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Richard Marchetti wrote:
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> And of course, this
> was a huge missed opportunity in Wild West -- speaking of the Blue and the
> Grey conflict...
[moving further off topic]
Battle of the 'Wilderness', boy could they sell a few tree accessory
packs to stage that one.
A good civil war set would have to have period trains, lots of horses
and covered wagons, at least 15-20 types of artillery, and least we not
forget, ironclads. There would be a whole new series of sailing ships.
Somewhere around here I have a good book on the Confederate navy. Think
of the sets required to stage Gettysburg, that alone could improve TLGs
bottom line :) Oh, and decent pine trees.
Ray
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In lugnet.pirates, Ray Sanders writes:
> A good civil war set would have to have period trains, lots of horses
> and covered wagons, at least 15-20 types of artillery, and least we not
> forget, ironclads. There would be a whole new series of sailing ships.
> Somewhere around here I have a good book on the Confederate navy. Think
> of the sets required to stage Gettysburg, that alone could improve TLGs
> bottom line :) Oh, and decent pine trees.
>
> Ray
The Monitor would consist of a one-piece hull, a four piece turret (swivel,
turret, turret top, hinge for turret top), two cannon, a plunger, and two
crew. Maybe one cannon and perhaps a slide to run it in and out. Oh, an
antennae and flag. 20 pieces, tops!
Gosh, I'm getting cynical. :-)
But then again, the Monitor doesn't lend itself to much more than that.
Bruce
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
> In lugnet.pirates, Ray Sanders writes:
>
> > A good civil war set would have to have period trains, lots of horses
> > and covered wagons, at least 15-20 types of artillery, and least we not
> > forget, ironclads. There would be a whole new series of sailing ships.
> > Somewhere around here I have a good book on the Confederate navy. Think
> > of the sets required to stage Gettysburg, that alone could improve TLGs
> > bottom line :) Oh, and decent pine trees.
> >
> > Ray
>
> The Monitor would consist of a one-piece hull, a four piece turret (swivel,
> turret, turret top, hinge for turret top), two cannon, a plunger, and two
> crew. Maybe one cannon and perhaps a slide to run it in and out. Oh, an
> antennae and flag. 20 pieces, tops!
>
> Gosh, I'm getting cynical. :-)
Yeah, you are--you forgot the tan BURPs to represent the sandbar the Minnesota
ran aground on, and a propeller, since all recent TLG boats must have a
propeller out of the water. ;) Maybe a dozen or so black 1x1 round and square
plates, to simulate coal and get the piece count up.
> But then again, the Monitor doesn't lend itself to much more than that.
There's still a lot of dispute over just what the Monitor looked like, despite
its being a popular deep-dive spot off Cape Hatteras even today, but you do
have to remember the smokepipe affixed to the deck (shot away mighty quickly),
the pilot house, and the railing that some maintain was around the top of the
turret. I actually wouldn't mind a one- to four-piece Monitor turret body--a
giant cylinder! Yes! Now, a rendition of CSS Virginia (or Merrimack, for
those who deny its renaming) would be a gold mine for the sloped pieces, unless
they decided to POOP the deckhouse. (The POOP-deck house?)
LFB.
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