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Hey All, I just uploaded pics of my newest MOC - the Wyvern Dropship. It's still not quite done (some interior work to be done), but it's suitable for snapshotting. LMKWYT! -jeremiah- (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: New MOC - Wyvern Dropship
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oops. a URL might help: (URL) LMKWYT... -jeremiah- (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: New MOC - Wyvern Dropship
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Jeremiah VanderMark wrote in message ... (...) Again!!! This is uncanny. Why do people make this mistake so often in .space? Cheers, Paul LUGNET member 164 (URL) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.space)
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Mark Sandlin wrote in message ... (...) It took (stupid old) me a few moments to actually realise where the engines _were_. I was like, "Huh?? Where are the engines???" ;-) (...) Can't dropships and transports be escorted by fighters or something? (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.space)
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Exelent job on that ship, Jeremiah. It really looks exelent, and I like the coloring. -- Mark Nelson (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.space)
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OooOOOooOooo... I LOVE those engines that double as landing gear! I also really like the way you have built the thing so it can spew troopers from both ends. Only one problem. You need a turret, or some punk with a Stinger is gonna ruin your (...) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Yeah, I had thought of arming the beast, but I couldn't really get the weapons to mesh with the rest of the design - going to design school kinda ruins your sense of style :c) -jeremiah- (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Speak for yourself, bub. I went to design school, and I'm still superfly. Word up. ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Very well done Jeremiah. Your ship looks functional as well as "clean". It's probably my own obsession with mecha but the engines look like mecha feet. Bryce (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Dropship Role ( Was: Re: New MOC - Wyvern Dropship)
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(...) OK, maybe I'm throwing too much quasi-realism at it, but I think this sort of discussion is fun. Transports should have a fighter escort, yes, but they have a different role than a dropship, and IMO, a dropship is better off if it can defend (...) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Dropship Role ( Was: Re: New MOC - Wyvern Dropship)
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Okay, here's my .02 cents (which has recently been devalued to .001 on the dollar, but that's a different story). This could be getting more off track, but I believe it's a matter of numbers. You're ship needs x amount-fuel to move y amount-mass and (...) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Dropship Role ( Was: Re: New MOC - Wyvern Dropship)
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(...) I'm not talking about adding big guns. Just a small antipersonnel turret that could fire a combination of grenades and (lasers or bullets). (...) I think the value of a small antipersonnel turret would be worth the increase in weight, and (...) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Dropship Role ( Was: Re: New MOC - Wyvern Dropship)
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:::Shaking fists in air, voice echoing into the sky:::: Damn you Muffin Head! DAMN YOU!!! Just kidding. My total knowledge of the Aliens dropship is from the movie, but my brother does own the book you're talking about. Whole lot of good it does me. (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Dropship Role ( Was: Re: New MOC - Wyvern Dropship)
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(...) Yes, I have out-geeked you for the day. you just come back when you're ready for another geeking. (...) It's a fun book. I recommend any fan of Aliens buy it. (...) This is true, but a fighter might have a hard time with these too. Better (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Dropship Role ( Was: Re: New MOC - Wyvern Dropship)
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Mark & All, (...) role (...) itself. (...) Ah, one of my favorites. Or the dropship from Starship Troopers. (...) of (...) The one from ST had some as well, although they couldn't do too much with it. It's hard to fight against Anti-aircraft fire, (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.space)
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Mark Sandlin wrote in message ... (...) Yeah, I guess it can be, but when critique of someone's modelling is involved, I see it as a double-edged sword, potentially working to complexify, clumsify or blandify (sometimes even uglify!) someone's (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Dropship Role ( Was: Re: New MOC - Wyvern Dropship)
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(...) I recommend a really neat book called Hunter-Killer Squadron. It's a collection of stories from helicopter pilots and grunts from the Air Cavalry (1st Cav) in Vietnam. It just now struck me that the whole idea of dropships was probably taken (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.space)
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