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Re: 3 new spaceish Mocs!
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Wed, 9 Apr 2003 21:01:45 GMT
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Hi there, Geordan,
First up you have an excellent design concept on the Boar. I love the area
around the cokpit with the intakes and rocket cannisters, ets. The rocket
pods are also quite cool.
I hate to be picky but I found the body of the thing a bit on the fat blocky
side. Perhaps the cockpit could have been raised up so there isn't such a
massive slope between the body top and cockpit roof. Just my feelings - by
all means ignore them.
Actually, I think this cockpit arrangement would make a top heavy fighter -
tack some massive engines and fold out guns behind and it would look quite
spectacular!
The rear of the model and the way it opens - both the back doors and the
roof - is very cool. It also reveals some of the high quality SNOT work that
you have done. Going back on what I said before, maybe the cargo bay is
higher than it needs to be and could be squashed down a bit.
And the way that the main thrusters join to the wings is cool, but perhaps
the intakes could have been a bit beefier..
Just my $0.02, hope you like it,
Zac
In lugnet.announce.moc, Geordan Hankinson writes:
> Hello all,
>
> I've got my first "real" space Moc under my belt. I've built space before,
> but this is my first cool space vehicle or so I think. ;^)
>
> I present the HLAATV or "T-24 Boar"
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=39734
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> For the longest time I've wanted to build a dropship. I've marvelled at
> Mladen's work as well as Mark Sandlinds, but never been able to complete one
> of my own, not for lack of trying though - the number of failed attempts
> have been many.
>
> The boar in my side universe, this replaces the V-22 Osprey as a VTOL
> transport craft. The V-22 was a fantastic vehicle, although it lacked
> substantial weaponry, making it an easy target unless escorted by other
> aircraft. The boar not only is a transport vehicle, able to carry up to 24
> troops or 2 light vehicles, but also a heavily armed and armoured fighting
> platform. The armor around the cockpit is thin, able to only to sustain fire
> from up to 7.62 mm weaponry, but the armor surrounding the main cargo bay,
> is able to withstand the hit of an rpg or up to roughly 40-50 mm machine gun
> fire, making it perfect for low flying insertion and extraction missions.
>
> It's main cannon mounted on the nose is 30 mm and carries 1250 rounds, the
> chain gun below is a double barrelled 30 mm chain gun with 4659 rounds
> onboard. It's main defense and offense though are the twin MRDS (Multiple
> Rocket Delivery System(s)) mounted on the stub wings near the nose, these
> can deliver up to 240 rockets per minute per unit. Each rocket is 30 mm. The
> rockets are stored in the cylindrical canisters beside the cockpit. The Boar
> can hold up to 1014 rockets in total.
>
> Defensive countermeasures are stored and launched from the singtips, as well
> as the tail wings. A radar jamming pod is located underneath the left front
> area of the vehicle. Infared imagers are under each wing, these locate and
> identify targets for the corresponding rocket launchers.
>
> Wow that's the first time I've given an in depth tech report thing for
> something I've made. =^P
>
> Pardon the really really small vertical thrusters, by the time I got that
> far, my collection was completely depleted, that was about all I could come
> up with that didn't look terrible.
>
> I also have two small vehicles, The
> "Bulldog" and the "Light Personnel Transport". But who cares about tech
> write ups for these I'm tired of writing.
>
> Bulldog: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=39832
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> LPT: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=39831
>
> Inspiration for the Boar came mainly from the pellican dropship from Halo.
> http://halo.bungie.org/screenshots/blues.051601/Screenshot-12.jpg
>
> The inspiration for the Bulldog came from the Warthog from Halo as well.
> http://halo.bungie.org/screenshots/nextgen.0501/jeepfire.jpg
>
> Alrighty, I don't think I've missed anything. I promise better pictures next
> time, I'm still learning the ins and outs of my new camera.
>
> Lemme know what you think!
>
> -Geordan
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| (...) Thanks Zac! (...) I definitely agree. It would like much better in that arrangment, I'm not sure what prompted me to do it the way I did. (...) thanks! Going back on what I said before, maybe the cargo bay is (...) Nope, both vehicles just fit (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.space)
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