This fits my preferences perfectly - functional, attractive, and complete. There's nothing to be done to make this work in vanilla or with Movecraft. In the former case, all of the airships/subairships/whatever are just static displays, but that's OK. I haven't tried, but you might be able to substitute air balloons for wool in the smaller ships and use them with AS.
South Haven - Airship Pirate Base and Hub of Commerce on September 26th, 2014 02:06 PM EST
This is pretty, but it is only decoration. There's a big redstone circuit below the main part that's supposed to be an electric generator but I couldn't figure it out. Also, I couldn't see any way to get in without breaking blocks. The interior is basically a big, circular tube and a cross connect. It doesn't promise more than it delivers, but it doesn't deliver what I'm looking for.
Giant Space Station on September 26th, 2014 02:01 PM EST
This is a nice appearing steampunk airship that is eminently useful - exactly my preferences. It works well with Archimedes. It does not have a steam engine, so you get only the default speed - that might be the second accessory to add, the first being a working door (or did I break that before writing this review?). If you're in survival and you want carefree travel, this is your mobile home base.
Cassandra Zeppelin (For Archimedes Mod Only) on September 26th, 2014 01:57 PM EST
This schematic works fine with Archimedes (I'm not sure whether you would have to up the max block count in the configuration file for the larger of the two ships - I already have upped mine from default). The one practical problem I found is that moving both ships with a single player is difficult. Perhaps it could be modified so that the scout can be linked to the mother ship when moving both. The block count of the mother ship would have to be reduced by the block count of the scout (or instructions for upping the default block count provided). There would need to be a mating point for the two ships (probably on top) with minimal necessary contact to "join" them. Finally, there would need to be a way to substitute a shore buffer block for the contact mating block when one is ready to use the scout separately.
Sambirian Explorer Mothership(for Archimedes Mod Only) on September 26th, 2014 11:11 AM EST
As usual, GameBreaker makes an attractive but, more importantly, useful model. The dimensions provided are accurate, placing the model is simple in either MCEdit or WorldEdit. The gear is nice and, as another commenter pointed out, it works great in swamps. Fence posts hold it up just fine.
Tall House on September 26th, 2014 11:04 AM EST
This is an attractive (if you like ugly seaplanes) and useful schematic. It would serve nicely in a static display role, although I would remove the landing gear for a static display on water. for the neophyte crafter, the "machine guns" are quite useful models for other uses. The directions and variety of weaponry are really useful. This schematic, more than the other aircraft by GameBreaker, would be useful in Movecraft if I were running a modern aircraft theme - the combination of a TNT cannon and fire charge machine guns pointing in the same direction would be unexpectedly effective. I converted the aircraft to use with Archimedes Ships by adding a bottom layer of float blocks, substituting dyed clay (in appropriate colours) for the bottom part of the fuselage, and substituting coloured lift blocks for the wings, tail surfaces and rudder. Not only is this a great airplane/airship schematic, it's also a great starting base for a group of players. The footlockers have sets of the gear that GameBreaker puts in his buildings and bunks for more players than one is likely to assemble. If one carefully placed this schematic on a server, security would be good from PvP and PvE - most players would not expect a pretty model to blow them up..
Short Sunderland on September 26th, 2014 11:01 AM EST
This is another of Game Breaker's both attractive and useful schematics. My personal preference in Minecraft tends toward useful over pretty and this fits my preferences. As a static display, either in the air or on a runway, this is useful as is with all possible mob spawn spaces either filled with iron bars or well-lit. I have not tried it in Movecraft as the modern aircraft theme does not fit the server I'm building. I did convert the schematic to work with Archimedes' Ships mod, mostly by removing all unnecessary blocks (bye-bye Little Boy and landing gear), changing nearly all the wing, tail, rudder, and upper fuselage to lifting blocks. Since the lift blocks come in colors, I was able to retain the wing markings and such. I had to up the block limit in AS, but it works. Flying it is a little tricky as AS rotates around the center of "mass" of the vehicle - and if you're on the flight deck (or, in my case, the bombardier station with the flight deck removed) you're a long way from the center of "mass". This is a really cool model that is both attractive and very useful. BTW, I did test the bomb bay over an ocean in a standard Minecraft world - bedrock in less than a minute..
Boeing B-29 SuperFortress on September 26th, 2014 10:52 AM EST
This is a nice aircraft with useful touches depending upon the use intended. As a static display all hostile mob spawn locations are either blocked with iron bars or well-lit. I haven't tried it in Movecraft as the server I'm building is not intended for this type of aircraft. I did convert it for Archimedes and it works quite well. The conversion required clearing out any unnecessary blocks (including the iron bars, but I put torches in the engine nacelles), removing the landing gear, substituting dyed clay for most of the bottom of the fuselage and lifting bags for the upper part of the fuselage and wings. I also put a couple of engines in each nacelle. It's fast and useful. For those who care, this model is disproportionately large in comparison to Game Breaker's B-29 and Short Sunderland schematics.
Messerschmitt 262 Schwalbe on September 26th, 2014 10:42 AM EST
