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NASA Space Shuttle and crawler (preview)
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Mon, 5 Mar 2001 00:32:00 GMT
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A while back, J. Spencer Rezkalla presented a great rendition of the Space
Shuttle orbiter. Many people asked him if he were going to construct the
boosters, fuel tank and crawler pad. Mostly, they were joking because of the
scale he chose (too many bricks would be involved).
Still, it got my imagination going... and this was the eventual result.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=36136
It's selectively compressed of course, and minor detail was compromised, but
minifigs were a requirement...
Anyway, this scale does have a number of advantages, including:
1. The boosters and orbiter attach points can be both reasonably accurate
and structurally sound.
2. The orbiter can attach and detach quickly from the fuel tank with technic
pins, but stay on firmly.
3. The undercarriage properly supports the orbiter when deployed.
4. The whole thing sits firmly and stably on the transporter without the
need for extra supports.
5. You don't have to be He-Man to pick the whole thing up (and it wil stay
together, too).
6. At this scale I didn't run out of brown bricks!
This is the only picture I'll be taking for a while. I only posted this one
because I expect other people to be undertaking similar projects but I
hadn't seen them post results and, hey, I wanted to be first ;-) hopefully
some aspects of my design might be helpful too.
I want to hold off on pictures because:
1. I plan to buy a camera tripod. I have found that stability greatly
improves picture quality (in case you didn't know!).
2. I plan to present more pictures of the shuttle with other stuff which I
have yet to build.
3. It doesn't have a payload yet! Suggestions are welcome (the payload space
fits 27x7 studs maximum). I think that Canadarm is a must, reference images
would be appreciated.
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Cheers,
Paul
LUGNET member 164
http://www.geocities.com/doctorshnub/
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Message has 8 Replies:
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| WOW! This is beautiful Paul! Looks very accurate and complete. If you want references, e-mail me and I'll scan some pages from _Look Inside Cross-Sections Space_ book, on anything you might need. Again, great job, and I too hope others attempt to (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
| | | Re: NASA Space Shuttle and crawler (preview)
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| (...) seen) Well done! I have to say the Mobile Launching Pad looks really detailed! Is the crawler integrated to the pad - or can it drive out from under it? (...) Your model brings back some memories for me. When I was a kid I build a shuttle and (...) (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
| | | Re: NASA Space Shuttle and crawler (preview)
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| (...) Sweeeet! This looks great, and with a payload I can imagine it will have awesome playability. It never would have occured to me to use the windshield from the Imperial Shuttle on a space shuttle, but it works great. I wish you'd reconsider (...) (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
| | | Re: NASA Space Shuttle and crawler (preview)
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| AAAHHHH what're you nutz? what could posess you to build something so large? heh heh, just kidding but it IS large and very very cool i prefer the grey bottom actually more than the shuttle or boosters... it looks more nitty gritty -paul (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
| | | Re: NASA Space Shuttle and crawler (preview)
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| (...) It's such a nice change to see someone build a space "MOC" that actually exists in real life! IMHO that's not so much the fault of AFOLs as it is the fault of humanity for not producing more things to build models of. I should've put <soapbox> (...) (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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