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| Hi Everyone, I made a VTOL Patrol craft and snapped a few pics at the SEALUG meeting on Saturday. So have a look: (URL) is powered by two large turbofans atop the fuselage, and has a single internal fan that powers four thrust nozzles beneath. The (...) (23 years ago, 9-Oct-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military)
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| I definitely like the landing gear. Simple to build, yet visually tasty. I also like the taper along the aft section of the body. I haven't figured out how to taper properly - yet. You and Rick seem to have a knack for pulling that off. -Duane (...) (23 years ago, 9-Oct-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military)
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| (...) is different. (...) fins on the front look good too. (...) an airscoop on the bottom, F-16 style. (...) Cool neato! Overall, another great model from our resident Admiral! Rick (23 years ago, 9-Oct-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military)
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| (...) I wanted to angle the wings, so I just used a couple of the old skool plate-hinges. :^) (...) Nope. That's just the light leaking through the solid red 4x4 cylinders. (...) Thanks. (...) Those come from the UCS X-Wing. (...) Good, that's what (...) (23 years ago, 9-Oct-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military)
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| Great job Mark! nice job with the overall shape, ie tapering, I love the landing gear too, the extended cockpit is nice as well, Nice work! -Geordan- (...) (23 years ago, 9-Oct-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military)
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| Spiffy. Like the others, I like the tapered tail. :-) (...) (23 years ago, 10-Oct-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military)
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| I think everyone agrees, the tail and the landing gears are the best features. great work Mark. David Rabadan "Tiera must be rebuilt at all cost!" Lieutenant Jason "Rattlesnake" Reedyk of the 1st Tieran Marine Corp. (...) (23 years ago, 10-Oct-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military)
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