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I am guessing that the gold shells are those crome tubes, painted. They look very cool -Jeremy (24 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.boats)
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A question...in the picture of the radio room (radio.jpg) where did the decal on the radio come from? Thanks, Will Visit the Lego Beach Fire and Rescue Service (URL) (24 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.boats)
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DAS BOOT!!!!!! Sehr gut!!!! (Trans: The [U-] Boat!!!!!! Very good!!!! :-) Marvelous, simply marvelous! Now Mr. Braun and Dan Blackened have something to sic their destroyers and cruisers on...and the various cruise ships and super tankers have (...) (24 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.boats)
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OH... MY... GAWD... Words escape me... It's so... elegant. (...) (24 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.boats)
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OH... MY... GAWD... Words escape me... It's so... elegant. (...) (24 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.boats)
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OK, I have just posted pics of my biggest Lego model todate. 110 studs long.Let me know your thoughts please :) Warning..there are lots of pics!! (URL) (24 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.boats)
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Lindsay, :) its modeled on a 1939 U-47. I,ll try and get a few interior shots of it online tonight. (...) just (...) and (...) class of (...) actual (...) arm; (...) (I (...) (24 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.boats)
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(...) You know, Carl, after that Pz VIa (Tiger-I) of yours, you're just being a killjoy. ;) That said, I'm drooling now--I really want to see this thing, and see how you handled the various technical issues. Is there a particular class of boat it's (...) (24 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.boats)
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(...) Here it is (URL) model is spectacular! (It's also the reason why I got into building ships out of Lego) Erin -- (24 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.boats)
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cool!! :)......does anyone have the URL of the titanic model?...I would like to see this. (...) just (...) (24 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.boats)
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(...) I have the ship in one half at the moment (the stern is still under construction and will porbably be revealed later this year or early next year) But with bothe halves together, the ship measures 5 feet 5 inches! with a height of two and a (...) (24 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.boats)
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(...) Cool! I'll be expecting it! -Shiri (24 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.boats)
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AHA!....How big was the titanic?....also how big is your ship?.....I have just finished a minifig scale WW2 U-BOAT which completely strips down...Its about 120 studs long. Pictures will be posted as soon as I clear the Lego off my blue carpet to (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.boats)
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(...) I haven't looked at one in red yet, though that's on the agenda... (...) Great idea! I was trying to keep to all-brown, and didn't have those in brown when I first built the boat--but now I do! Thanks. (...) Here you go (picture 1 is of the (...) (24 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats)
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Yes, after battling out five colds in four months, after asking my mother countless times "What do you think of this?", after completely destroying my room, after spending countless nights dreamin up plans for the dinning room, after watching "The (...) (24 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.boats)
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Mr L F Braun wrote (...) of rowboats. Minor mod musing: Rather than have to put the control sticks on their own blocks to the floor, use 1x1x1 light blocks (the ones with the stud in the side) backward facing in the wall supporting the windscreen, (...) (24 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats)
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Hi all, Just a quick troll for comments: I have new pictures of my rowboat-based Steam Lanuch (circa 1890-1920)--let me know what you think. (Granted, it's not just for pirates, but at least they can stand in it without having the mast whap them in (...) (24 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats)
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(...) Actually, because a lot of people with good technical expertise and interest read .pirates and not .boats (IIRC). And yeah, I was thinking about just modeling the tops of the boilers...but I haven't settled on a solution yet. best LFB (24 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
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On Sat, 5 Feb 2000, Larry Pieniazek (<389BA44F.76044CE9@...ager.net>) wrote at 04:17:19 (...) Because they still operate in the South China Sea? (amongst other places :-) ) (24 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
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Do any part of the boilers in a capital ship of the mauve decade protrude above waterline? Maybe you should just suggest the top of the boilers on the lowest deck? And why is this cross posted to Pirates?? :-) (24 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Yeah, I figured they were way too small for a ship by themselves--my thought was to install a dozen or so (for a whopping 180 BHP)...but the problem with the three-deck model is that the ship isn't full-hull, it's waterline. I wish I could (...) (24 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Oh, I would say they look _great_ as far as a small boiler goes...in fact, they look a lot like a boiler I may get the chance to help retube at school...but it supplies steam to a 15 BHP engine...so not all that much power...and our steam car (...) (24 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I fell in love with those tiles as soon as I saw them. Must aquire fire-grates... Steve (24 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.boats)
