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Re: Topic debut: Madagascar-class gunboat
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Thu, 13 Mar 2003 13:40:28 GMT
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An interesting design Scott....I like the no nonsense lines of the the main
cabin with the angled vanes...breaks up any boxiness. Lots of possibilitie
for variants as well with the long cabin wall....looks like a great place
for an airlock port or cargo area!
Good stuff...hope to see more.
Cheers,
-Gil
In lugnet.space, Scott McQueen writes:
> This is one of my best mocs ever, the pics really do not do it justice cause
> it is extremely slick and has and air that i love in ships, it has dignity
> and it looks like it could actually be used.
>
> <drivvily backstory>
>
> this medium fighter was developed in very small quantities becuase of its
> difficulty to construct, every single part was made custom and wasnt meant
> to be replaced by other makes parts. however, due to the rarity of these
> parts pilots have found various (and unexpected) replacements. from
> bubblegum in place of filters to car seats in place of shock couches. This
> is the former flag ship of the garisson 235 Marauders (my signiture base)the
> new flagship is the Tera Intercepter, it was voted upon by the troops and
> they felt it most embodied the maruaders.
>
>
> The ship has 4 alternating redundant phase cannons that are mounted on the
> vanes and act as primary weapons. There are also 4 different lenses used to
> control each of the laser weapons.
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> The durability of this ship sometimes waivers and is often problematic, but
> it is loved by its many different pilots and most fell that they owe it one.
>
> </drivvily backstory
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> The hatch that swing perpendicular to the ground is also the hatch to the
> cargo bay which takes up about 30% of the interior.
>
> I am proud to say that this ship has retractable landing gear that i
> basically stole from the jedi starfighter.
>
> the fact that all the guns face forward bugs me quite a bit though it is not
> from lack of trying... if i got detailed enough pics, could you guys give me
> some ideas for some sort of turrets?
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/theblindman2/Gunboat/madgunfront.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/theblindman2/Gunboat/madgunopen.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/theblindman2/Gunboat/madgunrear.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/theblindman2/Gunboat/madgunstar.jpg
>
> sorry that the pics are fuzzy
> okay guys LMKWYT
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| (...) well, it is used for cargo... but an airlock wouldnt work as i have no space stuff of that sort, it has a base not a station. another thing that adds to the varients is that there are small impulse engines from the jedi starfighter that allows (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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| This is one of my best mocs ever, the pics really do not do it justice cause it is extremely slick and has and air that i love in ships, it has dignity and it looks like it could actually be used. <drivvily backstory> this medium fighter was (...) (22 years ago, 12-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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