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I have started an online ideas page, with directions created with MLCAD. All ideas come with a full parts list, usually in order of use, and all pages are printable. To view this page go to: (URL) am also taking idea at shi_web@hotmail.com , and you (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.publish, lugnet.town, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.basic, lugnet.boats, lugnet.castle, lugnet.sports)
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| | Looking for parts
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I'm looking for one red & dark grey Pirate ship bow and one red & dark grey stern. I'd also like some Red & dark grey mid sections, e-mail me at shi_sell@hotmail.com, or shi_web@hotmail.com Josh (23 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Town building contest begins!
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Announcing the first annual Town building contest! Go here for details: (URL) must be in by Feb 15th. Kevin ---...--- Victorian House: Limited edition kit (URL) Kits & Custom Lego models: (URL) store: (URL) auctions: (URL) Lego Web page: (URL) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.boats, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general) !!
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| | Re: Masts
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(...) Look through the listing of boat pieces at www.brickbay.com Grahame (24 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Masts
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Does anyone know a good supplier of the masts from the pirate sets? (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Sailor-sites?
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(...) (URL) (but you have to pay) (URL) not, obviously. Richard Still baldly going... (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Sailor-sites?
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(...) Hi, Check out Steve Jackson's Pirate game page at: (URL) the bottom he lists a couple of pirate related/themed pages. Maybe something there can help you. Sean the referencing pirate (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats)
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| | Sailor-sites?
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Does anyone know of any good sites to go to for getting deck plans and such for schooners, frigates, or other sailing ships in general? Also, are there sights which state which sails are correct and such? (24 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Cruise Ship
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Cool! It reminds me of the new Disney Cruise ships. I like the way you manged to get the front of the ship to slope up using regular plates. An inspiration to all boat lovers. If only school would end for a couple of months, I could finish all the (...) (24 years ago, 29-Oct-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Large and Impressive Boat
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(...) IMHO, even if there's no new solution to the pixellation of bow and stern (our perennial problem). I think the colour scheme is quite effective, but I'd love to see a few more detailed pictures of some areas, notably the midships region and (...) (24 years ago, 29-Oct-00, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)
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| | Large and Impressive Boat
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I saw this impressive boat by Pierre Lecuyer at brickshelf.com: (URL) (24 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Building my first real boat!
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Uhm, okay, I think this project is delayed... I'm not going to build it any time soon. My current project is to build a big big tree from the Research Glider sets, with lots of pterodactyl nests! (But don't worry, this idea is stored in my "will (...) (24 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Building my first real boat!
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(...) I've been on three houseboats, and they all looked like boxes in water. But these were rental boats, intended to be used for only 4-7 days. I'm sure the ones people live in are nicer. oh, and there were two props on the boat, one in each of (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Sorry for this taking so long, but thanks for waiting!! (pictures are up!)
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The ferry was built and almost completed about two months ago. But then one night I was transporting it to another room in my house and uhh.......the unthinkable happened. CRASH! SHLINKLE! BOOM! AHHH!!!! Yep, it fell. The feeling you get when it (...) (24 years ago, 16-Sep-00, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Sorry for this taking so long, but thanks for waiting!! (pictures are up!)
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Oh, wow! Great big big boat! Awesome! This is a true masterpiece, how many bricks are in there? I like the way you've included so much in the ship, like a kitchen, and a meat storage room. Even a storage room for guns! It looks just like a real (...) (24 years ago, 16-Sep-00, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Sorry for this taking so long, but thanks for waiting!! (pictures are up!)
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Wow! That's a challenge! I've always dreamt of seeing a big ferry in minifig scale lego! Actually, I saw one of those ferries in LEGO, at a travel agency in Gothenburg. It wasn't minifig scale though, but really realistic. --Tobias (...) (24 years ago, 16-Sep-00, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Building my first real boat!
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Tonight, I decided "Hey! I'm gonna build my first boat! I've never built a boat before!" I decided to build a houseboat. Have you ever seen McGuyver? He lives in a houseboat, and I'm going to try to build a boat somewhat like his. Well, not an exact (...) (24 years ago, 16-Sep-00, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: A project suggestion= Let's develop a Theme ourselves....
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(...) I think that unlikley given that BRIO(TM) seem to hold a patent on it? (...) Great Idea. Howevr the idea I was thinking along the lines of regarding boats was like the ones used on carpet or suitable for putting on the large sea plat (cant (...) (24 years ago, 16-Sep-00, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: A project suggestion= Let's develop a Theme ourselves....
