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Heya all, I just added some new pics of my cruise ship to brickshelf: (URL) are of the engine room (2 levels), the bridge, and the atrium (not yet fully detailed). They are a little blurry in places as I am just testing a camera that I am not really (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) That has to be one of the coolest reactor rooms I've seen, yet. So many hoses and tubes running around. I get the impression that it would be very efficient, yet if a hose broke, it would be very... bad. I like the..well..I think it's the (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) nice to see an engine room with hoses and pipes everywhere. The claustrophobic aura reminds me of a naval ship. George (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) areas where the passengers mill about, they have monstrous 15x15 or so staterooms with plants and windows and all the amenities. There's a baseplate-sized atrium with a receptionist and a huge desk. But in the areas the crew uses, people are (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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Easily one of the coolest things I have ever seen. Keep it up! -- Pawel (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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WOW! You deserve a prize or something! ;-) You have not only made one of the largest LEGO spaceships, but also one of the most detailed. Stuff like the wall behind the receptionist, (URL) makes me shed a tear... ;-) Where do you get these ideas?!?! (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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Dang. That's an industrial looking engine. Love the cap'ns chair. :^) ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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That engine room is just unbelievable. I have no other words for it. Wait- yes I do: MORE! MORE! Gabe "Joel Kuester" <septenemae@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:G9I6nM.Bz7@lugnet.com... (...) yet (...) do, LMK. (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Hmmm... aren't we stereotyping here? Since when does a spaceship have a receptionist? Maggie C. (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Well I may be wrong by I think this is a Cruise (space) Ship and that might be the bursars desk. I am sure the fact that its a woman was purely a coincidence. Eric Kingsley (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Obviously Mladen was referring to the automated desk unit designed to greet people, and behind which a hard-working procedural officer was taking a well-earned break! Dave! (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) lol! the perfect word for such a situation... (...) the chair-y room is indeed the bridge. It's not a very showy room since passengers don't go there. I wanted it to be small and efficient. Thanks, I'm glad you like the chairs, I am really (...) (24 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) You got it right on the head. I have made a decided effort to keep the "crew" area of the ship as efficiant and sparse as neccessary, but I want to lavish splendor on the passengers... a space cruise would be pretty expensive, and they should (...) (24 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) No offense intended :) It is a cruise ship, and the woman sitting at the desk is the passenger manager. She checks the visitors into their rooms, and helps them with any questions they may have. She is also the passengers' most direct link to (...) (24 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) thanks, I really like the look of a room full of hoses too... I dunno why. It just says "this is some serious stuff, and you'd better not muck around." Actually, I designed a M/A reaction engine and worked out what each of those hoses is doing (...) (24 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) lol! thanks (...) while I don't think it's the largest in pure size, now I am curious to know what ship would be? I know there was that one ship that is white with primary colored cylinders attached... that thing was huge... did it have a (...) (24 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) thank you, I'm going to try an get a better pic of it up... I don't know if the details are coming through. I was really inspired to come up with an elaborate chair after that discussion of chairs that happened here a while back. I love that (...) (24 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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I agree Joel, its cool that there are folks who care about interesting ways of attaching landing gear to a spaceship, or innovative ways of using cockpit canopies... ah, and chairs, o i love chairs.... ;-) i have a whole page of lego chairs ready (...) (24 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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hey joel, great ship (nice movie too) notice the corrugated bricks in the doorways on the left in this pic: (URL) is the kind of attention to detail i LOVE to see. the alternating b/w/ pieces and the art deco wall... (where'd you get the doors? (...) (24 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) hehe. I tried to think of a fancy word for it. Sometimes simple is better. ;) (...) More pics! More pics! I wanna see how you made 'em! Not that I'd knock 'em off perse but I love seeing other's techniques. (toddles back to try and gleen more (...) (24 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) The engine room is one of the best I've seen, its very cool! The bridge also has an innovative design. The atrium is also nice. I