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Re: Et In Arcadia Lego: Fightin Phil
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lugnet.space
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Tue, 6 Jan 2004 20:33:11 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Paul Hartzog wrote:
There are alot of things that jump out at me that I like about this ship.
First, this is probably the best use of the x-wing canopy that I’ve seen so far.
The lines of the ship flow very well. Its big and massive like a space faring
vehicle should be (especially in the engine section). I like the studless look
and all the design cues you took from Phil Painters work. The color scheme is
good too.
All the SNOT work will take some time for me to absorb. Could you comment on
how sturdy this ship is when it is assmebled. I really like SNOT designs but
alot of times you have to sacrafice the model’s structural integrity (and
swoosh-ability) to make it all work (espeically in small-to-medium size models).
The one thing I really am not sure if I like are the thruster cones. I
appreciate the way you were able to mount the “engine glows” in them but their
attachment to the rest of the ship (via single 1x2 plate) look very fragile.
Secondly, to me, they do not seem to match with the rest of th ship’s design.
The “frames” are very skinny and rectangular vs. the massive trapeziodal shaped
midsection they are mounted to. The result is that the thrusters have a
“spindly”, slapped-on look to them. This
picture kinda shows
what I am trying to say.
I think that they might look better if there was a way to match their design
better to the overall look of the ship. Like if they were trapezoidal shaped
rather than rectangular. Don’t get me wrong here; The only reason I’m harping
on the thrusters is that the rest of the ship is so good. I know that designing
engines/thrusters that look good is very difficult, especially when deliberately
trying to avoid using “traditional” parts such as the round cylinders, engine
cones, wheel hubs, etc.
I actually like the forward cannards on this ship. They add a bit of balance to
the design which has a lot of mass concentrated at the rear of the ship. In my
opinion they could be bigger.
The only other comment is that on some of the more “mechancial/functional” bits
such as the maneuvering thrusters could have been gray instead of white to maybe
break up the color scheme a bit and give it a more used feel to it.
Just my opinions. Overall, great MOC
drc
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 | | Et In Arcadia Lego: Fightin Phil
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| Et In Arcadia Lego: the Fightin Phil First, I wanna say that Phil's a great inspiration, and so I decided to use a number of his techniques to build a ship of my own. It was a fun build! Here it is, the Fightin Phil: (URL) It runs on a rare (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jan-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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