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James is right, but I still like the way they look. L, you're right, those star wars elements even kind of look like a grate looking into the firebox. I could see using these boilers inside a small machine shed in an older factory. The problem with (...) (24 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Lets put it this way, if they are that selectivly compressed, each one is about big enough to power a boat 2x the size of a rowboat! They would be in real life MASSIVE structures, on the order of 15' across each, and the same high. Small ones (...) (24 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
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Hi all, I've been having the biggest trouble filling my new ships with machinery. I have, for your consideration, a rough .jpg of a pair of small-bore oil-fired boilers on a display plate with a little naval officer for scale (yes, they're (...) (24 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
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These have been claimed. (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.boats)
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I'm parting out a 6560 and wanted to know if anyone needed the bow sections (2 white, 1 blue, 1 tapered blue plate). They are free and searching for a new home. Jackie (24 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.boats)
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Hi, Well it's just a beginning, and there are no pictures up yet, but right now Seaborn Lego Cruise Line has a homepage. got to> www.expage.com/page/SeaBrick Tell me what you think (Note: I still have ALOT of work to do on it!!) Erin -- (24 years ago, 9-Jan-00, to lugnet.boats)
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(...) front (...) the (...) question (...) I guess my main problem when finding a suitable bow, will be the decision to seperate another boat from its bow. As I don't have the 311 ferry, if I won it, I'd have to keep it intact! (what a dilemma) (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.general)
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(...) Didn't someone in B-S-T have just a red boat hull for sale or trade? I've posted this there with that in mind. (Wow, all the referents...what an awful sentence!) best LFB (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) I think I saw an auction for a different tug last night on eBay, no it was a 311 ferry. I think the hulls might be compatible. I do see these hulls every once in a while on eBay. (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.general)
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"RK" == Rachel Kingston <Kingston@spirit.com.au> writes: RK> My three yr old got to a small tug(?) boat of his fathers this RK> week, and broke a small piece off the bow. He was so sad about it, RK> (father and son actually) that I thought I'd do a (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.general)
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(...) also. (...) Sorry for answering my own post here, but I've just found the boat in question and it was on pause. What threw me was no writing on the side and I've only got the hull here in front of me. No cabin or mast etc. The writing was (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.general)
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Hi everyone I don't normally post to this group, but I have a question that I am hoping that someone can help me with. My three yr old got to a small tug(?) boat of his fathers this week, and broke a small piece off the bow. He was so sad about it, (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.general)
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Just got the polic City Center Boat was was a bit puzzled in how the packaging came. There was actually two packages in the box. One to build the police boat that would look more like a speed boat and then another package that when you add to the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.boats)
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(...) Hey! I'm with you on this request. I'd love to see a yaht. Or any sailboat for that matter. I'm personally not exctied by motorboats. But I love watching the Cup race on television. ..All that technology put into what's essentially a low-tech (...) (25 years ago, 25-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.boats)
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To everybody who wants to know what happened to Seaborn Brick: I'm sorry that I haven't gotten around to getting a webpage up. It's just that I have been really busy (and sick) in the last 4 months. In October I was really involved with my sports (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.boats)
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Hi Legofans, I received many want lists, and I want to thank you for your trust ! Don't hesitate to send me your want lists the next year, all the days, all the weeks...! I search for you; I find for you... Regards, Emmanuel. E-MAIL: (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.boats)
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Mr L F Braun wrote in message <385F388B.AA3ED961@p...su.edu>... (...) piratical (...) "proper" (...) thing I (...) Hm, it's sounding like Virginia would be a reasonably central location that most of us could get to. I really need to start building (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats)
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(...) I like that coinage, "PirateFest '00." (...) That's OK. I'll just bring one ship, if it fits in my car: (URL) the other hand, I'm not sure I need to actually bring it. I can probably just fire the HG from here in Jersey, and just bring the (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats)