like how you used those brown triangle pieces in the backround. (...) They don't look that bad to me. Once again, (...) (24 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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Joel: Fabulous work! Even when I'm able to assemble a large structure I have trouble filling the interior with eye-pleasing details, so I'm especially delighted with all your pictures. In this one: (...) my guess on the (...) (24 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I believe it. I've been mentally building a Scout type from from Traveller (ca 1984) for the last six months, and thinking about how I want to build the engine room, with reactors, thrust engines, fuel intakes, purifiers, heat exchangers. It (...) (24 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Wow, that's a big ship. I'm particularly impressed with the angled wall construction and the modularity of the hull - I'd like to see more pics of how it all works. It looks like the front of the ship isn't finished yet - what's going to go (...) (24 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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I think the largest LEGO space ship is most likly Jon's Bardiel: (URL) It's like 6 feet long! Man that thing is cool :-P --Kyle (URL) (24 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Another mammoth craft was discussed recently: (URL) very cool! Dave! (24 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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Oh yeeeea! I remember that thing! It's Huuuuuge! (...) (24 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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"Joel Kuester" <septenemae@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:G9LJsM.JuM@lugnet.com... (...) know (...) Yeah, I'm mostly the opposite - my engines come together in a "these pieces look cool together" sort of a way, and then I make up a (...) (24 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) That's cool... I acually use the Space Law and Space Tech books from a RPG of the same time. They go into a lot of detail with the way things work... I find their systems to be a good base point for the stuff I do. I find that if I don't know (...) (24 years ago, 3-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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"Whoa!" -Keanu Reaves in The Matrix. 'nough said -Mike Petrucelli (24 years ago, 3-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) okie... I just uploaded a rendering of the chairs, and the DAT file for MLCAD for the chairs: (URL) aren't that complicated, but thats the best way to show them. (...) I think I have way too many motors now... I should start using the darn (...) (24 years ago, 3-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Thanks, for the compliments! As for the white disc, that is a 3d holographic projector. The stand in front of it is the control panel for the data access. That projector is a public void-net terminal, which would allow one to transfer funds (...) (24 years ago, 3-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) oooooooo... Those ARE simple. I like it! Next time I build a ship I've gotta make custom chairs. I'm still of the school of the unoriginal, and use the normal LEGO chairs. :) (...) I hear ya. 6 months ago I had almost NO Technic pieces, no (...) (24 years ago, 3-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) thankooo veddy much! (...) yep, when I saw the train doors and windows in the Bulk S@H I HAD to get a couple packs... actually I have been dreaming about building a ship like this for years, and I have the new Bulk Ordering packs to thank for (...) (24 years ago, 3-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Thanks! I promise I am going to eventually have documentation for the whole ship, but there's so much to do I am just doing a little at a time so I don't burn out :) (...) the front of the ship of course! hehe... sorry. actually I am going to (...) (24 years ago, 3-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Wow! What did you do, shrink yourself down to get there and build? Stunning interior detail! Uhhh.....wow! Dan (24 years ago, 3-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I am reminded of the GNDN conduits from the original Star Trek. GNDN was an inside joke that the set designers threw in. GNDN = Goes Nowhere Does Nothing. -Mike Petrucelli (24 years ago, 3-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I've been lurking in here for a while - I'm Joel M :) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I had it figured for an information terminal of some kind, but I didn't know if it was just a viewscreen or something more elaborate. Once again, very cool! Dave! (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I can relate to that only too well. It works nicely, though! :) Joel J (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Woo! Welcome to .space, Joel. Don't stay behind the scenes too much. Our power is growing and with your help we will prevail! :) Joel J (Who hasn't had to sign anything with his last initial to differentiate himself since elementary school.. (...) (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I too find most of my ideas influenced by Traveler (the role playing game) I tend to think of my fictional universe similar to theirs and i break my ships into High Guard, Mercs, Scouts, etc. like the game did how many others are similarly (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) hey, never heard of these books urls? pics? info of any kind? thx much -paul (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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