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OOKAAAY...I can see when I am beat. (oh for crying out loud....) Guys, go to brickshelf and check out Bram's entry for the non-voilent space moc contest, if you haven't seen it yet. He just finished it. WOW! I am simply beside myself with joy... I'm (...) (23 years ago, 28-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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!!!...!!! (...) space (...) (23 years ago, 28-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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Oh yeah one more thing... !!!...!!! (23 years ago, 28-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Good gravy. We'd seen in-progress shots from him, but the finished work is a masterpiece, yes. And I feel the exact same way when he builds something I was working on: on one hand I'm glad he can come up with such an inspirational design. On (...) (23 years ago, 28-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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Uh, Bram has NOT sent this to me as an entry for the contest, and the deadline is today :-/ -paul (...) (23 years ago, 28-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Ya, that raises a good point. When you're checking out a 1000 piece MOC it's bound to be somewhat impressive if only because it's large. But a 100 piece MOC that makes you go wow is WAY more remarkable. Large is easy. Small is hard. ++Lar (23 years ago, 28-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Thanks for pointing that out. Expression about us all 'jumping the gun' suddenly comes to mind. D'oh. (23 years ago, 28-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Still, it's a pretty awesome MOC. I just got so excited to see it, that's all. :^) Clock's ticking, Bram! tick tick tick...hehe (23 years ago, 28-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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E-GADZ!!! I know I can't wait to say somthing either! I've been waiting on this one! LOVE IT !!!...!!! Eric Sophie Yes, Yes Yes YEs YEs yes ySe Yes YEss yyyess (...) (23 years ago, 28-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Hey Jon, you are going to post this baby on the Galactic Shipyard, right? My question is this: It's obviously well over the 80 stud limit, so is it a CAPITAL or a SUB-CAPITAL? hhhhmmmmm....INTERSETING QUESTION! :^) ~Trev (23 years ago, 28-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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I guess it is all up to Bram and Jon to discuss... My "Valour" Advanced Gunship is barely 89 studs long, and it is classified as a gunship too, yet I still asked Jon to put it in the capital ship section. Why? Well probably because Jon set the (...) (23 years ago, 28-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) <snip> Good point. And you're right - it's between Jon and Bram. But it's funny because this is essentially a pleasure transport/A to B plane. So does that classify it as a capital? So what classifies a capital anyway? I have an image in my (...) (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) a (...) Why? (...) be (...) Yeah... hmmm... interesting... ;-) (...) Of course! Ever bothered to check out the actual webpage?! ;-) "Valour" AG: (URL) this little red text underneath the title which say: _Download .DAT File_. [hears Trevor (...) (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) a (...) Whoops! I made an error. The minimal length for a capital ship (on Galactic Shipyard) is actually 75 studs. Sorry Jon. ;-) Mladen Pejic, over and out! (URL) (...) beautiful, (...) (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) [slap!] (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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Honestly guys regarding my site, pretty soon here I think there are just gonna be 2 categories for big ships: Big and Supa Phat Big. : ) I'm not that concerned about what the ships role is for these categories, if its big then nuff said. I'd like (...) (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) It's actually comes in at 90 studs long, with a wingspan of 110 studs, and a weight of somewhere between 10 and 15 kg from what I could gather using a bathroom scale. It's heavily reinforced with technic beams, but it still creaks an awful lot (...) (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Thanks, Mladen! (...) Is there something in particular you don't like? The use of the wheels? --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu (URL) (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I tend to use a ton of parts no matter what I build. Even my double wide cars are 200-300 parts each. But I guess they are still some of my smallest creations (...) Hey! 19! ;) In case you ever forget again: (URL) Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu (URL) (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) That's oversimplifying a bit. Large can be very hard, especially if it has to be able to be picked up and flown around the room. It's also difficult, IMO, to fill in all the empty space in a large construction with interesting detail and (...) (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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Hey Bram, I think Larry was focusing more on the statement "But a 100 piece MOC that makes you go wow is WAY more remarkable.". I mean, I do the same thing...while models like your space plane TOTALLY blow me away in detail, size, design and obvious (...) (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Yeah. But don't like I said, it's such a minor and personal complaint, it really doesn't matter. In fact, I rather like that you used pneumatic pistons to fold down/up