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Re: Six Entries for Town Contest
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lugnet.town
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Wed, 14 Feb 2001 03:28:12 GMT
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In lugnet.town, James Simpson writes:
> Mark:
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> Beautiful models! I particularly love the white roadster, and Laurel Hall is
> perfect. I was also impressed by your imaginative use of tail fins in the
> plane's boarding ramp.
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> james
I appreciate the complements. In all honesty, I can't take any credit for
the boarding ramp, since I copied the design from one in set 6597 (Century
Skyway). In fact, the whole V6368 Airjet is a mesh of several other Lego
company designs, and about the only imaginative thing I really added was the
striped stickers from the much-maligned 897 Idea book. However, it still
looks pretty good, and the red/black scheme is my co-favorite along with the
1775. I thought I'd enter it just for fun - I think there are many more
creative designs entered by others in that category.
When I reflect on it, I find that everything I build out of Lego is usually
directly or indirectly influenced by something else - but the challenge for
me is how to replicate something so that it looks "real" to me.
Laural Hall was inspired by an interesting source. It's not a big secret or
anything (several people might have run across it already), but I am
planning at least one other model from the same source and I'd like to try
and retain some surprise or "newness" for when I do reveal them....
Thanks!
Mark Chan
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| Mark: Beautiful models! I particularly love the white roadster, and Laurel Hall is perfect. I was also impressed by your imaginative use of tail fins in the plane's boarding ramp. james (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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