Wouwie Posted November 9, 2008 Posted November 9, 2008 (edited) What is an army without good transport? Nothing. It's the perfect combination between power and mobility. Like the Blitzkrieg tactic, move fast with powerful vehicles. So hereby I present you my (yet) unnamed twin rotor helicopter More pics And my latest creation: An IFV, Infantry Fighting Vehicle: It has an 30mm cannon, 1 .50 machine-gun and 2 TOW-missile's Some pics are a bit to dark I'll retake them sometime... Comments are welcome! Edited November 9, 2008 by wouwie13 Quote
Captain Green Hair Posted November 9, 2008 Posted November 9, 2008 Great, the Dutch forces are here! Don't send our boys into the snow Wouwie, much too cold! Quote
Wouwie Posted November 9, 2008 Author Posted November 9, 2008 No snow! No snow! It's the colour for the United Nations Peace Forces Glad you like it! Quote
Lego12 Posted November 9, 2008 Posted November 9, 2008 Nice military creations wouwie13. I really like the helicopter. I've been trying to make a helicopter, but I'm still thinking for a design..... Quote
Wouwie Posted November 9, 2008 Author Posted November 9, 2008 Nice military creations wouwie13. I really like the helicopter. I've been trying to make a helicopter, but I'm still thinking for a design..... Well, I tried to make it an kind of mix between an UH-1D Huey and the UH-60 Blackhawk, but I had to many problems with the connection between the fuselage and the tail..So I came up with this design Quote
Pencoin Posted November 9, 2008 Posted November 9, 2008 (edited) Great vehicles, the guy with the pistol in the last picture though is the same as my Commander... Edited November 9, 2008 by Pencoin Quote
Wouwie Posted November 9, 2008 Author Posted November 9, 2008 Great vehicles, the guy with the pistol in the last picture though is the same as my Commander... Same as this guy in the middle? Strange.... Quote
Pencoin Posted November 9, 2008 Posted November 9, 2008 Yes except for the face, I couldn't see it in the picture I was talking about. Quote
Guss Posted November 9, 2008 Posted November 9, 2008 nice military mocs ^^ I love the tank ! I like the copter too, but I would prefer to see it on a "hard floor" ^^ Quote
Wouwie Posted November 9, 2008 Author Posted November 9, 2008 nice military mocs ^^ I love the tank ! I like the copter too, but I would prefer to see it on a "hard floor" ^^ I see what you mean, but then it wouldn't have the white backdrop.. And the forward landing gear needs to be changed..It stands not horizontal...Not even close Quote
Wouwie Posted November 10, 2008 Author Posted November 10, 2008 Hope these are okay Sorry for the double post... Quote
pr0visorak Posted November 10, 2008 Posted November 10, 2008 Good job! i like the part whereby it is minifig friendly Quote
Skull-Mark_Ladybug Posted November 10, 2008 Posted November 10, 2008 (edited) ... Edited May 17, 2025 by MacK Quote
Ralph_S Posted November 10, 2008 Posted November 10, 2008 I'm not completely sold on the helicopter, to be brutally honest. I've built quite a few helicopters and, having toyed with the idea of building a Chinook and having built a http://www.flickr.com/photos/madphysicist/tags/seaknight/, I'm quite familiar with tandem rotor helicopter. I don't know of any operationally used tandem helicopter that didn't have at least three rotor blades on each mast. Two blades looks very odd. I like that you haven't forgotten that a helicopter should have engines -unlike quite a few fictional helicopters that I've seen-, but the ones next to the front pylon (just aft of the cockpit) look very much out of place. Once again, real tandem helicopters tend to have them mounted only at the tail end and the front rotor is driven by a shaft that runs along the top of the cabin. I know transport helicopters often are quite boxy, but this would look a lot better if the fuselage cross-section would be a little rounder, by using slopes at the top corners and inverted slopes at the bottom ones. It would look better if the bits that you attach the nosegear too wouldn't be stuck on the bottom of the plate, but if they'd be mounted invisible above it, with the strut sticking through a hole in the bottom. That would solve the pretty extreme nose-up attitude. It's not uncommon for this type of helicopter to have their noses sticking up a bit. The camouflage looks a little messy, as MacK has also pointed out. Finally, I'd loose the transparent elements on the tips of the aft rotor blades. They are distracting and real helicopters don't have them. I hope you don't take it badly. If I didn't think it had potential to be quite good, I wouldn't have written anything. Cheers, Ralph Quote
