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| My first foray into the gun-slingin, tumbleweed-rollin, space-meets-west realm of Techwest: Introducing Porter Rocketwell, galactic bounty hunter. (2 URLs) Accompanied by his trusty robo-oxen Be55ie, Rocketwell blasts across the desolate prairies of (...) (20 years ago, 4-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| Very cool looking! If you haven't already, you should certainly check out the short-lived TV show "Firefly", which was very much a "Space Western". -Jeff (20 years ago, 4-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) See, I'm torn here. Part of me really likes the design, and part of me doesn't. The robo-ox and stage coach all look nice, and serve their function, but they look kinda.. santa-claus to me. I mean, if it wasn't a robo-ox, but a robo-deer, and (...) (20 years ago, 4-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks Jeff. :) I'm aware of the show Firefly, but unfortunately have never had a chance to see it. Thanks for the tip, though. I have to thank Gil Shaw for the inspiration for this model. His past TechWest models really appealed to me, and I (...) (20 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) There are key elements of an old western wagon that I worked to incoporate into the futuristic design. One is the circular shape of the wheels (represented here by the radar dishes). Santa's sleigh ain't got no wheels. :P I was looking at my (...) (20 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) Dude, this is a blast. You've nailed the theme perfectly, IMO. Bessie is right on the money and works well in a 2 to 4 stud thickness. I think one of my favorite bits is the half-circled arrangement of the brown backpacks on the tail (...) (20 years ago, 12-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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