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Re: New Steam Launch
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lugnet.pirates
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Sat, 26 Feb 2000 21:14:03 GMT
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On Sat, 26 Feb 2000, Mr L F Braun (<38B824BE.349E6D2F@pilot.msu.edu>)
wrote at 19:08:46
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> Tony Priestman wrote:
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> > Very nice. Although I'm not sure about the look of the windscreen. I
> > would expect the glass to be vertical. I think there's an older 2x4
> > windscreen part which doesn't slope; it would be ideal.
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> I don't have any of those(!!). I do, however, have a Classic 1x4x2
> window...and I've experimented with the 1x4x2 airplane-window panels (but
> those are getting hard to come by, and they don't look quite..."right."
Yes, I thought of those, but on reflection, I thought that there
probably isn't enough glass in them
> On the other hand, a tan 4x4 or 6x6 plate, with a couple of antennae to
> simulate support rods at the back corners, would make a nice awning for the
> boat...hmmm.
Nice idea.
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> > <snip>
> > >
> > > http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/albemarle.html
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> > Some comments on this page: Some of the dockyard pics are really
> > atmospheric. Not really being into battleships myself, I was a bit lost
> > with the abbreviations like HG & such. I didn't have a good look round,
> > do you have a glossary anywhere?
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> Good idea--I put the page up originally just as a "stopgap" but it's
> becoming the seed of a more permanent structure. HG = Heavy Guns. These
> are standard "modern naval engineer" abbreviations, so I have plenty of
> good glossaries to comb.
Hee hee! I'm going to have to change my middle name to glossary!
(just ask Richard P :-)
--
Tony Priestman
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