the landing gear. Again excellent job! (...) Mladen Pejic, over and out! (...) (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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"Trevor Pruden" <trevor_pruden@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GE24Dy.2n1@lugnet.com... (...) Wow! AMAZING! I love the detail... I just want to see a bigger overview of the cockpit, and how it relates to the front quarter dome. That's a bit (...) (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Hmm... somehow my compliment ended up an insult?! While I agree that making you go wow with fewer pieces is generally more difficult (particularly aesthetically) than with something gigantic, my original point was that Bram has built models (...) (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Heh. I guess I meant the impression of overall size... if piece count was the criteria then I wouldn't have any small creations either! (...) enough to drink (well, here in Canada anyway. Er, not to imply that you would! I don't myself). (...) (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I think that to "qualify" for "Capital Ship" not only requires size and function, but also time. Your example of 747 vs aircraft carrier is a good one in this relationship. A 747 can stay aloft for about 12 hours - maybe a bit more - end of (...) (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Yep. Thanks for clarifying that Matthew, it's exactly what I meant, but stated much more clearly. When I wrote my post I was thinking about what Mladen said (in the "why some models get feedback" thread)... I came away thinking he was saying (...) (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I you ever bother to look at my models, you will notice that most of them are quite small. Here is what I was trying to say: Yes, very large, well designed and thought out models (like Bram's) deserve recognition! Yes, very small, detailed and (...) (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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"Mladen Pejic" <milovan@netcom.ca> wrote in message news:GE4E8A.DIw@lugnet.com... (...) I agree with both statements. Any well thought out and well designed model deserves praise, and I enjoy well designed models of all sizes. Building bigger and (...) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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In lugnet.space, Tim Courtney writes: ... (...) ... (...) LOL; Now it's my turn to say: Yes, well put. I agree 100%. Mark W. (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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well.. even multi colored large sized models is out of my range heh i usually make small models with no interal areas ( no people ) i made a few with drivers however. i has no pictures of such however. when i can make a legocad copies i will post (...) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Thanks! (...) Does this help? (URL) Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu (URL) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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"Bram Lambrecht" <bram@cwru.edu> wrote in message news:GE4o44.8vH@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) Helps a lot. Genius cockpit design :-) -Tim (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I got to see some pix of it during construction and new it was gonna be great. Then I showed him a passenger shuttle I made inspired by what he had made so far. It was amazing he didn't laugh, at least through his keyboard anyway, because my (...) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Exactly! Heather Patey's recent Swan Boat (er, um, at (URL)) is an excellent example of this. It's not technically advanced--the construction is fairly straightforward, there's not a lot of explicit detail, and it's not a big model. But it is (...) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) had (...) Your passenger shuttle was cool...and you built it in about the time it took me to build the passenger cabin. (...) lines. (...) Huh? --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu (URL) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I both agree and disagree with you Mladen. I will admit that when I'm in a mood for looking at lego models, I won't even take a second glance at something multi-coloured or poorly constructed. But the thing is, everyone is at different levels (...) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Thanks :) (...) It's exterior (and interior for that matter) has a certain "flow" or continuity to it from front to back that doesn't make it look modular or thrown together. It's very much a nice, luxury type of ship. -Tom McD. (...) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.space)
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"Tim Courtney" <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message news:GE4G9t.Hpq@lugnet.com... (...) All thing considered, if I saw two MOCs that both showed high creativity and effectiveness, I would be more impressed by the larger ones. So it's more a case of (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.space)
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BTW, many thanks to Trevor for starting this thread up in .space. For some bizarre reason Bram trimmed .space off the followup-to list on his original post, so in my newsreader it looked like nobody had commented on his MOC! :-) -- Cheers, Paul (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Hey Paul, Its nice to see another Australian here on lugnet.space! Is there any other Aussies here? Zac Soden ---...--- www.ozbricks.com/battlespace (23 years ago, 2-Jun-01, to lugnet.space)
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