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Re: Spaceship Surface Transport
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lugnet.space
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Tue, 6 Feb 2007 03:54:44 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Bob Parker wrote:
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I like this quite a bit - it would have come in handy tootling around my
Moonbase module (the Alpha-Omega Landing Pad II) for sure!
My two nitpicks are so small I can’t believe I’m bringing them up, but I
would have figured the Classic Space scheme to have used grey wheels instead
of blue (which would go along with the landing gear color on most Classic
spaceships). I also would have moved the rear wheels closer to the front (IOW
shorten the wheelbase) so as to more evenly distribute the load being carried
(yeah yeah lower gravity and all that but it would just look cooler IMHO
:-)).
But feel free to ignore my ramblings and enjoy your well done MOC!! We can
never have enough CS styled MOCs around.
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Thanks much! I’m always happy to hear other people’s interpretation of what I’ve
created (this goes to everyone who’s commented on my postings--thank you all!).
Your nitpicks touched on one of the biggest struggles I’ve had with this MOC.
I’ve tried different wheel combinations, starting with smaller CS wheels, but
the monster truck rolled so much better with the big hard-plastic jobs, I
decided to keep them. And I have lots of blue wheels, which made them a logical
choice for me. Don’t have any gray. Have some black. But, through some Photoshop
image-butchering, other schemes can be examined without altering the physical
model:
Yeah, I don’t disagree about the wheel locations. I used a Battrax-like
connection system for the front and trailer--though mine is three plates stacked
to a side and interlaced, not just one to a side, due to the weight and stress
on that part of the rig. Spreading the trailer’s wheels would certainly take the
load off of that joint. Also, I have enough blues to fill the trailer
front-to-back at the density seen in the photo, say seven to a side :oD. If I
did this, I might have to rename the vehicle. Something like Centipede Spaceship
Transport or, hey, Lunar Eighteen Wheeler (counting the ones on the front)...
Another thing I thought about is to install a independent-suspension wheel
system similar the Mobile Rocket Transport (6950), and add a crane to the top
deck. The crane could be used to lift spaceships onto the trailer. However, that
would take away a great spot for parking 918s.
-best,
Wolf
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| (...) Yep - grey wheels definately look Spacier! Looking forward to seeing it once your BL order arrives. Another possible place for cranes is at the back. They have those folding ones that trucks use for loading pallets, etc. on the truck's own (...) (18 years ago, 6-Feb-07, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) I like this quite a bit - it would have come in handy tootling around my Moonbase module (the Alpha-Omega Landing Pad II) for sure! My two nitpicks are so small I can't believe I'm bringing them up, but I would have figured the Classic Space (...) (18 years ago, 5-Feb-07, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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