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BIG Shuttle
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Date: 
Tue, 3 Sep 2002 18:08:03 GMT
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Hey people!  Haven't posted to SW for a while, so I thought I'd share a new
addition to my Imperial fleet.  I'm a huge Imperial Shuttle fan, it's my
all-time favorite SW ship.  I just finished (for the most part) a
significantly larger version of my original sculpture....

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=24551

Unfortunately these pics fail to express the size of this one, and the
weight!  I'm struggling with a landing gear design that will support its
mass.  Any suggestions would be cool.

LMKWYT!

-Matt


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  Re: BIG Shuttle
 
Matt, nice work!! Don't worry, as someone who has built a large shuttle, I hear you about the weight!! Mine has a third landing leg in the rear, though more for balance than anything else (I couldn't imagine trusting just two side-by-side as in the (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.starwars)
  Re: BIG Shuttle
 
(...) Wow - verry impressive. Why this didn't receive a greater response is a mystery. Did you build it in grey because of a lack of white parts? It seems everyone else (including TLC) has done it in white. Jeff J (22 years ago, 6-Sep-02, to lugnet.starwars)

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