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(...) Right now I am not, but I have in the past had working water based systems. What I'd like to see is a system like the BRIO system, but scaled so that the Lego boats would be able to travel it. I am going to have a go at this once I am back in (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Making a Dock :)
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Thanks for the tips, i'm slightly confused, but i understand basically what you're saying, rather than use a real road plate, make a small one laner thing outta smooth tiles to take away the crane length problem. Got any links to pics that would (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Making a Dock :)
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(...) Here, I suggest doing -exactly- what the real ones do, and you now have a easy way to make white, or black, docking. Take the train track, and build a support network around it. Tile this area using 2x2 tiles (now, since they are widely (...) (24 years ago, 5-Sep-00, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.town)
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| | Making a Dock :)
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Heya everyone. I was wondering if anyone here has converted a sail n' fly marina into a cargo dock. I know it sounds like a weird project, but if i could do it, i have a readily available one to go buy from a friend for 20$, i should probably get it (...) (24 years ago, 5-Sep-00, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Super-Cargo Ship of the Great Lakes
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[ FUT lugnet.boats ] Rick: (...) Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL: (URL) > -- ---...--- (24 years ago, 2-Sep-00, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.build, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Super-Cargo Ship of the Great Lakes
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I got a micro fig scale model of the model now. Check it out... (URL) revoir! Rick (24 years ago, 1-Sep-00, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.build, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.town)
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| | Super-Cargo Ship of the Great Lakes
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I bought the 'Ultimate Lego Book' yesterday. and i got an idea. In it, thier is a massive super tanker, modeled fo the 4 inch people they make for scenes. I thought....Wouldnt one outta of Lego mini-figs look cool? But I need help... (as always...). (...) (24 years ago, 27-Aug-00, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.build, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: New Capital Ship: HMS Queen
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Lindsay, Oh my gosh! (Thud!) What an awesome job. It reminds me of when I was on the U.S.S. Missouri when Lynn and I went to Hawaii. I thought it was really weird to have a wooden deck on such a large battleship until I found out the reason. I will (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jul-00, to lugnet.boats)
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| | New Capital Ship: HMS Queen
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Hi all, In anticipation of my being Lego-less in the upcoming year, I decided to make use of these designs I've been scratching out for the last six months and build a new capital ship. It's not _Gloire_ or any modification thereof, but rather a (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jul-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.general) !
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| | Re: Continuation: HMS Queen
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(...) You should avoid drooling on the enter key, it results in double posting :-) :-) :-) FUT lugnet.off-topic.fun (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Continuation: HMS Queen
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(...) wow. I wish I could make funnels like those! Great job Lindsay! *is still drooling* Now then, where did I put those lifeboats..... Erin -- (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Curved Bow
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(...) I'm still a fan of using the 1x4/2x2 brick hinge to simulate the bow--I'm experimenting with four-section variable curve bows, but I don't have the construction room to build it up as I'd like (I had a 48-wide ship that was doing OK). So I've (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Continuation: HMS Queen
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Phase II Construction; all turrets in situ, all decks but bow complete, and both funnels erected. I'm now reaching the point where I don't have enough room in the apartment to take a good picture of the darn thing. The polemast is only there as a (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Curved Bow
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(...) of (...) The problem with that is that making a forecastle deck would be almost impossible. I still prefer the basic brick steps. (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Curved Bow
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I've found a good way to make curved bows, like on the Titanic. Take a heck of a lot of 1x2 bircks, build two walls of the same length, attach them at a 90 degree angle, then bend the wall to attach to two other walls, to make the curved walls. (I (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: HMS Queen
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(...) No heart of oak. No sails being unfurled to the wind. No piratical crews overthrowing the oppressive taskmasters that kidnapped and enslaved them. Gray steel and black smoke. Idunno. (mind you, a great Lego project) (...) "Arrrr, ye scurvy (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats)
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| | HMS Queen
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Hi all- Well, here it is, the current phase of my last construction before departure. Purely aghast at the horror of a French ironclad, however decrepit and obsolescent, stalking the South Seas, it's only a matter of time before our intrepid Royal (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Pirate Gaming
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(...) My apologies--I tanked them to make room for auction pics. I just have to figure out what my brickshelf password etc. are! best LFB PS: I'm leaving the East Coast on 9 August, so I probably won't make a PirateFest. (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Pirate Gaming
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(...) Hmm, we never did manage PirateFest '00 (though we had a good time at Brickfest 2000). Should we try for Piratefest '00 (can we manage it before Lindsay heads off?)? (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Pirate Gaming
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(...) to be gone now. Have they been moved? Could you re-post them to Brickshelf? (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Where can I find boat plans?
