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A couple pics of this sub capital was taken for my by fellow group member Ken Koleda (thanks, Ken!) at the Michlug mini-meet yesterday. It's about 107 studs long when the tanker module is attached by means of a collar. (URL) pics of this ship and (...) (23 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.space)
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(...) The ship has a good look for a futuristic space truck. Todd (URL) (23 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Two more what? Two more ships? :D Or can the modules be run in tandem, like the tandem load lorries that are still legal in Ohio and Michigan? The collar: What's the theory there? Just Technic pegs? Or is it good for bearing the connector's (...) (23 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Thanks, Lindsay! Well, at the moment there are 2 points of articulation with the engines plus each vane has one pont of articulation. It would have been relatively easy to allow the engines to swing around and point forward but I was concerned (...) (23 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.space)
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(...) slammed this one out in about 3 hours. But that was the look I was going for. I wonder how many people have seen the B movie "Space truckers"? ~Trev (23 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.space)
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(...) ...Look forward to more pics. Great MOC there, really looks like a long haul space truck :-) --- wubwub wubwub@wildlink.com jains.has.it <-- Jain's Guide www.sitcatsit.com <-- a guy and his cat www.wildlink.com <-- the wildlinks Start planning (...) (23 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Yes- somewhat akin to the ships in Space Truckers. But please don't take that as an insult! For anyone unfamiliar with Space Truckers, it's a bad sci-fi flick starring Dennis Hopper. The most memorable moment was George Wendt ("Norm" from (...) (23 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Hmm, off on a bit of a tangent but is there any connectiopn to the Deep Purple song "Space Truckin'"? I could never figure out that song. Magnus (23 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I have no clue save for the timing. The movie lags behind by about 20 years. Perhaps the song served somewhat as inspiration, but I'm only guessing. XFUT: off-topic.fun -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (23 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) (URL) pic (via the help of Ken Koleda) really looks cool. Just thought I'd share it. Best ~Trev (23 years ago, 12-Feb-02, to lugnet.space)
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