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Hi Legofans, I invite you to send me your want list, your lego references wished, by mail. See you later, Emmanuel. E-MAIL: dya.shopping@wanadoo.fr (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.boats)
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Erin Windross: (...) If we imagine that you didn't write "few pieces", I have a reasonable solution. At sea level you start with a row alternating between 2*3 bricks (black) and 1*4 bricks (red or yellow): F F F TTTFTTTFTTTF TTTFTTTFTTTF F F F On (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.boats)
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Hi, I was wondering if there was a way to make a large dock without Dock Plates or cutting Road Plates, using very few pieces? I'm in need of a BIG dock for Seaborn Brick and right now she is just sitting on the launching ramp with nowhere to go. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.boats)
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[ XFUT lugnet.boats lugnet.town ] Allan: (...) The Town Jr defence seems somewhat juniorised. You might want to out-source your defence (or just use plain ordinary industrial espionage) to get a "proper" defence. ;-) (...) Nice ship (it has a link (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.boats, lugnet.town)
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Susan Hoover <hoover@compuserve.com> wrote in message news:8E94B6339rumple....63.236... (...) Not the playmobil motor, but same as it. Since it is very standard for powering toy boats. I had one when I was a small child and it was nor lego neither (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.boats)
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(...) That does sound like the Playmobil motor. (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.boats)
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Hi Susan, Last time I spoke to Lego over here they said they had stock of a third party torpedo styled motor that was recommended for use with lego floating boats, it is supposed to fit on the bottom of the stern area. Mark H. (...) (25 years ago, 5-Dec-99, to lugnet.boats)
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The title says it all--a new 6280-based turret ironclad, destroyer pictures, and the folding seaplane that appears on all my capital ships' fantails. (URL) and let me know if they look OK--I'm new to digital cameras. Any good tricks for avoiding (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.boats)
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(...) Well, I made an elevator without a motor once (it used a pulley) but I'm sure you could use a motor. On the top of the cab I put the a weird flat circle with loop on the top (2x2x something) - I found it in the divers theme (on top of the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.boats)
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Well I've chosen a captain for my ship....it wasn't an easy decision....and the new captain is.........Timmy *hears people yelling and screaming* I know it is an odd choice for a captain and I know Timmy is a pimply, clumsy, stupid, little annoying (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.boats)
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(...) Sure. You'll proabably have to do some experimenting though... If you have a bunch of technic chain, you could try lifting the elevator using the chain, a motor with a gear hooked into the chain, and maybea counterweight. Try taking a look at (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.boats)
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Is there any way to make the elevators on my ship go up and down with the use of a motor, battery box of some sort? And could I make lights actually light up in the cabins? All help thanked in advance Erin -- (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.boats)
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(...) Thats great, I'm going to rush out and get one today! Does this fit onto all the Duplo boats do you know? Cause I have three, all different sizes and shapes. I noticed that even the pirate ship in Playmobil floats in the water! Rachel (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.boats)
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Susan Hoover: (...) Actually LEGO at some point openly referred you to the Playmobil spare boat motor pack for a motor for your floating LEGO ships - at least in Denmark. Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL: (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.boats)
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[FUT lugnet.boats] (...) FYI, in case it has not been mentioned in awhile, the Playmobil boat motor fits very nicely in the stern of the LEGO floating boats. ;-) Also, if you have a friendly neighborhood toyshop, they might order a "replacement" (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo, lugnet.boats)
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Hi Jacob, The Platesville originally did not have a helicopter. But with the rash of boat sinkings, plane crashes, and illegal activity occurring on the high seas in Legoland, it was deemed necessary to add a chopper to the ships arsenal of rescue (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.boats)
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[ XFUT lugnet.boats ] Joe Davenport: (...) I like the helicopter too, but isn't Platesville a teeny bit too small to rate a helicopter? (not that I have a good solution to the problem - a LEGO coast guard cutter _has_ to have a helicopter ;-) Play (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.boats)
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(...) Yes to the swimming pool :-D, no to golf :-( (...) $100 lego bucks (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.boats)
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(...) Oh. I guess my minibricks can dream on, then. :-) Shiri (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.boats)
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That looks nice... will you have a swimming pool and a golf course on board? Just wondering. My minifigs are pressuring me for a vacation... in style! They won't settle for less ;-) . What's the cost of a ticket? Shiri :-) (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Anyone who has #6429 Blaze Responder....HELP!
