Hello Javier,
This is good work. Now the Classic Space series is complete !
The names from your UK catalog seem to differ from those usually used to refer to these sets, at least those used up to now for Classic Space. I think that using the latter would be better ?
I had a (quick) look at your models, and noticed a few minor glitches:
- the 3838 air tanks of all your minifigs are 2 LDU too high
- set 6952, minifig (the white one) with the 4736 part: the head is 1 LDU too high
- on many of your minifigs, the arms aren't correctly snapped to the torso - maybe you forgot to change the grid orientation before rotating them ? (in LDCad the default hotkey for this is 'O' - essential and great feature!)
- set 6985: some of the 4448 glasses aren't correctly snapped to their 4741 frames
This was a first and quick review , I'll have a closer look at your models when I have time.
Some other, more subjective comments (though I would appreciate comments from other members, since I'm relatively new to Ldraw myself, too). It's mainly about LDRs, sub-LDRs. and the way parts are distributed among them:
- Some consistent groups of parts are distributed among different LDRs. I mean, for example:
- in your 6985 set, I think that the two roofs of the ship should have their limits at the 4213 hinge part and not include the 4315, so as to allow the easy rotation of the roof centered on the hinge.
- in a simpler set - 1498 spy-bot:
- I would expect the 3679 turntable to be included in the head LDR
- in the same logic, I think that the 3749 parts should be included in your "(right|left) arms part 1" (even if it's not visible)
- the feet of the spybot are in the same LDR as the rest of the body
- in the more complex of your sets, LDR are not so easy to play with and I think things would be better if distributed differently. The best example of this is set 6972: I would have created one LDR for the whole "satellite", which in turn would include some sub-LDRs for its moving parts: side panels, front gate, etc.
In fact, I understand that you took care for LDRs to match the building steps from the original instructions, but IMHO a compromise should be found with ease of manipulating the resulting MPD.
I know that a possibility (though not very usual) is the use of LDCad parts groups; as an example you can have a look at the set 6919 (in the OMR).
AFAIK there's no golden rule as to how to deal with this dilemma though, so I repeat, I would be happy to hear from other models authors about this...
This is good work. Now the Classic Space series is complete !
The names from your UK catalog seem to differ from those usually used to refer to these sets, at least those used up to now for Classic Space. I think that using the latter would be better ?
I had a (quick) look at your models, and noticed a few minor glitches:
- the 3838 air tanks of all your minifigs are 2 LDU too high
- set 6952, minifig (the white one) with the 4736 part: the head is 1 LDU too high
- on many of your minifigs, the arms aren't correctly snapped to the torso - maybe you forgot to change the grid orientation before rotating them ? (in LDCad the default hotkey for this is 'O' - essential and great feature!)
- set 6985: some of the 4448 glasses aren't correctly snapped to their 4741 frames
This was a first and quick review , I'll have a closer look at your models when I have time.
Some other, more subjective comments (though I would appreciate comments from other members, since I'm relatively new to Ldraw myself, too). It's mainly about LDRs, sub-LDRs. and the way parts are distributed among them:
- Some consistent groups of parts are distributed among different LDRs. I mean, for example:
- in your 6985 set, I think that the two roofs of the ship should have their limits at the 4213 hinge part and not include the 4315, so as to allow the easy rotation of the roof centered on the hinge.
- in a simpler set - 1498 spy-bot:
- I would expect the 3679 turntable to be included in the head LDR
- in the same logic, I think that the 3749 parts should be included in your "(right|left) arms part 1" (even if it's not visible)
- the feet of the spybot are in the same LDR as the rest of the body
- in the more complex of your sets, LDR are not so easy to play with and I think things would be better if distributed differently. The best example of this is set 6972: I would have created one LDR for the whole "satellite", which in turn would include some sub-LDRs for its moving parts: side panels, front gate, etc.
In fact, I understand that you took care for LDRs to match the building steps from the original instructions, but IMHO a compromise should be found with ease of manipulating the resulting MPD.
I know that a possibility (though not very usual) is the use of LDCad parts groups; as an example you can have a look at the set 6919 (in the OMR).
AFAIK there's no golden rule as to how to deal with this dilemma though, so I repeat, I would be happy to hear from other models authors about this...