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Re: MOC - ALIENS APC and friends
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lugnet.space
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Thu, 7 Mar 2002 08:36:25 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Todd Trotter writes:
> We'll, I've finally posted pics of my Aliens APC. I've had this thing built
> since last June.
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=13128
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> It's built more or less to exterior scale. Anyone who is really familiar
> with the APC will know that the interior shown in the movie would never fit
> inside the exterior (sort of the same thing with the Millenium Falcon).
> Anyway, I knew what wheels I was going to use so I based the scale off of them.
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> It has four wheel independant steering.
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> The sliding door on the side is fully functional. There is a removeable top
> for easy access to the inside, and an opening hatch for the driver to enter.
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> Both gun turrets turn, but the rail gun does not actually slide down the
> rail into it's storage position. I tried to make it do so many different
> ways and while some attemps were successful I decided to go with form over
> function.
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> Bishop sits up front and drives, a marine can be strapped into the back, and
> Gorman can view the marines vital signs and video feeds from his control
> station.
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> I've made minifigs of all the main characters from the movie. I've also made
> a few aliens and the Power Loader. I'll post pics of them soon.
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> Let me know what you think.
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> Thanks,
> Todd Trotter
> http://www.lugco.com/todd
Too sweet, dude!!!. I've seen about 3 or 4 attempts at this vehicle, but
nothing this cool. The attention to detail is astounding. The sliding turret
design with the flexible Technic rods is very clever. I'm also impressed
with the selection of dark gray elements. Fantastic job!
Later,
Todd
SILICON PSYCHE
http://sil-psyche.0catch.com
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| (...) Thanks Todd. I spent more time working on this model that any thing else I've ever built. (...) I was impressed with the selection of dark gray elements as well. I originally built it in light gray because I didn't think I had enough dark gray (...) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.space)
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| We'll, I've finally posted pics of my Aliens APC. I've had this thing built since last June. (URL) built more or less to exterior scale. Anyone who is really familiar with the APC will know that the interior shown in the movie would never fit inside (...) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.space) !
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