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Re: Jawa Sandcrawler '02
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lugnet.starwars
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Tue, 9 Apr 2002 02:37:14 GMT
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WOW! Looking good. I love the droids. Any other interior detail? IIRC
isn't there some sorta melting facility onboard?
Still a very sharp model :D
--Kai
"Joel Kuester" <septenemae@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Heyas,
>
> Its been a while! I built my last Star Wars MOC over 2 years ago!
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> I was recently asked to submit one of my models for the big convention • next
> month, but since all my stuff has been taken apart for a while, I offered • to
> re-make a model... specifically I have been wanting to rebuild the Jawa
> Sandcrawler.
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> When I built the first one, brown bricks and plates were nearly impossible
> to get at all, much less in the quantities needed to build such a large
> vehicle! I built it in red bricks, and while it was good for the time
> (1998?) It had some clear shortcomings.
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> I have been working on this model pretty seriously for the last 3 days,
> finishing it last night with the figs and droids:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=15113
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> I am really pleased with the result! The DK Star Wars reference book was
> tre' helpful. I added the graphics effects for fun, to visualize it • better.
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> I wanted to pack this one with features, so I detailed most of the • interior
> and added some light effects. There is a microscout in the engine area, • and
> it controls a flashing optic computer panel in the loading room's second
> floor, along with a intermittantly flashing light in the smelting room. • The
> droid hold in the bottom floor and the control room both have lights, too.
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> the grabbing arm in the loading room goes up and down as well as forward • and
> backward. The contol for it is in the engine area at the rear of the • vehicle.
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> later!
> Joel Kuester
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| (...) thanks, yes there is a melting facility, in fact its most of the second floor behind the loading room. I do have that section detailed in this model, and the flashing light is there to simulate the laser that breaks apart the various (...) (24 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| Heyas, Its been a while! I built my last Star Wars MOC over 2 years ago! I was recently asked to submit one of my models for the big convention next month, but since all my stuff has been taken apart for a while, I offered to re-make a model... (...) (24 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce.moc) !!
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