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(...) the (...) Uhh.... "access forbidden" is my favorite shp, not so? ;-) Any direct links, possibly? (...) Aww... :-( Did you have fun, at least? Hope you did! -Shiri (24 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.boats)
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(...) wow. This is just the thing I'm an expert at ;-) Oops. Wron address! Deckplans huh? Well for a cruise liner I suggest visiting (URL) have always admired their ships because they were small, sleek, and luxurious. Have fun! Erin -- Note: I am (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Where can I find boat plans?
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(...) wow. This is just the thing I'm an expert at ;-) Deckplans huh? Well for a cruise liner I suggest visiting (URL) have always admired their ships because they were small, sleek, and luxurious. Have fun! Erin -- Note: I am back from my trip to (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.boats)
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| | RE: Where can I find boat plans?
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I am looking for boat plans or ideas for two kinds of ships. The first is a Cruise Liner and the second a Ironside or Clipper. Both in a scale to fit the figures. I have seen some great stuff on this site but I am not quite a master at creating (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: set number 4005
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(...) You can see a picture of this set at: (URL) have a number of the hull sections available. Grahame (24 years ago, 30-Jun-00, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: set number 4005
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(...) I've got one of these (no, it's not for sale) but you'll have trouble finding it.. it's from 1982. (one of my first LEGO sets) I don't see any history of these on eBay, and I'm guessing it will be hard to find. (24 years ago, 30-Jun-00, to lugnet.boats)
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| | set number 4005
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I'm wondering if anyone knows where I can get set number 4005. I think that's the number it's a tug boat. I've been looking for this set and can't seem to find it anywhere. I'd like to have it in a box but outside of a box with instructions would be (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jun-00, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Where can I get Lego boat motors?
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(...) I believe that these are them here: (link worked for me) (URL) again, John! ~Nick (URL) (24 years ago, 4-Jun-00, to lugnet.boats)
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(...) and (...) see (...) Cool, thanks! ~Nick (URL) (24 years ago, 4-Jun-00, to lugnet.boats)
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I know I have seen those motors in the Edmundscientific catalog . I tried to check the website and got an odd error "6 (0x00000006)" rather than the page and I cant locate my catalog just now. you might try checking thier website and see if you can (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jun-00, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Where can I get Lego boat motors?
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(...) afternoon. (...) Now the question is where can I get them at? ~Nick (URL) (24 years ago, 3-Jun-00, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Boat Motors?
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(...) Whoa, that's the site alright! Cool, thanks! (That is sorda freaky....) ~Nick (URL) (24 years ago, 3-Jun-00, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Boat Motors?
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Wow, freaky! I was just reading Chistopher Masi's page on that this afternoon. (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jun-00, to lugnet.boats)
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Hello. I was wondering if anyone could tell me where I could find the small motors that can be used on the lego boats. I remember seeing them somewhere on a website once, but I have forgotten. Thanks! ~Nick (URL) (24 years ago, 2-Jun-00, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Question about Running 12v trains
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(...) One possible explanation for this (since I have washed many bricks and noticed this sometimes, but not most of the time): Dirty bricks will have a layer of grit on them which could throw off the tolerances, and will increase wear, especially (...) (24 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.boats, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Question about Running 12v trains
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(...) first (...) 4.5V (...) At the age of maybe 5 to 7 I built a paddle steamer too, but I used the red swimming hulls of set 311: (URL) I built it with a gap in the middle for the paddles shaft and placed my 103 motor avove that. (I dared to use (...) (24 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Question about Running 12v trains
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(...) Ben, we have _got_ to hear the story of this! I used to make paddle "steamers", using Electical tape and Lego (the tape seals the Lego up quite well...except across the bottom...) I don't have any pic's here, and I doubt there are any at (...) (24 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Sorry for this taking so long, but thanks for waiting!! (pictures are up!)
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(...) Well, no actually. My next water project will be a ferry (Kinda like the ferries that are located in Estonia). When I built Seaborn Brick, I was hooked on the "real life scale" Type of model. I can never go back to the "six wide building" Lego (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Cruise ship (Was: Sorry for this taking so long, but thanks for waiting!! (pictures are up!))
