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Re: Improved Space Combat Fighter
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lugnet.space
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Wed, 12 Oct 2005 04:56:25 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Geoffrey Hyde wrote:
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> The front of the craft doesn't fit in with the rest of it, it is way too
> blocky and needs something extra to put the angles out of the picture.
> Other than that this model is almost perfect, except for the fact that the
> nose may be a few studs too long.
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> I would also like a better shot of the undercarriage, perhaps you could show
> the landing gear in the extended position as well? It might be hard to do
> with the canopy on, but can you get a pilot's eye view of the nose from the
> cockpit?
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> It's moderated already! *grins* An excellent model with a surprising lack
> of visible studded construction, but with some minor improvements I think
> this model could be perfect!
Geoff,
Thanks for the comments! I took them to heart.
I think this photo illustrates what I did to smooth out the nose. Wanting to
keep the vent/access point in the nose, I actually wound up extending the length
of the nose one peg. I'm going to have to take that pilot POV shot tomorrow. I
also decided to make the nose sensor equipment look more sensor like. Anyway,
deep link:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1432376
Orginally, the ship had no landing gear, but I decided that rationalizing that
neglected aspect of the design by rationalizing a "landing skid" was cheap.
Deep link to an undercarriage shot of the landing gear retracted:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Snay/UIW/CombatSpaceFighter2/landing_gear_retracted_undercarriage.jpg
And another to the landing gear deployed:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Snay/UIW/CombatSpaceFighter2/landing_gear_deployed_undercarriage.jpg
Detail of the front landing gear:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Snay/UIW/CombatSpaceFighter2/frontlandinggeardetail.jpg
The entire gallery can be viewed here once moderated:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=149241
Thank you!
-Jeff
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| "Jeff Benson" <Malsnay@hotmail.nospam.com> wrote in message news:Io27tF.1tzt@lugnet.com... (...) Looks okay so far :) (...) The front of the craft doesn't fit in with the rest of it, it is way too blocky and needs something extra to put the angles (...) (19 years ago, 8-Oct-05, to lugnet.space)
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