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Re: Star Trek Lego?
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lugnet.space
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Thu, 30 Mar 2000 17:21:33 GMT
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jsproat@io.+antispam+com
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skipper wrote:
> I have seen a few microfig scale Star Trek MOC's and I wondered if anyone here
> works on Star Trek stuff? There are so many pure space and Star Wars fans, and
> things are made easier by what TLG puts out to the public, I am curious about
> what else AFOLs may be toying with.
The really nice thing about modelling Star Trek ships is that you can take
something like a salt shaker, lay it on its side and stick some toothpicks in
it, and it becomes a Thiralian Hegemony Light Cruiser. :-,
I've frequently played with trying to build Federation and Klingon-style
ships, but have encountered much difficulty in capturing the ubiquitous smooth
bulbous hulls and thin struts at weird angles. However, I'm sure it *can* be
done, and that there's an elegant solution waiting to be found.
Has anyone found a way to do this yet? 'Cause I want to use the thin strut
design for my Shadow Battlecrab...
Cheers,
- jsproat
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Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com> ~~~ http://www.io.com/~jsproat/
Card-carrying member of the Star-Bellied Sneech Preservation Society
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| (...) Once, a long time ago (ie, a couple of years) I built a Klingon Bird of Prey out of parts from a 6889 Recon Robot. I guess it was to "microfig" scale, although I certainly hadn't heard that term then. :D Anyway, I thought it turned out fairly (...) (24 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.space)
| | | Re: Star Trek Lego?
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| I built a MOC Klingon Bird of Prey a few years ago out of M-Tron parts. I suppose it's a M-Tron Bird of Prey now. :^) I didn't use any of the magnets, though... but I put technic pieces in it so when you rotate one of the engines the wings move from (...) (24 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.space)
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| I have seen a few microfig scale Star Trek MOC's and I wondered if anyone here works on Star Trek stuff? There are so many pure space and Star Wars fans, and things are made easier by what TLG puts out to the public, I am curious about what else (...) (24 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.space)
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