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(...) Of course. That applies without saying. I was thinking more in a historic perspective, not with the recent years in mind. Fredrik (24 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Cruise ship (Was: Sorry for this taking so long, but thanks for waiting!! (pictures are up!))
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Fredrik: (...) Minifig scale, but with "selective compression". (...) It applies to non-technic models too, even though it probably isn't quite as difficult. (...) Mmmm. (yes) But <long complaint about juniorisation/> Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- (...) (24 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Sorry for this taking so long, but thanks for waiting!! (pictures are up!)
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(...) Do you mean at minifig scale or not? I mean: Shall the boat accomodate minifigs or not? I would agree with you that building a small model to have basically the same features would be an interesting challenge. Sure, building large models is a (...) (24 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Sorry for this taking so long, but thanks for waiting!! (pictures are up!)
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Erin: (...) Nice work. I suppose that the next challenge is to see how small a cruise ship it possible to build, while still keeping all the essential features. Play well, Jacob (who is working on a vessel for the bad-guy-adventurers) ---...--- -- (...) (24 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Sorry for this taking so long, but thanks for waiting!! (pictures are up!)
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I know about the cutoff, it was supposed to say "Not shown in the picture, a scaled down model of the ship in the confrence room." Glad you liked it though! Erin -- (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Sorry for this taking so long, but thanks for waiting!! (pictures are up!)
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Hi Erin! I absolutely love it! The amount of detail you managed to put in such in enormous ship is simply amazing, excellent job! I especially love the cabins and the kitchen area, as well as the curvature of the bow. Also, the hot tub looks great! (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Sorry for this taking so long, but thanks for waiting!! (pictures are up!)
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(...) That's a big boat! I like the interior detail you put in. This caliber work makes me feel a little insignificant. Keep it up! -Chris (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Sorry for this taking so long, but thanks for waiting!! (pictures are up!)
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Okay, um.........I have a feeling that I'll have alot of grovelling to do in the next few days, oh well. Heres the link!!! Seaborn Brick is @ (URL) Enjoy! LMKWYT!!!! Oh, and thanks to Silas Pierrot, Randy Anchikoski, and Lindsay Fredrick Braun (For (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.boats) !!
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| | For Mark Cornell was Re: Floating boat sets
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Hi Mark, I've tried to reply to your offer but keep getting the message below: Hi. This is the qmail-send program at one.net.au. I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses. This is a permanent error; I've given up. (...) (24 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Floating boat sets
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Hi All, I'm trying to track down the following floating boat sets that I need to be boat complete. 310, 315, 709 and 775 Thanks Mark H. (24 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Replacement Rigging (was Re: Ironclad _La Gloire_ virtually complete)
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(...) I've used them, but in "wrap" form--sandwiched into some other construction. But the cording seems too thick to hold well between bricks. The thread, as you noted, will work between 'em--the problem is that I only had one piece of unused (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Ironclad _La Gloire_ virtually complete--mini-page up
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(...) Have you considered taking Lego string out of convenient unused winches? I've found that in general, clamping the end of a string between bricks is as good a hold as the little 1x1 round ends. Come to think of it, you could actually even use (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Ironclad _La Gloire_ virtually complete--mini-page up
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(...) I'll see if I can get any. It is a bit threadbare--I don't have enough TLG-approved rig to do what I want to do, not to mention not having any sails cut! :) The problem with the rig is that it's very hard to photograph, being black and in a (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Ironclad _La Gloire_ virtually complete--mini-page up
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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 :-) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Ironclad _La Gloire_ virtually complete--mini-page up
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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... (...) (24 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 (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Ironclad 'La Gloire'
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Ironclad 'La Gloire'
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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 -- (24 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)
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| | Catamaran with strange sail
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Ironclad _La Gloire_ virtually complete--mini-page up
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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) > -- ---...--- (24 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Ironclad _La Gloire_ virtually complete--mini-page up
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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 (24 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Ironclad 'La Gloire'
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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 (...) (24 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) (24 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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.boats)
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Very original, and very nice! Chris (...) (24 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... (...) (24 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 (24 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" (...) (24 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 (24 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!! :) (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.boats)
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OOOOHHHHH HAVE I MISSED LEGO!!! :) :) (...) (24 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" (...) (24 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 (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.boats)
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(...) best Lindsay (24 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.boats)
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WOW! 'Nough said... :) EC (24 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% (...) (24 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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 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, (...) (24 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 (...) (24 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.boats)
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