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Skip wrote in message ... (...) that I (...) Sticker. Frank (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.boats)
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I found this set on a discount at a local retailer and I would buy it but I was wondering if the white stripes down the side of the hull are decals that I can add ( or leave off as I would like) or have they been screened onto the side? Thanks in (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.boats)
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I just got the photos back from the film developers for Seaborn Brick. I need to get a better camera. The pictures were horrible. Damn. Erin -- Even minifigs need a vacation. Seaborn Brick delayed cuz of bad pictures (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.boats)
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Mr L F Braun wrote in message <382F5439.8275A70E@p...su.edu>... (...) Yes, I've recently purchased an Olympus D340R Digital Camera for $330. I've been very happy with the results. It is a fast camera, easy to use, takes good close-ups (perfect for (...) (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.build, lugnet.pirates)
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Very excellent! I do wish I could afford to buy you a color camera, though! ;-> (...) (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.build, lugnet.pirates)
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Hey, all-- I've had a few requests to get .jpgs of my destroyers up, and it's done. Unfortunately a lot of the photos didn't come out--I think I'm about this close <--> to getting a digital camera, both for the colour but also because when it comes (...) (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.build, lugnet.pirates)
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Hi All, Well miracles do happen. The package turned up yesterday. I have a feeling it went seamail as there were no airmail labels on the box. The sender did pay airmail postage. After seeing a 4030 go for $150+ recently I'm glad mine finally turned (...) (25 years ago, 13-Nov-99, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Vague Lousy Page is Finally Up...dated
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(...) Thanks for the kind words (and the nightmares). There's much more up now--more captions, better attributions, and a dozen new .jpgs-- check it out, feedback welcome (besides "get a colour scanner" ;) ). LFB. (25 years ago, 13-Nov-99, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)
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Hey, Just in case anyone wants to see what my cruise ship will resemble go to (URL) minifigs need a vacation Seaborn Brick coming soon! (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.boats)
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I've posted a picture of the postet that came with it. (URL) A (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.general)
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* John Neal (johnneal@uswest.net) [991109 22:24]: (...) Geez, John! That's horrible. Now he's going to have nightmares about smart missiles flying in through his window to destroy his hard work. ;-) Ciao! (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)
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Cool! Your B&Ws remind me of recon photos! Remember those video camera shots of the smart bombs heading right for their targets in Desert Storm? Nice models:-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)
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Hey, I just wanted to let all the Boat lovers out there know that I am going to be posting pics of the front of my Cruise Ship up in a couple of weeks (got some stuff still not finished on it). I also want to thank everyone who helped me on this (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.boats)
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(...) Looking forward to it! Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)
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| | Vague Lousy Page is Finally Up
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Hey, all- I finally have a few scans of older (1997-1998) warship constructions up: (URL) accidentally misattributed two of the images, but at least they're out there. Hopefully I'll be able to work on them, and get some colour scans as well, in (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)
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Frank Filz wrote in message <38170481.15FB@minds...ng.com>... (...) I think the same, Frank is right. I think something is wrong with the Canadian Postal Service, regarding my own experiences. Airmail from Canada to Turkey takes about a month (...) (25 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Price on MIB 4015?
