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Re: Scout
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lugnet.space
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Thu, 6 Mar 2003 01:02:11 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Chris Giddens writes:
> Hey,
> This is a neat little buggy. I think it's hittin' on the PCS idea well.
> Reminds me of my little shuttle from last year:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=169780
> PLEASE get us some more pics!!
> You took a CS model and retroed it. GREAT.
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> Black tires? s'okay. I'd probably prefer grey but sometimes that's not
> available. wonder what it'd look like with 4 LOM tires?
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> White tires?... NO! that high form of technology is only available on Ice
> Planet. Can't get too far ahead. No really, it's very advanced to have
> white rubber space tires. Seriously, we'll invent antigravity before we get
> all white walled tires. ;-)
I didn't analyse it that far actually. The white just didn't look right.
Grey is out as I don't have any. The LOM tyres? If you mean this
http://img.lugnet.com/ld/7/30324.gif then nah - too big. I wonder how
caterpillar treads would look though. hmmm. That said, I'm pretty happy with
the wheels.
> a few PCS pointers...
> Lessen the number of colored lights. I always put a hint of trans dark
> blue.. and maybe a small smattering of red and green landing lights.
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=316860 for example.
Hmmm. Yes I see what you mean. Actually, there aren't that many lights on
it. There's a few yellow lights pointing forward (necessary IMO) and a
couple of red tail lights. The trans blue and greed cones on the roof radars
may be a bit non-PCS, but certainly not unprecedented in the CS genre. I'll
see if I have any more white 2x2 dishes to get that jetsons effect you've
got going.
> Now with a ground vehicle I understand the need for high powered headlights.
> Maybe the colored red and green on the side is too much.
That's actually a hand held scanner stowed on the side of the vehicle. It's
basically a more cmbersome version of the normal minifig metal detector seen
in the CS vehicle I based it on. All will become clear.
> The trans light
> blue stick (I guess it is, hard to tell)and view screen stand out as out of
> balance.
> Basically, less lights more whites ;-).
I don't have those parts in either white nor trans-dark blue. I personally
like the trans-light blue.
The trim under the canopy might be better in white though. Thanks for the tip.
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> Good use of the smll canopies, (get your big Pitsco ones yet? mine are
> backordered) Good use of the angled hinge thingies for the shaping.
I think you're thinking of Soren. I got mine through Bricklink a couple of
weeks ago.
Cheers,
Allister
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| (...) Ya, no worries about the wheels. oo, treads. *stores that away* (...) Ya, gots ta have lights to drive on the dark side of the moon (and to find Adrian's night club too ;-) ) (...) OO, I like pre versions of equipment. PLEASE gets us some (...) (24 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Hey, This is a neat little buggy. I think it's hittin' on the PCS idea well. Reminds me of my little shuttle from last year: (URL) get us some more pics!! You took a CS model and retroed it. GREAT. Black tires? s'okay. I'd probably prefer grey (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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