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Re: Workbee (Star Trek MOC)
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lugnet.space, lugnet.build
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Sat, 10 Feb 2001 19:38:06 GMT
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very cool,
because its useful :-)
while we're on the topic,
how come there's so much SW lego on the web
and so very little ST?
personally i prefer Star Trek
-p
In lugnet.space, Mark Sandlin writes:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Back on December 23rd, when I went to Wayne Hussey's house to help work on
> his rocketship, Wayne asked me to design a Workbee based on pics from a Star
> Trek book Wayne owns. He had been trying his own design, but he wasn't
> satisfied with it.
>
> My design is based on the pictures in the book, but allowing for attachments
> using Technic pegs or 1x2 bricks.
>
> I stopped by Wayne's house last night after a SEALUG meeting, and Bill
> Farkas dropped in and helped with some cosmetic revisions (the airplane nose
> bits on the sides), as well as building a fuel rack for the Workbee to tow.
>
> You can actually see Workbees in the background if you're watching some of
> the spacedock scenes from the Star Trek movies.
>
> Workbees have an integral Impulse engine and a crew of one.
>
> Anyway, here's some pictures:
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> Workbee with no attachments.
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=30400
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> Workbee towing a fuel rack
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=30402
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> Workbee schematic:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=30404
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> AssaultBee combat attachment (Warp nacelles with phasers)
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=30398
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=30394
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> AssaultBee schematic:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=30399
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> More pics are available in the main directory:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=3113
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> Enjoy
>
> ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin
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| (...) Me too. Not that I dislike SW, no, not at all. It's just that even if it is fantasy, ST put a lot more emphasis on explaining how they solved problems. And in doing so developed a believable (well, within context) "technology". I follow that (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-01, to lugnet.space)
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| Hi Everyone, Back on December 23rd, when I went to Wayne Hussey's house to help work on his rocketship, Wayne asked me to design a Workbee based on pics from a Star Trek book Wayne owns. He had been trying his own design, but he wasn't satisfied (...) (26 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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