Subject:
|
Re: Warping in with a new MOC - the Mantaclaw
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.space
|
Date:
|
Tue, 8 Apr 2003 04:41:55 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
350 times
|
| |
|
|
> Hi everyone,
>
> After moving house and starting a course in electronics engineering, my Lego
> building time has been a little on the non-existant side. I got inspired
> after looking over some cool space stuff on brickshelf and decided to go
> ahead with a design that I'd sketched out around a year ago.
>
> So here it is, the Mantaclaw Space Service Vehicle:
>
> http://www.ozbricks.com/battlespace/mantaclaw.htm
>
> The model was half an experiment in building with "minimal visible studs"
> techniques. I think it turned out quite nicely.
>
> Feedback is appreciated. Enjoy!
>
> Zac Soden
I don't know what to say except ... wow!
I love it. Are those suction cups on the front, to latch on to a ship's
hull? Dude ... wow. That's incredible. I know saying "wow" over and over
again isn't quite the feedback you had in mind, but, uh, wow.
Jeff Benson
jbenso1@towson.edu
|
|
Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: Warping in with a new MOC - the Mantaclaw
|
| (...) Thanks Jeff, The mechanisms that you refer to are actualy just buffers on hydraulic stems to absorb shock when the vehicle is pushing large vessels. Perhaps some pilots could retrofit them with magnetic systems for latching... Thanks, Zac (21 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.space)
|
Message is in Reply To:
| | Warping in with a new MOC - the Mantaclaw
|
| Hi everyone, After moving house and starting a course in electronics engineering, my Lego building time has been a little on the non-existant side. I got inspired after looking over some cool space stuff on brickshelf and decided to go ahead with a (...) (21 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.space) !
|
17 Messages in This Thread:
  
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
