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Re: Sensors, thrusters and turret
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lugnet.space
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Thu, 30 Aug 2001 03:49:38 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Daniel Jassim writes:
> In lugnet.space, Aaron M. Sneary writes:
> > This ship makes me want to keep building new space ships
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> Cool. I know it seems like this ship just keeps popping up here. I thought
> it would help give others ideas if I shared a few of the ship's secrets.
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> > Thank you very much for the reverse engineering. You crammed a lot of stuff
> > into a small ship. Do you have an apprx piece count?
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> Whew, I'm guessing about 1,000? I know my red and black Spiffcrafts have 104
> pieces so, the way I build stuff, there's lots of small pieces for detail
> that increase the overall piece count in the Avenger.
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> > How large is the interior? All the photos and storys I've seen suggest that >there's a lot of space inside, but I don't see how with all those gizmos.
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> The general width of the ship is 6 studs, so the interior is 4 studs because
> of the walls. There are 3 decks inside and it's roomy enough to build a nice
> interior. However, I never built the ship with a means of opening it up to
> show the interior. The top deck has the cockpit and gun turret, the mid deck
> is bunks and storage, and the bottom deck is the airlock and entry ramp.
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> > Which direction did you work- from
> > the battery packs and lighting fixtures out, or basic shape and work the
> > components into the pre existing shape?
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> I guess I made the basic shape then added stuff. However, the first version
> I made (from the original story) had the basic look I wanted but lacked any
> realistic grit so I totally junked it and started from scratch.
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> I began with the "nose" and worked my way back. I finished with a version
> without landing gear or sensors and with the brown barrel engines. But it
> now had pivoting wings and a better looking gun turret. Because the engines
> were modular and could snap on and off pretty easy, I decided to design an
> alternate engine module with lights that connected exactly the way the other
> one did. After that was added, it was so heavy that the ship wouldn't sit
> flat so I made the landing gear in the back with shock absorbers and the
> front gear that retracted into the nose cone. To balance out the weight a
> little more, I added another battery pack (hiding it under the tan "nostril"
> domes) and flashing lights in front. But they weren't that bright so I put
> in the fiber optics. Now the ship is the way I want it.
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> Dan
Hey Dan, WAY cool BTW. One question: since you now have it the way you
want it, what is the likelyhood that you will destroy it? >:)
I myself have a couple of things that I can't bring my self to destroy so
far, but I'm breaking down....
~Trev
Astro Lift Co.
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| (...) The time may come when I'll need to take it apart to use parts for other models. For now, it's really not hogging any parts I need or would use in another creation (except maybe the tan domes and lights). (...) Me too, dude. The carrier (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Cool. I know it seems like this ship just keeps popping up here. I thought it would help give others ideas if I shared a few of the ship's secrets. (...) Whew, I'm guessing about 1,000? I know my red and black Spiffcrafts have 104 pieces so, (...) (25 years ago, 29-Aug-01, to lugnet.space)
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