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Thanks for the pictures - definitely the clearest I’ve seen so far. I’m hoping
that the pieces on the back of the orange vents/cowlings/whatever-they-are next
to the bridge are orange Brick 2x1 with Curved Top:  It
looks promising. I guess we’ll find out for sure in a few weeks.
Steve
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They look like the piece, and they probably are orange, since that is the correct
color for...
FYI, I'm pretty sure those are supposed to be the self-contained-atmosphere
lifeboats that are placed on some ships. The ones I've seen simply tilt on a rack
and drop to the surface, they are not lowered. I believe they do this to get them
away from the vortex of a sinking ship, as they hit with some speed, a decent
distance from the hull, and are moving immediately.
Steve Demlow wrote:
> Thanks for the pictures - definitely the clearest I've seen so far. I'm hoping
> that the pieces on the back of the orange vents/cowlings/whatever-they-are next
> to the bridge are orange Brick 2x1 with Curved Top: <<LDrawPart(6091:25)>> It
> looks promising. I guess we'll find out for sure in a few weeks.
>
> Steve
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In lugnet.lego, Thomas Stangl wrote:
> FYI, I'm pretty sure those are supposed to be the self-contained-atmosphere
> lifeboats that are placed on some ships. The ones I've seen simply tilt on
> a rack and drop to the surface, they are not lowered. I believe they do
> this to get them away from the vortex of a sinking ship, as they hit with
> some speed, a decent distance from the hull, and are moving immediately.
I't not to avoid a vortex (you should have abandoned ship well before this
happens) but to quickly escape spread-out fire caused by burning oil or fuel
floating on the water. And they are much safer to launch into a rough sea,
compaired to lowering a boat with cables.
With friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen.
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