the heat of friction and the parachutes slow the ship down from orbital speeds to the slow speed required for a safe splashdown. (...) If there was such a laboratory it would (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.au)
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There are plenty on brickbay: (URL) link might not work, so if it doesn't search for: "Brick, Round 2 x 2 x 2 with Fins " THE space logo is the little planet with the 'ring' around it. The ice planet log is the same thing, but with snow on the (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Oh, I see now... very cool! It'll be tricky to make it "airtight" but I hope you can manage it. Keep it up! --Bill. (24 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) It's more complicated than that. The rocket was a several-stage affair; the first few stages would drop off and burn up as you head up through the atmosphere; by the time you reach orbit only a small amount of rocket is left. The Lunar Module (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Ship Building Weekend at Scott Sanburn's - Trevor Pruden and Tim Courtney in Attendance
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Jesse & All, (...) Thanks. I have no idea how many plates and bricks, but let's say several hundred right now, maybe a coupe thousand so far, in the incomplete phase. Tim Courtney uses a multilayer plate technique to form the base of the ship, and (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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