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Re: Jormungand Carrier Strike Craft
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lugnet.space
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Wed, 6 Oct 2004 12:16:13 GMT
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Hi Chris
Keep the models flowing, they’re getting better and better! You have some nice
details going on with this one, but there’s a couple of things that bothers me:
First of all it seems awfully thin around the cockpit (the cockpit takes a big
bite of the hull), making it look fragile. Secondly, I think the underside
nebulon-b style fin is a bit too big compared to the rest, so I would suggest
you take out the blank part above the nukes out (together with the brown slope).
Alternatively you could change it into one of those 2 tall slopes, that came
with the mini MTT (4491) and just take out 1 layer, they’ve just been on sale in
BR but is sold out here in Copenhagen, but there might be some left over by you.
Speaking of nukes, what does Viking need those for? They have to be able to loot
afterwards!
About the rear part of the cockpit, I think the brown part behind the cockpit
looks a bit too blank and flat, you might consider continuing the bubble around
the cockpit backwards and add more detail there.
About landing bays I don’t think the craft seems particularly difficult, as you
usually have to be able to get much bigger craft inside than fighters (shuttles,
supply crafts, troop carriers and the like), and without wings, it seems really
easy to stack sideways. But to stuff in as many as possible (space is always a
problems on carriers), you should consider making the tail able to fold down
behind the engine (a simple rotating construction would do the job).
But maybe I’m thinking too much SW-like: If you want the carrier to be dedicated
to fighters only (and getting supplies in through outside airlocks), this
fighter seems perfect for getting out through narrow grille like openings
(gills), so if you put a couple of those on each side of the carrier, it could
look really compact and sharklike. And combining this with a long slender oval
hull would make it look very Viking-ship like.
BTW I think the gun looks fine as it is: A bit cluncky like a tankbarrel, but
perhaps you should add some smaller fast shooting guns: You have to spray a lot
in dogfighting and don’t want to miss with the only shot of a big slow gun.
-NB.
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| (...) Thanks Niels. (...) Yes, a little thin, I can agree with that. I think it should be beefed up a little, but it is just so easy to slap on a SW cockpit. (...) I will probably try that although I do like the overall height of the fin. (...) My (...) (20 years ago, 6-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
| | | Re: Jormungand Carrier Strike Craft
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| In lugnet.space, Niels Bugge wrote: Speaking of nukes, what does Viking (...) Niels, did the discussion of Vikings attract you to this thread? Crazy Danes. :) Anyhow, as I love a good nitpick combined with technical discussions, I'll provide the (...) (20 years ago, 8-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| I finally built a ship that looks like it means business. I have been inspired by most all of the themed ships you guys have been building and posting here on .space. Thanks for the inspiration. Now I just need to build a capital/carrier ship. A (...) (20 years ago, 2-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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