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There have been many times where I've seen something and thought "well, I'm never going to be able to make something as good as that." I get that you see something and want to replicate it (see the Mad Max cars I posted recently as proof).

However, you're not going to get better at building your own stuff if you don't try. I'm not trying to imply that you've made no effort, but you're not going to learn to jump higher by sitting on someone's shoulders.

If you like the truck, then by all means try to mimic it. Copy the shape and feel of it. After all that's how other people get a lot of their vehicle designs (especially tanks and APCs), just from IRL vehicles rather than Lego ones. When Tunasailor posted instructions for the Jaguar, people were copying the structure, but made their own different versions of it. It's hard to say exactly how this is didderent from what you're planning to do, but it just feels more like a knock-off than a tribute.

Copying the model part-for-part will help you learn techniques, but if you keep copying people's creations you'll never get a chance to use what you've learned, which means there's no point learning it at all.

I also just generally find it hard to believe that this vehicle, along with all the other space ships you copied all fit exactly how you want your army to look.

I will once again link you to my LDD ship thread; I will once again ask every single person who has ever criticized my work in ldd and demonized me as a plagiarizer for all eternity, because I get really, really, REALLY goddamn upset (not angry, even I have better things to be angry about) when people continue to pour salt in the wound and don't even fucking bother to see what I've done to remedy it.
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In case you still haven't clicked it, I'm going to post an example photo of my work:

This is the San Lorenzo class Emerian battleship, Mk. II. I know you haven't looked at it of late, or even ever, so I'm going to tell you right the fuck now that it was a BADLY, horrifically awfully modified / plagiarized Vendetta class battleship, one of Dilanski's masterpieces. I don't have any pics of this, because I deleted them out of shame. I did this to everything I copied or wasn't 100% satisfied with, because I wanted to show you guys the very best of my work. My actual work; not copied, not stolen, created by me (even if a few models do have distinct inspiration, like the above San Lorenzo). You could search my entire Flickr and not find a single image left from that time.

The San Lorenzo is my favorite ship because it is the perfect example of how much I've changed, even humbled myself.