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    Capital Ship II —John R. Beck
   Hi All, Here's the latest pictures of my developing capital ship. Featured in the second row of thumbnails are the airlocks, beginning bridge, beginnning engines, and beginning doors (I think I got the concept design from one of Mark Sandlin's ships (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-03, to lugnet.space)  
   
        Re: Capital Ship II —Mark Sandlin
     (...) I don't think it was me. I have only built 2 large ships, and both were kind of long and skinny. ~Grand Admiral (21 years ago, 12-May-03, to lugnet.space)
    
         Re: Capital Ship II —John R. Beck
     Grand Admiral, Hmm...I was referring to the sliding door format itself. After looking at hundreds of pictures of hundreds of models over the past two years it's hard to recall exactly where I got that idea from...but I wanted to give credit where (...) (21 years ago, 15-May-03, to lugnet.space)
    
         Re: Capital Ship II —John R. Beck
     Well, I'm "replying" to my own post. But I found out who I had emulated. It was Dan Jassim's doors...thanks! (...) (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.space)
   
        Re: Capital Ship II —Chris Giddens
     (...) Looks big. Good job planning out the sliding doors. Be careful not to create size at the expense of design. Big Boxes are easy to make, but rarely translate to nice SHIPs. I know, I built many of them in my time :-D just my 2 cents Admiral (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-03, to lugnet.space)
    
         Re: Capital Ship II —John R. Beck
     It's funny you mention that because this is actually a narrower version of a much larger box that I just couldn't get to look right. In this case I wanted the ship to look like an oversized traditional brick :-) Thanks for the reply! (...) (21 years ago, 15-May-03, to lugnet.space)
   
        Re: Capital Ship II —Jordan D. Greer
   Hey I like it. If you want my personal opinion, big boxes rule! :) In fact, I have a 30 pound monstrosity that I have yet to photograph, due to the complexity of getting it in and out of my room. Here are my tips on cheaply reducing the boxiness of (...) (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.space)
   
        Re: Capital Ship II —John R. Beck
   Thanks and get your ship photographed! :-) (...) (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.space)
 

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