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  MOC: First World War German Dreadnought: SMS Friedrich der Grosse
 
Hi, everybody! I built a little boat. (URL) Let me know what you think--it's old news, but I finally got a reasonable site up so I thought I should "announce." :D all best Lindsay n.b.: Followups have been set. (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general) !! 
 
  Re: First World War German Dreadnought: SMS Friedrich der Grosse
 
I still love that ship. Gary Mr L F Braun <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote in message news:GIEp0n.BtF@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
 
  Re: First World War German Dreadnought: SMS Friedrich der Grosse
 
Holy cow. That aint little son. I saw a few pics of this during all the brickfest posts. Glad you put up a site for it. Its beautiful. -Jon "Mr L F Braun" <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote in message news:GIEp0n.BtF@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
 
  Re: MOC: First World War German Dreadnought: SMS Friedrich der Grosse
 
(...) Lindsey, Great boat, and a great read. I like being able to follow the building process. Thanks, George (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
 
  Re: MOC: First World War German Dreadnought: SMS Friedrich der Grosse
 
Excellent website, it does the ship a lot of justice! ;-) I especially liked the History section, and the Construction section. You did a great job of explaining everything. I was also pleased that you finally made this change: (URL) beautiful work! (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
 
  Re: MOC: First World War German Dreadnought: SMS Friedrich der Grosse
 
I liked those WWI BB and BC with the staggered port and starboard turrets. A great job of buiding it with Lego. Of course, my pyrates would sail in under those big guns, board it, and make those lubbers walk the plank.... :-) Bruce (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
 
  RE: First World War German Dreadnought: SMS Friedrich der Grosse
 
(...) cropped or otherwise modified (e.g., reduced to save disk space)." Not true! I color balanced, sharpened, and reduced all my photos to 800x600. I just like big pictures :) I know Troy reduced his too, because he always shoots at 2048x1536. (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
 
  Re: MOC: First World War German Dreadnought: SMS Friedrich der Grosse
 
Linsday, Makes my little DDGN look super small. But wow, absolutely amazing. Can you engineer building internal compartments and living/working spaces? Incredible master model building.... (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
 
  Re: MOC: First World War German Dreadnought: SMS Friedrich der Grosse
 
(...) your "worst signage" award for Washington DC. If anything, the Northern Virginia area in general must have the worst signage in the entire country. I really can't stand it when you drive through an intersection that is of course unlabeled and (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
 
  Re: First World War German Dreadnought: SMS Friedrich der Grosse
 
(...) Oh! I guess that's what I get for assmeuing. ("don't assume, it just makes an ass out of me and u..." -former employer) I'll have to change that--I took uniformity among your respective images as evidence of original state. I'll go change it (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
 
  Re: MOC: First World War German Dreadnought: SMS Friedrich der Grosse
 
(...) I have. They're in there! They're just not *furnished* because of time issues. Once I get my space here back in order, I hope to go back and do that interior detailing. If you look at the early bow shots, you can see the sub- division of the (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
 
  Re: MOC: First World War German Dreadnought: SMS Friedrich der Grosse
 
(...) Thanks! I've always liked the wing turret concept. The theory was marvelous, but in the end it wasn't nearly as marvelous as the American-pioneered raised-end mounting, which became standard by 1916 on capital ships of all nations. (...) Well, (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
 
  Re: MOC: First World War German Dreadnought: SMS Friedrich der Grosse
 
Amazing creation! I am still dazzled, even though I couldn't see "Fred" live. The pictures are very good, so I managed to sense the "scale" of the model... the word that comes to mind is none other than "Grosse"! (hence, the name: your own + "the (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
 
  Re: MOC: First World War German Dreadnought: SMS Friedrich der Grosse
 
awesome! great ship, i especally like the artillarys hehehehe :) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
 
  Re: MOC: First World War German Dreadnought: SMS Friedrich der Grosse
 
(...) I just like complex looking things - I love really old steam locomotives and find the streamlined stuff boring. (...) The Island. Peter Benchly. Michael Caine. I did just that scenario in a shared-world (very long explanation which I will (...) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
 
  Re: MOC: First World War German Dreadnought: SMS Friedrich der Grosse
 
(...) Well, the modernist 1880-1920s would definitely be your period, I'd bet. :) There's something about the tentativeness of all that period's designs--nothing could be standard, because it was all changing so *quickly* that even standardization (...) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
 
  Re: MOC: First World War German Dreadnought: SMS Friedrich der Grosse
 
(...) I don't even know what I can begin to say, Lindsay. This is one of the most amazing models I've ever seen - the level of detail on the decks is stunning, and the color scheme is gorgeous. I've followed your advances for the past year or so (...) (23 years ago, 24-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
 
