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(...) That is exactely right. Corrogated sheets of metal have a much better weight / bending-strengthness ratio than flat ones. But you have two main disadvantages: - the air friction gets higher (because the surface area increases - the modern (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New entry for ISCC: "Missing in Action" - Ju 52 airplane
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(...) I think it was to save materials cost and weight. The corrugated shape of the metal made it more rigid. Hence, less metal was needed to preserve the rigidity of the surface. The Citroën H van from the 50-ies also used corrugated metal for the (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New entry for ISCC: "Missing in Action" - Ju 52 airplane
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Klaus\Ben Great models. The Ju52 is a very familiar plane - it is in so many films set in that era. Every time I see it I always wonder why the fuselage and wings are covered in corrugated iron(!) - a feature you have kept in your models. The only (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New entry for ISCC: "Missing in Action" - Ju 52 airplane
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(...) Dear Andreas, I agree with Larry: I'm 100% sure you will bring an entry which will really show us all, who is the king of Model Team.... Ben (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New entry for ISCC: "Missing in Action" - Ju 52 airplane
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(...) Thanks at all for the positive feedback! When the contest is over, we will make up an additinal brickshelf or 1000steine gallery for sure. In my eyes it would be not correct to do it right now: Our contest consists out of 10 pictures and (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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(...) I've been to Braunschwieg and that's what the airport building looks like, it's still there! I had no idea it was that old. (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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(...) Because El Caracho hasn't entered his model team entry yet??? :-) I can hardly wait for that one... You better get it posted, time's a wastin! (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.contests)
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| | Re: New entry for ISCC: "Missing in Action" - Ju 52 airplane
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Great scenery, cool story and definitely two awesome renditions of the JU52 plane. Stunning! This sure looks like a winner ... Andreas aka "El Caracho" (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New entry for ISCC: "Missing in Action" - Ju 52 airplane
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(...) Dear Ben and Klaus Congratulations to an excellent model of a very famous W.W.II aeroplane. You have really caught the character of old lady, Tante-Ju. The surrounding setting and the story makes your entry to the creativity contest at (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Ben, You and Klaus made a wonderful story, I like the great detail. George (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New entry for ISCC: "Missing in Action" - Ju 52 airplane
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(...) Dear Tim, sorry to tell, but I think you have no other chance, than taking a close look at the photos (We will upload some more when the contest is over). Quite certainly there will be no DAT version of any of the two Ju 52s be available... (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New entry for ISCC: "Missing in Action" - Ju 52 airplane
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Very nice, the scenes at the airfiled have all the nice touches that add life and make it seem real (or as real as a lego model cane get!), I appreciate that you have spent a lot of time on it already but is there any chance of a DAT of the Ju52 any (...) (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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| | New Adventurers site.
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Lego.com/jhonnythunder. It's a pretty fun game. NICK (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: New entry for ISCC: "Missing in Action" - Ju 52 airplane
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(...) Thanks for your nice words Pedro! All the other stuff and the whole gallerie have been created to give a nice background for the two (slighly different) Ju airplaines... The basically design for the Ju has been made up by Klaus, then I liked (...) (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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Hi Ben, Just wanna say I loved the MOCs! My favourites would have to be the JU52 itself, the hangar and the fence (lovely use of spears!). The story was cool, litterally. :-) Pedro (23 years ago, 16-Dec-01, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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| | New entry for ISCC: "Missing in Action" - Ju 52 airplane
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Dear all! Klaus Dobisch and me, we have made up a new gallery for the creativity contest at 1000steine.de. We have decided to make it a part of the adventurers theme and we have called it "Missing in Action". Take it look at it under the following (...) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-01, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general) !!
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The 1500th message in lugnet.adventurers! I can't stand numbers ending in "99"! So there. Its 1500 now. NICK (23 years ago, 9-Dec-01, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: First pics of my pyramid
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(...) for a wish to TLC. Wouldn't it be glorious if Town and Adventurers could merge a little more with a 1920-1930s theme ("shameless plug inserted here for TLC to aquire an Indiana Jones license") sort of like the streets of Cairo, Egypt and (...) (23 years ago, 24-Nov-01, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.dear-lego)
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I've looked at that idea, but doesn't have the angle that I want for the pyramid, plus it would take more bricks, and it's going to be hard enough to get the bricks I need for this one. (...) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-01, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: First pics of my pyramid
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"Adam Murtha" <adammurtha@shaw.ca> wrote in message news:GM5qrJ.J93@lugnet.com... (...) You might find it looks better proportioned - though take more bricks lawrence (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.adventurers)
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