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After a bit of a delay I now have my medium freighter, the Taranis, completed.
I don't have a web page for it just yet, but I have the pictures on brickshelf.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=3560
This is a modified version, turned into more of a research/exploration ship.
A standard freighter of this size would have most of the dedicated areas
empty and used for cargo rather than crew quarters and such.
I apologize for some of the pictures being blury. :)
I'm very pleased with the outcome of this project, being my first fully
original MOC ship.
It has a crew of 4 (Captain, Engineer, Security, Medical/Research) and Kady,
a multi-role android (shown in the cockpit area - the red fig) that is
capable of functioning in any position as needed.
The crew sleeps in shifts during long flights - with never less than one
crew and Kady on duty at any time or two crew when Kady is recharging.
It has a small hyrdopronics area that is computer controlled (Cyber-ganic)
that even includes a small apple tree with 3 kinds of apples on it. :)
There are 5 major "access panels" on the ship to allow for repair of major
functions to the ship.
I also was able to include a working airlock.
If I were to pick one area of the ship that I like more than any other, it
would probably be the ramp area near the Lab. The varied level of the deck
was a lot of fun to blend into the rest of the ship and make it look like it
belonged that way.
Areas that I'd like to improve concern the head specifically. I don't like
the arrangement, but for now it will do. Next time they're at a starport
with a drydock, I expect we'll find that the crew will refit it. :)
I would have liked to have built in functioning landing gear, but didn't
think about it until I was already finished with most of the hull and I
haven't the interest in tearing things appart to sort it out right now.
There is room to do it, since the outer hull and the inner deck are
seperated by 2 bricks everywhere but near the ramp. I may work on this at
some point but right now I'm just happy to have it completed. :)
I have pic's of the crew, but for some reason they don't want to upload.
I'll fiddle with them in the next few days. :)
Please let me know what you think!
Joel Jacobsen
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| (...) Joel, You should be pleased. I am pleased and I only get to look at the pictures. The details are great and the ship has very pleasing overall shape. Thank you for sharing it with everyone. Bob Hayes (23 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Very nice! I am amazed at how many compartments and stuff you've managed to fit inside. Lots of tasty details. I really like the hydroponics garden and the way the big windows attach in the front and all of the exterior details and the color (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| (...) :^O (drool) Beautiful! I really like how the airlock, ramp and hydroponics turned out. I also like how you incorporated the tubes under the flooring. Very reminicent of Tim Courtney's destroyer, and a very good feature. I do have a bit of (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| (...) I just love all the little details here -- the yelow and black striping on deck edges, the exposed tubing under the deck, the little control panels all over, the hydroponics with a game table, the panoramic windows, etc. etc. etc. Wow! Cheers, (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Then I tore into the pictures on brickshelf, starting at the stuff that looked the most interesting-- the hydroponics garden. And I poked about a bit more, finding really cool stuff, seeing a pair of figures in heavy spacesuits with lights and (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Yeah, a freighter crew would probably eat a lot of spaceport nerf-burgers and fried spamcake sandwiches instead of having a hydroponices bay. ;^) <snip> (...) I like these very much. It adds a deeper level of quasi-realism to your ship. Very (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| I love It!!!! Gary Joel Jacobsen <jacobsen@oar.net> wrote in message news:G9KpHI.BD8@lugnet.com... (...) completed. (...) brickshelf. (...) ship. (...) Kady, (...) it (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| Sweet Design. I don't care much for the color scheme, but that is just my personal taste. The design more than makes up for it. That is just plain awesome. -Mike Petrucelli (23 years ago, 3-Mar-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| this thing is just a little TOO cool, very inspiring. :-) nice non symmetrical detailing a innovative way of using the blue panels sideways a SEALUG airlock ;-) sideways containers, nice idea hey now, access panels! weird, i just build a hallway w/ (...) (23 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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