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Fri, 8 Mar 2002 00:57:38 GMT
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well of course thats just really cool, Todd
but how does the door work?
or the overhead cannon sliding down the back?
more pics :-)
-p
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.
>
> 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
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| (...) Thanks Paul. I'll take some more pics of it to illustrate how the door works. It's about as simple as can be. It's built like a sideways C. The overhead cannon doesn't actually slide down the back. I made it to where you just pop it off the (...) (23 years ago, 8-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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