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Re: Beautiful ship on Brickshelf (sort of)
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Thu, 27 Jun 2002 07:43:35 GMT
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Welcome to .space! Wow...that is a very, very nice ship. I think the best
models tend to be ones that incorporate a very nice color sceme, and your
tug certainly has that. I love the hatch you made for it-I don't think
anyone has ever made a two-part hatch like that before (although I could be
wrong). The attention to detail in that model is incredible... Do you have
any photos of the bridge itself or the rear/bottom of the ship? Look
forward to seeing more of your MOCs in the future!
In lugnet.space, William Vale writes:
> Hi there Jon (and everyone else)
>
> This is sort of a de-lurk, although I have posted once or twice
> before on .loc.uk. I've been waiting for my work address to get
> posting confirmation, which has now arrived, but I was tempted
> to lurk a little longer to see if your detective skillz noticed
> my post to off-topic.test...
>
> Quick intro: I'm 27, married, and work for Particle Systems in
> the UK - if you're of a games mind you might have heard of
> Independence War 2? I've been a Lego lurker since I heard about
> Mindstorms, and despite acquiring piles of stuff I still don't
> have an RCX.
>
> Having finally found a decent way to store my Lego in sorted form,
> I thought I ought to build something to introduce myself. It's the
> first ship I've made since my dark ages, although I did have a
> brief dalliance with the Aquanauts a few years back.
>
> And now the construction notes:
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> I wanted to build something using the new Jango Fett Slave 1
> cockpit piece, since it's the right width to put a proper walk-in
> cockpit inside. I started off thinking about dropships and gunships,
> and I think I'd have ended up with something like the amphibicopter
> in AI. Instead I went for something a bit bigger.
>
> The tug is basically a box with a cockpit on the front and lots of
> nurnies, and there was a little inspiration from the Nostromo in
> Alien, especially in the feet, engines, and cramped interior...
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> I think that at some point I'll have to rework the roof - the
> two 8x6 panels are detachable, and the rear section behind the
> drive ring unplugs (technic pegs) but you can't really see enough
> of the inside like that because the hatch framework divides the
> cabin from above. To take the interior pictures I had to remove
> some of this. Originally I built it like this for strength, but
> the underframe is now strong enough that I probably don't need to.
>
> I spent most of the Jubilee weekend here building and tweaking it,
> but didn't get around to taking any pictures until last weekend.
>
> Gil, your comment about the Sighthound Recon was not misplaced -
> I think it was that which showed that the humble hatch could be
> the core of a model, (plus the whole thing is amazing.)
>
> In lugnet.space, Jon Palmer writes:
> > My apologies if I stole your thunder on this, I just had to mention it.
>
> No worries. I meant to post this last night, but Brickshelf must
> have gone into maintenance mode soon after I uploaded the images.
> I wanted to wait until I could link to them before posting to Lugnet.
> Then I had to go through the whole sign-up rigmarole again at work.
> Is it bad to have posting rights from 2 email addresses?
>
> Finally, do I need to do anything formal to de-lurk properly, like
> the old RTL form?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Will
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