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Re: Short Haul Space Freighter
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Wed, 31 Mar 2004 17:26:17 GMT
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Holy cow, this is awesome. It's like a superneat playset, complete with crew,
cargo, and loading truck! Visit exotic worlds! Trade cargo! The front end sort
of reminds me of the Omega destroyers in Babylon 5. Nice smooth sides that
sandwich the rough insides.
I love it! It's actually quite inspirational; I really dig utilitarian designs.
Although your navigational lights (red/green) are reversed. Easy way to
remember:
All the short words are the same: RED/PORT/LEFT
All the long words are the same: GREEN/STARBOARD/RIGHT
-Evil Wayne
In lugnet.space, Allister McLaren wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Well, as promised I've finally got around to finishing and photographing my
> latest moc.
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> It's a small freighter used primarily on the Earth/Moon run.
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> <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=77709
> <http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/almac/Freighter/thumb/freighter0001.jpg_thumb.jpg>>
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> I deliberately built this incorporating several .space no-no's:
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> * It's boxy. I tried to make it a reasonably cool box though.
> * It's black, although I hope you find the photographs clear enough
> * No cool new parts in clever usage. It's all pretty basic stuff.
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> At least it's got retractable landing gear, and the boy loves playing with
> the ramps.
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> For the eagle-eyed, yes Jon's
> <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=10758 Bison> was certainly
> an influence.
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> Comments and criticism are welcome. Smack, non-sequitors and tangential
> ramblings are purely optional.
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> Cheers,
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> Allister
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| (...) Thanks. I had the idea, that I still might do, of making a spacified black Trans Am and turning it into a sci-fi version of Smokey and the Bandit. (...) I'm not a frequent viewer of that show, so I'm not familiar with that ship. Do you have a (...) (20 years ago, 1-Apr-04, to lugnet.space)
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