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Re: Large Intrepid-class Space MOC - Never seen as big a ship posted yet
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Date: 
Mon, 17 May 2004 13:22:56 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Joel Kuester wrote:
In lugnet.space, Lee Meyer wrote:

The external 'stats' are:  over 7 ft long, over 2 ft high, and over 3 ft across.
Weight of the craft estimated at about 200 pounds.  About 130 minifigs as crew.

wow!

Okay, I can really appreciate the effort it took to build that... I built a SHIP
called the Benevolent Grace a few years ago, and your SHIP beats it in a few
dimensions.  The Ben Grace was over 8 feet long, but it was only a foot and a
half tall (not counting the antenna array) and 2 and a half feet wide (not
counting the fore thrusters).  I never weighed the Ben Grace but I think it was
probably around 150 lbs.  I think the interior volume on the Ben Grace was
greater, but it was designed specifically to be spacious... it was a cruise
ship.

on any account, it doesnt matter who's ship is bigger to me, I just wanted to
say I really like your MOC and I hope you keep building big... SHIPs are so
interesting to look at, and everyone seems to approach the various design
problems from so many different ways.

I am not a fan of Star Trek, but I have to say you really did an accurate job of
capturing the look, the scale, and nice detail work.  Not fond of the blue
color, but it doesn't diminish your building ability at all.

So are you planning to build a SHIP of your own design at any point in the
future or are you just interested in interpretive construction?

peace,
the builder formerly known as J Kuester

Hi Joel,

Thanks for the reply and the comments!  I am not a huge Start Trek fan either,
but I like the design of a couple of the ships from those series.

Per the blue color, it just betrays the fact that I had always liked the classic
blue from the original space sets from Lego.  It always seemed to go real well
against the light gray.  Some of the pics may suffer a bit because the flash
tends to make the blue a little "bluer" than it really is.

At this point I don't have plans to tear this one down and start another.  It
took so long to build, I just don't have the time (or room) to commit to
building a new one.  I still haven't gotten tired if it yet, either.  Right now
my hobby is building smaller custom space sets for sale via Bricklink.  I don't
know my link perfectly but search for "The Brickee Mart" or check the Lugnet
Buy/Sell postings as I have the links in my posts there.

Thanks,

Lee



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