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Subject:	I'm "Screw"ed!
Newsgroups:	lugnet.boats, lugnet.build.military
Date:	Thu, 4 Oct 2001 03:41:12 GMT
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I need help on the Submarine's screw. Propeller for the un-navy terms. It needs to be about 8-10 wide, and have 5-8 blades. :) THanks In advance. Rick

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		Re: I'm "Screw"ed!
(...) Try one of the spiral staircases from the new HP sets. :) James (23 years ago, 4-Oct-01, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.build.military)

		Re: I'm "Screw"ed!
(...) Outback Airstrip windmill blades? About the right shape except the blades aren't slanted but that's minor. (23 years ago, 4-Oct-01, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.build.military)

		Re: I'm "Screw"ed!
(...) The technic propeller (which I can't find in Partsref unfortunately, but is used on the tail of the 8412 Wasp) is 9 wide. You can mount two back to back on an axle so they are only 1 deep. Problems with this are that you can only have 4 blades (...) (23 years ago, 4-Oct-01, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.build.military)

		Re: I'm "Screw"ed!
(...) Of premade parts, Larry's solution (the windmill fan) will probably look best. But if you're feeling adventurous, you might try to make one from a clutch of 3x3 plates with one round corner. I got a pretty good approximation of a ship screw (...) (23 years ago, 4-Oct-01, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.build.military)

		MegaBloks Boomer
Hey Rick (and all)-- For that interior detail, I saw something very interesting this weekend at TRU: A MegaBloks cut-away model of a 'boomer! I don't know if it would be worth a look, as it's nowhere near minifig scale, but I found it sort of (...) (23 years ago, 21-Oct-01, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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