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How much would an MIB 4015 still in strink wrap, be worth? Any Ideas? Any offers? -- Please reply on medwards@ukonline.co.uk Home of the UK Technic Club Magazine Web site: (URL) models and going up (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.boats)
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(...) It's a little early to abandon all hope on that package. I've had a couple packages from Canada take over a month to get to me. I'd give it another couple weeks (especially if it did go to the wrong address - it may yet show up). (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.boats)
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Hi all you boat lovers, I almost had dream come true recently, winning a good example of lego set 4030 in an auction in Canada. I advised the seller to send the set by airmail which he says he did on the 16th September but the set never arrived. I (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.boats)
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(...) I would make the davits from a "4262 Technic Plate 1 x 6 with Holes" ('!'), two "4263 Technic Plate 1 x 4 with Holes" ('/', '-'), and two "4274 Technic Pin 1/2" ('o') each: o-- / o ! ! Hinge them with a "3673 Technic Pin" at the bottom, and (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.boats)
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I was just wondering if it would be possible to make the davits that hold up the lifeboats on my ship lower and raise the lifeboats by themselves? If so, what would I need to do and buy? (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.boats)
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Jamie Obrien <jamien@interworx.com.au> wrote in message news:380fe9de.158048...net.com... <snip> (...) <snip> I just got a really cool idea that goes along with my island base...a large Island/town/aquazone...ace/pirate hub...I'm sure I've told you (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.boats, lugnet.cad, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space)
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(...) There are also the 3 blade propellers used in the various adventurers airplanes, plus the 3 bladed propeller used on the Rock Raiders Tunnel Transport. The 3 bladed adventurers propeller would probably look the best for boat useage. There's (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.boats)
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(...) You'd be surprised at how small the propellers on some heavy ships really are. What propellers are you using? There are several gradations: The Divers sort (miniature), the 3-blade Technic sort, and the 4-blade Classic types. (3x3). For a (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.boats)
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I have a problem. My ship is getting to be so big that the propellers I have for it are way too small. Does anyone have any suggestions for propellers that use few bricks or plates? (The dimensions of my ship are: Length 5' 6", Width 11", Height 1' (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.boats)
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(...) Great link for all pirates friends. Thanks Bruce, Kai (25 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Looks like a Pyle or Wyeth painting. Search the web for either Howard Pyle or N.C. Wyeth. Both were great pirate painters (N.C. was Pyle's student and father of Andrew Wyeth and grandfather of Jamie Wyeth and there's probably a fourth (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) The ship was based on the following picture: (URL) one of the few pictures of old ships I found on the net. If someone can point me to any more pictures, that would be great. Especially pictures of some old "castles" from that era. I'd like to (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) It depends on what set of limitations you want. The pixelated look or arbitrarily confined. I am simply making comments from the standpoint that for whatever reason (lack of bricks, lack of bricks of the right color, dislike of the look, too (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build)
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Bruce Schlickbernd: (...) What forces you to make do with the SPUD hulls? See the lugnet.boats page for some examples of what you can do with plain bricks - and with alternative scales. Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build)
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In lugnet.boats, Bruce Schlickbernd writes: I'm getting (...) hurl Splat It, of course, lines up nicely on the reply screen.... Bruce (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Thanks for the Vasa link. An earlier time period (and a vessel that actually survived quite a while beyond it's maiden voyage) but similiar incident is the Mary Rose. The Big, Big, Big Classic Pirate ship is going to wallow miserably like most (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
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[ XFUT lugnet.boats and lugnet.pirates ] Dan Jezek: (...) though. It looks like it might end up like Vasa[1]. Play well, Jacob 1) Sweedish warship built in the beginning of the 17th century. It sank in the harbour of Stockholm at the start of its (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) (URL) much in the way of traditional boats, though. If I ever build any traditional boats (as opposed to hydroplanes and hover-crafts), I'll put them there too. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- (...) (25 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.boats)
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[ FUT lugnet.boats ] Does anybody know of web pages that features LEGO boats (and aren't featured on the pages [1-3])? Play well, Jacob 1) <URL:(URL) 2) <URL:(URL) 3) <URL:(URL) ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- (...) (25 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.general)
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TERMS OF USE FOR LUGNET.COM OVERVIEW AND DEFINITIONS lugnet.com ("LUGNET") is a privately owned Internet site designed and run primarily for the benefit of those who enjoy building with, discussing, collecting, buying & selling, trading, and (...) (25 years ago, 18-Sep-99, to lugnet.boats)
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Welcome to lugnet.boats, a LUGNET discussion group. CHARTER/PURPOSE: lugnet.boats (group): LEGO SYSTEM Boats™ products. OTHER GROUPS: For complete information about this discussion group server, including a full listing of discussion groups and (...) (25 years ago, 18-Sep-99, to lugnet.boats)
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