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Zowee! That's awesome, Lindsay. Gotta hand it to you, for a minute there I was considering changing themes to pirates ;-) All seriousness aside, that's really beautiful. I love the boat-lowering feature (I hate technic as is, but I sure do (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)
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Hi, _La Gloire_ is now in Phase Nine, meaning it has almost all the bells and whistles an ironclad might need. Everything from lifeboat davits that lower, a complete stern gallery, coal chutes, boiler room, to a dozen cannon, a fairly complete (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)
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What amazes me the most about your models is the way you incorporate the minifigs in them and still have the models look nicely scaled. With the lumpy nature of the minifigs, I think that's a big achievement. Of course, there are lots of other (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.boats)
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Very original, and very nice! Chris (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.boats)
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See : (URL) for "thread" Scott A Michael Pratt <mpratt@cix.co.uk> wrote in message news:memo.2000030320...k.co.uk... (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.boats)
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Here's as good a place to ask. Where please can I get black lego string or a suitable substitute? I have a 6541 container port and ship which has a large crane in need of a long length of black string. Thanks Michael Pratt (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.boats)
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[ There is a reason this is posted to lugnet.boats - further down ] I had a photographer from one of the larger Danish newspapers visiting me in my laboratory this morning. They are making a series of stories on LEGO due to the "toy of the year" (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.boats)
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(...) The former. I never actually owned the model--too expensive when I was a kid. :) best, Lindsay Frederick Braun (Mr) Department of History Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.boats)
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Lindsay, you either know your history, or you have the same Revell model catalogue as me!! :) (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.boats)
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OOOOHHHHH HAVE I MISSED LEGO!!! :) :) (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.boats)
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Wow! If this is how you hit the ground running after 17 years, I can't wait to see you hit your stride! Fantastic. Ben -- ===...=== Ben Vaughan buster@marsbase.com (URL) few, the proud...the plastic. ===...=== "Carl Greatrix" (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.boats)
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(...) Oh, and I forgot to mention: My ships won't be sitting in Scapa Flow with that thing about...nosirreebob, time to put up the torpedo nets. BTW, I absolutely love the torpedoes--I also constructed a "torpedo" along similar lines, but yours (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.boats)
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(...) best Lindsay (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.boats)
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WOW! 'Nough said... :) EC (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.boats)
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(...) to do a sub of my own, but your sub is exquisite! The fine details are great! Can't wait to see what's next! Just one little thing I must tell you though; please don't turn my Cruise Ship into the LUSITANIA!!! ;-) Erin -- In a recent poll, 67% (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.boats)
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Hahaha, i feel the same way Mladen! pat J (...) rudders (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.boats)
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You are in a league of your own my friend! That U-boat is one of the best LEGO models I have ever seen. The amount of detail and accuracy is extraordinay! And the fact that it has crew bunks, torpedo room, galley, engine room, conning tower, deck (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.boats)
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Jeremy, the shells are 2, 1x2 cylinders stacked and wrapped with gold vinyl, (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.boats)
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Will, the decal is out of the black cat truck cab. I have considered the bismark!!! If only I had enough Lego I deffy would. There is a torpedo boat hull constructed to acompany the U-boat, however, I have broken off that to start a Russian T-34 (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.boats)
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