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On Sat, 11 Mar 2000, Mr L F Braun (<38C9E463.30D9169A@....msu.edu>) wrote at 06:14:59 (...) Brilliant! Can I request more pics of the rigging? The ratlines(?) look a bit threadbare, but the overall effect is very shiplike :-) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)
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Having no sizeable pirate collection (yet!), I can't add any blustery piratey nonsense to express my awe, but you've done a fantastic job! -- Paul Davidson Mr L F Braun <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote in message news:38C9E463.30D916...msu.edu... (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: The year at Port Block (Re: Ironclad 'La Gloire')
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Erin Windross wrote in message ... (...) I kind of pitch for 1770-1830. That gives me 'discovery' of Australia 1770, settlement 1780, Rum Rebellion 1808, HMS Victory, Hornblower, the naval battles of the Nile, Trafalgar and Navarino, the American (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)
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(...) I don't know how I figured it out--must have been realising that you need to hinge them above the bottom (third peghole up). From there, it's just a few bricks away to working davits. I'd wrestled with that one for a long time--in fact, since (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats)
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(...) Just wondering, but what year are most of your ships based on? (hey, I may even start to get into this kinda stuff). Erin -- (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)
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(...) [...] (...) I got a few pictures from the photographer, and luckily one of them showed the catamaran, although the sail - which I find is the interesting part - isn't that clearly visible. Have a look on my boat page: (URL) well, Jacob (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.boats)
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Lindsay: [ Presents the Gloire ] (...) C'est magnifique! Joué bon, Jacob (who has learnt _something_ during his stay in France ;-) ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL: (URL) > -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)
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BEAUTIFUL! You almost inspire me to start making my own warships. Will Lego Beach Department of Emergency Services www.crosswinds.net/~hokie (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)
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(...) Glorious says it all!!! (But now I am going to babble on...) Excellent work...very inspiring...I love the bow and stern detail. Those davits are elegant in their simplicity...I experimented w/ similar mechanisms long ago, but mine were big and (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)
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Mr L F Braun wrote (...) Just glorious. My tallships are not looking forward to it getting around to 1860. Regards Richard Still baldly going... Check out Port Block at (URL) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)
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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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