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Re: The Starport That Almost Was
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Sat, 18 Aug 2001 03:55:03 GMT
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Ya sure did :-) Bummer about having to destroy it man. That really sucks.
Good luck for the huttin too. Wish ya could've finished, it surely looks
promiseing.
Hope you pull th eLEGO back out soon!
--Kyle
http://hvl.cjb.net
In lugnet.space, William P. (Pat) Hough writes:
> Greetings again.
>
> Well, I did tell Kyle Keppler and Tim Courtney that I'd give building a
> massive starport a try before the summer was out; this I indicated way back in
> March.
>
> It almost made it. Unfortunately, I have to pack up my stuff (even the
> LEGO) and move outta here. Unemployment does not pay the rent, particularly
> here in Austin...so I'm "going south" as they say to live with the folks for
> awhile whilst I seek work.
>
> Please view the final effort at:
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=6283
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> It's a bummer to take it apart when it's not even complete, but them's the
> breaks. Looks like the LEGO will be headed to climate-controlled storage with
> the furniture for the forseeable future.
>
> Explanations:
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> overall.gif: the big picture.
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> sp-02.gif: A closeup
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> sp-03.gif: The one area that was more or less complete.
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> sp-04.gif: observation/control tower; er...missing of course any semblance
> of control apparatus, such as radar dishes, antennae, etc...couldn't get to the
> minor detail in time. Decent observation, I guess.
>
> sp-05.gif: The "un-built-up" area, showing landing pads 1, 2, and 4. 3 and
> 5 can be seen way in the background but these are not assembled yet. I had to
> remove 3 and 5 to put in the monorail.
>
> sp-06.gif: (from left to right) Relay Tower, Bar, Pilot's Lounge (made
> from Millenium Falcon hull), Repulsor Station, and landing pad 1 situated on
> top of the power generator.
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> sp-07.gif: A visitor and his ship (on landing pad 1).
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> sp-08.gif: Repulsor Station closeup
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> sp-09.gif: Pilot's Lounge (minus that little detail, some pilots!!)
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> sp-10.gif: Relay Tower
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> sp-11.gif: Little MO (short for Monorail). A straight track made of twin
> 1x8 light gray tiles with the car on top; this was before I could afford the
> monorail sets (6990 and 6991).
>
> sp-12.gif: Shielded power generator. Actually, the generator is the ship's
> engine from my first effort, the nameless Armed Merchant vessel
> (http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=2955)
>
> sp-13.gif: Bar with top removed. The bar was the first structure
> constructed for the starport (after Little MO) because everyone should have
> priorities.
>
> sp-14.gif: Custom monorail support. Y'know, the monorail sets are great,
> but they're not 100% designed to accomodate crater plates. So I just built this
> arch to go over the lunar hill. The starport is rife with these, actually.
>
> Anyway, that's all, folks. I'm outta here, I'm history. I will try to
> check back as often as I can to see all the neat stuff being built, but the
> LEGO and I must part company for now. How I hate unemployment :( .
>
> Cheers,
>
> Pat
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