  Re: MOC: First World War German Dreadnought: SMS Friedrich der Grosse
 
(...) Just stupendous Lindsay. The snot-wise approach to hull design has worked a treat, the turrets (always my worry) are wonderful, and the detail around the superstructure is glorious. I think another day in the sun for the HMS Valhalla and HMS (...) (23 years ago, 26-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
 
  Re: MOC: First World War German Dreadnought: SMS Friedrich der Grosse
 
(...) Hey, thanks! It's no pagoda--that'll have to wait for another day--but I'm partial to it as well. I thought you'd also appreciate that little front-page backstory. ;) (...) If you want to get technical, the battlecruiser _Australia_, of the (...) (23 years ago, 27-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
 
  Re: MOC: First World War German Dreadnought: SMS Friedrich der Grosse
 
[nb.: Scroll WAYYYY down to the end for the .admin.general item] (...) Thanks! I'm glad it has the approval of the ABS-grognards among us. :) I was warned, however, that building that ship served as an official gauntlet-dropping for you at next (...) (23 years ago, 27-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: MOC: First World War German Dreadnought: SMS Friedrich der Grosse
 
(...) Mmmm. Research is pointing in the same direction. Either HMAS Australia (and let's not talk about the pushing and shoving with the New Zealand which kept her out of Jutland - she may have suffered the same fate as Indefatigable...), or perhaps (...) (23 years ago, 28-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
 
  Re: MOC: First World War German Dreadnought: SMS Friedrich der Grosse
 
In lugnet.admin.general, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes: SS said: (...) In *this* timeline. Since when are *minifigs* completely historically accurate? Just gotta believe, and you're all set. Believability has nothing to do with it. (23 years ago, 28-Aug-01, to lugnet.build)
 
  Re: MOC: First World War German Dreadnought: SMS Friedrich der Grosse
 
(...) Heh. I forgot about that when I wrote this--Australia's only capital ship, NZ's only capital ship, millions of square miles of ocean, and *bump*. Fortunately, the design flaw had nothing to do with the side protection... (...) Or _Courageous_ (...) (23 years ago, 28-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
 
  Re: MOC: First World War German Dreadnought: SMS Friedrich der Grosse
 
(...) Gauntlet? Hmmm, all I see is this goofy looking glove ... I scoured the web to find a definition for grognard, by the way ... good choice of terms! But .. how could you tell? ;) (...) I e-mailed Carl regularly a year or so ago ... at that (...) (23 years ago, 29-Aug-01, to lugnet.build)
 
  Re: MOC: First World War German Dreadnought: SMS Friedrich der Grosse
 
(...) Well, I already lost the other one, so it's no big suffrance. :) (...) How does a panda find another panda in the bamboo forest? (Please don't say "they don't, that's why they're endangered.") And no, it has NOTHING to do with phermones (ew). (...) (23 years ago, 29-Aug-01, to lugnet.build)
 
  Re: MOC: First World War German Dreadnought: SMS Friedrich der Grosse
 
(...) HMAS Australia it is. Somewhere around 320 long by 42 wide I think Hull design and template test complete 12 inch barrel design complete grey capability confirmed tan capability under review Being built (perhaps entirely) of heretical (...) (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.pirates)
 
  Re: HMAS Australia
 
(...) Turret and hull template: (URL) only now discovering the joy of snot. Cool!! ;-) Richard Still baldly going... (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au)
 
  Re: HMAS Australia
 
(...) [and from the link] (...) Yes, please... <Crosses fingers> Cheers Richie Dulin (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
 
  Re: HMAS Australia
 
(...) Mmmm...mmm. SNOT! Looking very nice! Are we to assume the use of imposter brands will be reduced??? ROSCO PS: I can get you plans of the hull profile for an Anzac frigate if you want something to work from - send me an e-mail if you're (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au)
 
  Re: HMAS Australia
 
(...) Good grief no. I guess if I was bulding the HMS Indefatigable or something, but the Australia was built for the colonies... (And besides that, I have a colonial sized budget - its only my pretentions that are global sized) (...) Cool! (Not for (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au)
 
  Re: HMAS Australia
 
(...) And your warships 8?) ROSCO (Casually adding .build.military to the X-post to make sure they're all awake over there...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.military)
 
  Re: HMAS Australia
 
(...) Mmmmmm is right! My only question is: Is that frame to be incorporated in the actual ship? If so, how? You did mention that its actual width will be 2x what's in the picture--but does that mean that the ship will be stouter (which it in fact (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.military)
 
  Re: HMAS Australia
 
(...) The slope is best estimate for now. The x and y measurements and proportions were taken from the overall dimensions of the ship, and a line drawn plan and elevation that seemed to suggest that the hull was essentially in three equi-length (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.military)

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