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Re: New quasi-moonbase MOC
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Mon, 10 Mar 2003 02:31:05 GMT
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thank you kindly. I considered making it bigger, possibly large enough to
take up a module on it's own, so it could dock in the center of a base, but
I decided that was a bit much. (not to mention it'd put too much strain on
the surrounding modules, since I haven't built a landing base for it yet...)
I'm proud of the cockpit, it took me a while to get it right, but it came
out how I hoped (cozy like a coffin, that is)
I wish I could say the Red stripes were a decision I arrived at after much
thought, but Grey and Red are the only colors I have in enough quantity to
do much of anything with (though I have plenty of black plates), and the
yellowed bricks, likewise, are there because the bulk of my collection dates
to the days of the yellow boxes, and they've not been exceedingly well taken
care of (they spent a long time in one huge bin, then in several sorted by
color, and now they're mostly in one 60 gallon tub (I only have 18 gallons
("only" 18 gallons of lego, sheesh, somebody smack me) available to me right
now... there's a surprising lack of color in all that, though))
-Anthony, doing the best he can with the tools he's got
"John Henry Kruer" <jhkruer@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:HBHry5.GEq@lugnet.com...
> Hey, that's a neat MOC. I love the boxiness of this ship-it works just
> right, yet using the thrusters and the black reccesed top stops it from
> looking like a big rectangle. And the choice of a cockpit is a good one.
> The red stripes are a nice touch, and the use of yellowed bricks to • simulate
> wear and tear is a touch of genius.
>
> Looks like a lot of space inside, as well.
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> Good job!
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> -JHK
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> In lugnet.space, Anthony Babington writes:
> > forgot to x-post to .space... oops.
> >
> > > it occurred to me one night, 'what would happen if there were a major • breach
> > > on the moonbase, like something caused by a meteor shower. how would • you
> > > save all of those people?'
> > >
> > > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=36295
> > >
> > > this is what came of that thought process. it's ugly, yes, but it's
> > > functional. I imagine a large number of these converted freighters • docked
> > to
> > > unused corridors around the moonbase, their pilots hoping they'll never • have
> > > to do their jobs.
> > >
> > > details:
> > >
> > > the pilot accesses the cockpit through a ceiling hatch, which his chair • is
> > > also attached to. the cockpit is "cozy" in much the same way that a • coffin
> > > is "cozy".
> > >
> > > the rear door (the one with the moonbase corridor on it) needs work. I • may
> > > redesign it with a horizontally sliding door instead, but I wasn't sure • how
> > > that would fit with the standard.
> > >
> > > the front ramp is there because it's supposed to be a converted • freighter,
> > > and also so that, when the craft reached the safety of another • moonbase's
> > > hangar, people could debark quickly and easily (so that, if necessary, • the
> > > pilot could go back to rescue more people.)
> > >
> > > anyway, LMKWYT, please.
> > > -Anthony
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| Hey, that's a neat MOC. I love the boxiness of this ship-it works just right, yet using the thrusters and the black reccesed top stops it from looking like a big rectangle. And the choice of a cockpit is a good one. The red stripes are a nice touch, (...) (22 years ago, 9-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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