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Greetings! In taking a short break from a Pre Classic Space project, this came out as a little craft I've been wanting to do since Christmas. (URL) let me know what you think and where improvements can be made...it's a blank slate prototype at the (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: MOC APV Sparrow Hawk
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I really like this craft. The cockpit is ingenious, not many open cockpits. The only thing I would say about it is you can make it have one or two passenger seats in that big area behind the pilot. The tail is cool an and the vtol thrusers seem to (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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I love that shape. The open cockpit is cool. I can't think of much you could do to improve it. Maybe you could raise the walls to the sides of the pilot a little bit. I'd hate to fall out of that at 400 kph. But then again, maybe it wouldn't look as (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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Many thanks Tony....it was fun to build. I'd seen the LoM canopies used inverted in a few other models and wanted to give it a whurl. The only downside is what you found...there is a lot of space above and behind the pilot. Not quite enough for (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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Thank you sir...I like this cockpit as an open one as well. It's like it has 'hover' written all over it - an bug guts slapped on there at 400kph :) I think the variant will likely have some sort of doors to it, but also likely another canopy. I (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Excellent as usual... how about a picture of the cockpit? Unless someone's building skills are still raw (like mine), it's really hard to come up with suggestions for 'improvements.' Doesn't it just come down to personal preference and (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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gil, i think this ship is worth spending some time on: this is my fave pic (URL) angle and ambience is just right, if you could Photoshop over an ocean or cityscape that would be cool... ok, so 1) i like the way it lands 2) i like the controlled use (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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Thanks Jeff! I'll do some more shots of the cockpit once it's tweaked a little. Indeed the final product is a product of a personal aesthetic, but suggestions often open up avenues of thought that may have been overlooked before. Besides, the (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: MOC APV Sparrow Hawk
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Thanks for the kind words Paul! It's funny that you mention the scale....I had originally intended this to be a small unit, but the size of the cockpit was forced to be larger to use the canopy - the real starting point of the craft. The engines (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I'm always impressed with angled construction techniques, and your VTOL thrusters look amazing. I'm looking forward to the non-military model with color parts instead of the military prototype grayscale construction. :) Keep up the great work (...) (22 years ago, 22-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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Photoshop installed...like this ? :) Tried some of the new features to make it look like the poster art by Alan Daniels (used w/o permission and property of the owner). A little small, but the best I could find.. (...) (22 years ago, 22-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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Here's kind of what I was picturing... pictures by Gil and StarWars.com (URL) Matt (22 years ago, 22-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: MOC APV Sparrow Hawk
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Cool and interessting design as always Gil. I can imagine one of these flying on patrol around some futuristic city. The cockpit seems a little wierd to me. For me it seems like theres a little too much space between the top of it and the pilots (...) (22 years ago, 23-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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Thank you sir! Nope, you got it....the space above the pilot is one of the issues to address. It looks too empty - like there is supposed to be something there, but it got left out. I'm thinking to raise the seat and drop some instrumentation from (...) (22 years ago, 24-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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