Wouwie Posted November 11, 2008 Author Posted November 11, 2008 Thanks for the comment MacK! Maybe we're twin brothers? I'm not completely sold on the helicopter, to be brutally honest. I've built quite a few helicopters and, having toyed with the idea of building a Chinook and having built a http://www.flickr.com/photos/madphysicist/tags/seaknight/, I'm quite familiar with tandem rotor helicopter. I don't know of any operationally used tandem helicopter that didn't have at least three rotor blades on each mast. Two blades looks very odd. What do you suggest for connecting 3 rotors? I like that you haven't forgotten that a helicopter should have engines -unlike quite a few fictional helicopters that I've seen-, but the ones next to the front pylon (just aft of the cockpit) look very much out of place. Once again, real tandem helicopters tend to have them mounted only at the tail end and the front rotor is driven by a shaft that runs along the top of the cabin. So loose the front engines? I know transport helicopters often are quite boxy, but this would look a lot better if the fuselage cross-section would be a little rounder, by using slopes at the top corners and inverted slopes at the bottom ones. It would look better if the bits that you attach the nosegear too wouldn't be stuck on the bottom of the plate, but if they'd be mounted invisible above it, with the strut sticking through a hole in the bottom. That would solve the pretty extreme nose-up attitude. It's not uncommon for this type of helicopter to have their noses sticking up a bit. The camouflage looks a little messy, as MacK has also pointed out. Finally, I'd loose the transparent elements on the tips of the aft rotor blades. They are distracting and real helicopters don't have them. I've been thinking about that to The only problem would be the length of the ramp if I would make it horizontal... I hope you don't take it badly. If I didn't think it had potential to be quite good, I wouldn't have written anything.Cheers, Ralph I don't take it badly! I like to have an comment from one of my favourite Lego Military builders Oh, and sorry I didn't gave you credit for the door method Quote
Minifig Lecturer Posted November 11, 2008 Posted November 11, 2008 The chinook style helicopter is nicely done Quote
Wouwie Posted November 11, 2008 Author Posted November 11, 2008 Update: The white pieces are just to give an example of the shape, so just imagine they're grey, black or mixes between those Does it looks better now? Quote
Skull-Mark_Ladybug Posted November 11, 2008 Posted November 11, 2008 (edited) ... Edited May 17, 2025 by MacK Quote
Wouwie Posted November 11, 2008 Author Posted November 11, 2008 Yes I think that it looks a bit better as the hull now has a rounder shape, just make sure to fill in the gaps between the slopes, and maybe add a few details in there such as lights. Just try to make the area around the landing gear smooth with slops so that it doesn't appear stuck out so much . Thanks! But the plates camo won't work...I don't have many plates in the right colour... And what pieces could I use for the landing gear? Quote
Ralph_S Posted November 11, 2008 Posted November 11, 2008 Thanks for the comment MacK!Maybe we're twin brothers? What do you suggest for connecting 3 rotors? There are a few parts that may be useful, but that you possibly don't have. The one that is still found in sets is this: http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/32125 So loose the front engines? Yes. That's what I'd suggest I've been thinking about that to The only problem would be the length of the ramp if I would make it horizontal... Well, the nose-up attitude isn't really a problem. Both the Chinook and the Sea Knight have that as well. The new shape of the fuselage looks quite a bit better. I don't take it badly! I like to have an comment from one of my favourite Lego Military builders Oh, and sorry I didn't gave you credit for the door method OK. Glad to know I'm one of your favourite builders. I thought I'd recognised the door mechanism, although at a first glance I thought you had missed a trick, giving the door a nasty tendency to fall out.Looking at your newer pictures, I'd say you've solved that problem. Camouflage is often tricky, certainly if you don't have plates. One thing you can do is try to concentrate the black and the grey in a few large splotches, for lack of a better word, rather than spreading the colours out more-or-less randomly. BTW, perhaps you didn't know that I am a fellow Dutchman, even though I currently live in England. Het is misschien niet zo netjes om in het Nederlands verder te gaan, maar ik kan het even niet laten Cheers, Ralph Quote
Wouwie Posted November 12, 2008 Author Posted November 12, 2008 (edited) Well, yesterday I found this piece: And I'm using that now, with the function that the rotors can fold I will post some pics later this day.. En ik wist het wel hoor Edited November 12, 2008 by wouwie13 Quote
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