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Re: EBKD Aurora Science Vessel
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lugnet.space
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Mon, 9 Aug 2004 13:59:20 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Leonard Hoffman wrote:
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The Aurora is the latest ship build by the Jr.Marshalate. It has several
scientific instruments on board including a large telescope (white, midship)
and a complex multi-phasic sensor system (grey saucer, aft)
The Aurora has a crew of 18 persons. Unfortunately, 10 crew members must
share bunks, however this is nothing new in the Eastern Block. The
Jr.Marshalate has played with the idea of bunk sharing as a method to
maximize crew efficiency since the EBKD Kalashnikov experiment.
The ship comes with a compliment of four Robriq bots that help in cleaning
and maintaining the ship’s interior and exterior.
-Jr.Marshal Hoffman
Building Notes
This isn’t my best work by far. The general concept of the Aurora is a
continuation of an idea I had on the Duvernay and the Kalashnikov -
essentially using angled walls and corresponding angled ceilings. The Kal
using the angled on both sides, up and down - but only for 16 studs long.
The Aurora does it the whole distance of the main hull. The trade-off is
that I’m using a “House of Plates” concept and I have all those studs. I
don’t think it looks bad, but some do. (Tiles to cover it is not really an
option).
The underside is completely undone because 1. this thing aint exactly
swooshable, therefore the underside is essentially unviewable. 2. This is
not gonna last a while. It is going to Fest (hopefully) and then it is going
in the trashbin to become my next ship project. 3. A plated underside would
only have been more fragile, and everytime i touch this thing something falls
off, so I wanted to limit fragility.
The ship breaks into three pieces.. fore, midship, and aft (engines) for
ease of transportation and storage. I built the main hull a long time ago
and have just never finished it til I started working again last week.
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I like what you did with the engines. The greebling on top is pretty excellent
to. The shape overall is cool, very Space 1999, and I like the hatch on top. I
think all the studs on the side sort of give it an unfinished look, espeially
with all the greebling on top, I might suggest greebs on most of the sides, but,
if you’re taking it apart after the fest, why bother. The interior looks quite
spacious for an allegedly communist nation.
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