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Re: MOC: Space Wagon
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lugnet.space
Date: 
Wed, 22 Dec 2004 22:56:49 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Douglas R. Clark wrote:
   In lugnet.announce.moc, Tony Hafner wrote:
   Here is the Space Wagon

http://www.hafhead.com/lego/myspace/wagon/index.html

Tony,

I really like this ship... its refreshing to see a moc using mostly “old school” building techniques & pieces. I like the idea of doing retro-nostalgia inspired MOCs. I think it would be fun to do modern interpretations of the classic spaceships (918, 924, 928) that retain the basic form and function of the original designs while using some modern piece types, colors and building techniques. Maybe that could be an idea for a new building contest.

Sounds cool, but we don’t need no stinkin’ contest! Just build one!

   My only real nit is that a lighter colored canopy would probably have worked better with the lt/dk gray color schemes. To bad both of those pieces are not available in trans-clear or trans-lt-blue.

Yes, I agree. I have the extension in Clear Beer, but no canopy for it (keeping the original color scheme would have been great). The only other color combination I have of those two pieces is trans neon peach (aka “orange”), but that color is just nasty. It would have made sense to use a different base color scheme to go with the dark canopy, but I was limited by the colors I had of the front wing piece and it seems like every white slope I have is tied up in other MOCs.

   I really like you landing skid implementation. I think they look pretty cool fixed in the “extended” position. Not sure if I like the thruster for this particular application though (though I like the design of the thruster in and of itself). The “complex” nature of the thruster seems to clash a bit with the relatively simple lines of the rest of the design.

Jean-Pascal Rignault uses that landing gear design all the time, and it is really growing on me. The thruster, though... yeah I can see that.

Thanks for the comments, and have a great Christmas!



   Tony Hafner
www.hafhead.com



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  Re: MOC: Space Wagon
 
(...) Tony, I really like this ship... its refreshing to see a moc using mostly "old school" building techniques & pieces. I like the idea of doing retro-nostalgia inspired MOCs. I think it would be fun to do modern interpretations of the classic (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)

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