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Re: New MOC: the Cuttlefish
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lugnet.space
Date: 
Wed, 14 Aug 2002 13:57:09 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Joel Hoornbeek wrote:

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/ClassicSmiley/Space/Cuttlefish/dscf0156.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/ClassicSmiley/Space/Cuttlefish/dscf0160.jpg
The folder is http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=22252.

Comments are welcome.

Wow!  That is an awesome creation! :)

Later, Kyle Keppler wrote:

Now that's cool. One of the first MOC's in a whiel that made me say "cool".
The shape is great. Allthough one thing I think would be muy neato would be
a uber-greeblie engien on it.

I'd leave the trailing edges alone, their lines are wonderful.

But 'greebling up' the front flat surfaces (more than they already are)
would be cool. :)

And, Joel Hoornbeek replied:

Currently, it is powered by imagination. :)  I'm still working on designs
for engines, but in the mean time, I thought the slits in the edges of the
big saucer sections could count for something.

I was assuming/imagining some or all of the pods (the 4 arms) contained
the propulsion system(s).  Maybe the main drive is contained in the
horizontal arc, and the upper and lower pods contain sublight/antigrav
drives?  SF ships don't have to have drives that look anything like real
rockets. :)

Steve



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  Re: New MOC: the Cuttlefish
 
Steve, Thanks for the kind words. I had the same feeling about the rear edges, which is why I didn't spend more time on engines. As for more greeblies on the front... I need to make a mess, and dig out a lot more of my pieces. :) My recent building (...) (22 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.space)

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  New MOC: the Cuttlefish
 
Hello all, I'm not a frequent poster to Lugnet, much less to .space, but I thought I'd go ahead and solicit some feedback on my latest creation. It's been a while since I was able to just sit down and build (due to getting married, moving, and (...) (22 years ago, 12-Aug-02, to lugnet.space) ! 

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