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Re: MOC: X40A Ranger Alpha
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lugnet.space
Date: 
Fri, 1 Nov 2002 15:40:05 GMT
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That's really cool.  I especially like the legs and all the stuff in the
back.  The carrier pod is a nice addition, too.  Great work.

-Andrew

In lugnet.announce.moc, John Kornhaus writes:
> The Ranger is a light recon vehicle designed for rapid deployment from
> orbit to an unsecured LZ. The unit is folded into a compact ball and
> installed in a TDS pod for atmospheric insertion. Moments before ground
> contact, the unit will be released from the TDS and complete a
> self-powered controlled descent while transforming to deployed mode.
> 
> It was challenging to build the desired detail and articulation (the
> hip joint has two DOF) while reserving room for the weapons and support
> gear given the rigid size constraints. The model is fairly fragile, but
> the fold/deploy transformation is fully functional.
> 
> 
> MitsuDyne X40A
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=27757
> 
> MitsuDyne 301 TDS pod
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=27756
> 
> 
> PLMKWYT. All my content on BrickShelf is new, so please explore.
> 
> 
> z



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  MOC: X40A Ranger Alpha
 
Greetings! I've had a lot of time to kill this month while looking for a new job (anyone need a slightly used Mac programmer?), so I thought I'd finally post a few shots of some MOCs I've built. I've been haunting the newsgroups for years and (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)  

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