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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 (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.space) !!
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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 (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) All I can say is... WOW! As for a payload, how about buidling part of the international space station and sticking it in there... (23 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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"J. Spencer Rezkalla" <srezkall@mich.com> wrote in message news:3AA453AF.69A349...ich.com... (...) Thanks! This is a little embarrassing, but I didn't actually know that the crawler could separate from the pad... :-( My knowledge of the crawler (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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"Martin Scragg" <mnm@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message news:G9rEMI.7G4@lugnet.com... (...) as (...) Thanks, Martin... actually, now that you mention it, I don't think that this picture really does it justice. I guess I will have to take more (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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"Jonathan Wilson" <jonwil@tpgi.com.au> wrote in message news:3AA41C26.3601B0....com.au... (...) Thanks Jonathan! (...) station and (...) Sadly, putting in part of the ISS was one of the first things that sprang to mind... but frankly it'd seem a (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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"Mladen Pejic" <milovan@netcom.ca> wrote in message news:G9qtA5.Jt0@lugnet.com... (...) Cross-Sections (...) Thanks Mladen! Actually, what I really need is info about Canadarm, what sort of module it's attached to and what could reasonably be (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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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 (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) We got to see this in real life on the weekend, and I must say it is just as impressive as the pictures, if not more so. Great job Paul. Martin (23 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) All I can do is add some more WOWs! Maybe you'll win the lottery so you can buy a lot of brown bulk packs and make it. George (23 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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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 (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) ... Yeah, I saw that a while back... that one was very good too. You're right, attempting the launch pad and boosters in that scale would've consumed an insane number of bricks! (...) You're right, that is what he used... I didn't notice that! (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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"A. Mark Wilburn" <amwilburn@iname.com> wrote in message news:G9sFyB.G5r@lugnet.com... (...) awesome (...) thought (...) Yeah, the use of the Imperial Shuttle canopy was actually a last-minute inspiration... I had "finished" the orbiter and I was (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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"Paul Hanson" <pghanson@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:G9sEFs.C33@lugnet.com... (...) awesome (...) Thanks! It's good to know II'm not the only adult who thinks about playability... ;-) (...) that (...) Well, it really comes down to the (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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"Paul Baulch" <paul@vic.bigpond.net.au> wrote in message news:G9tMnp.CGz@lugnet.com... (...) details. (...) I uploaded a couple more pictures. I'll do a couple more tomorrow night. I hope you like action shots with cheesy backgrounds... ;-) (URL) (...) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Embarrassingly I only discovered that fact a couple of years ago myself (and they've been launching shuttles and Saturn Vs for the past 30 years using those same mobile launch pads and crawlers!) One cool site you might want to check out is (...) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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"Paul Hartzog" <panarchy23@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:G9uuBK.C1F@lugnet.com... (...) An urge to use up some of a collection that is just tooooo big.... ;-) (...) Thanks! (...) Well that's because it is in real life, I guess... atcually the (...) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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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 (23 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I tried a bunch of hinge concepts and ended up with this one: (URL) tail structure isn't that great, particularly if you want the black trim. But the hinge would work well and not leave huge gaps (although there are some). Note the rudder (...) (23 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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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> (...) (23 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Plus all the gold-plated pieces you'll need :] All I've ever seen are the 1x2 grill tiles in the Space Port sets. KDJ ___...___ LUGNETer #203, Windsor, Ontario, Canada (23 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) without sacrificing the quality of the black edge trim. Decisions... decisions... (23 years ago, 11-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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