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Re: HMS Floater
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lugnet.pirates
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Fri, 11 May 2001 15:22:13 GMT
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On Thu, 10 May 2001, Greg Howell (<GD58xw.GqH@lugnet.com>) wrote at
23:51:32
> In lugnet.pirates, Tony Priestman writes:
> > By happy coincidence, I managed to throw together the upper decks &
> > rigging of my first foray into big ships, HMS Floater, and buy a digital
> > camera in the same couple of weeks.
> >
> > The result is my first serious MOC for about 20 years, some pictures of
> > which can be seen here:
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> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=4470
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> > I'll eventually get something more informative together, but I just want
> > to show off :-)
> >
> > The next one will be bigger, with useful things like hatches to get from
> > deck to deck. But I think that she is nicely minifig scale.
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> I am really impressed by the detail and effort put into this ship. I am
> surprised that you are going to tear it down and build a bigger better one,
> but I can only believe that it will be astounding!
> As far as this one goes it's a testament to the Lego ship buildiers art.
Thanks. I'll take more pictures as I take it apart, as there are bits
that are 'built in' & not normally visible.
The whole thing is a bit of a compromise, but I've learned a lot from
the exercise :-)
--
Tony Priestman
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| (...) ...thus my renaming of this thread. Maybe as you're taking it apart, you can create a "cubist ship" that is at once inside and outside, top and bottom, pirate and Imperial... (...) Absolutely--so have I! Especially as regards judicious use of (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) I am really impressed by the detail and effort put into this ship. I am surprised that you are going to tear it down and build a bigger better one, but I can only believe that it will be astounding! As far as this one goes it's a testament to (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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