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Ladies and gentlemen, cover your ears, the ship's whistle is about to sound.... OK, now we've got that out of the way, I am happy to say that I've at last finished the car ferry model I have been working on for months, and the pics are available on (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc) !!
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(...) Wow! Love the strength test pics on this, too...it's obvious that your MOC can hold it's own. Did you do anything special to get it this strong? (el snippo) (...) Very nice detailing...both playability and model integrity are well done. (...) (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.boats)
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(...) Another wonderful model. I like the "compression" on this one; it looks a lot like the little car ferry model I had as a kid! (It's a Great Lakes thing.) Excellent layered construction, as well; this is in the best tradition of Town and Train (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.boats)
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Wow! Thank is fantastic Kevin! Being someone who grew up on the West Coast of BC and have had many rides on several ferries from the BC Ferries fleet, you captured this boat amazingly! Any thoughts on this being your next Bricksmith set? (...) (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.boats)
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Gee it's big! :^) Awesome model! The removable decks are nice, the detail is great, and the ferry reminds me of home (Texas, not BC). I especially like the homemade rafts. -Stefan- (22 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.boats)
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Tony Alexander wrote in message ... (...) your (...) Nothng apart from the usual - making sure bricks cover the joins in teh plates, etc. What's intresting is that because of teh SNOT car lane surfaces, there are two crossways joints (level with the (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.boats)
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Mr L F Braun wrote in message ... (...) Thanks Lindsay! I wish I could have extended it lengthwise and widthways to be more in proportion with the height, but I just don't have room for a 5-ft long ship (either that or I am not quite as crazy as (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.boats)
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Adam Murtha wrote in message ... (...) Coast (...) Thanks Adam, nice to hear from someone who knows the originals! (...) Yes, many :-)... see market.b-s-t Kevin ---...--- Custom building kits: (URL) TOWN PLANNING information: (URL) Lego parts store: (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.boats)
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Stefan Garcia wrote in message ... (...) detail (...) There are ferries in Texas? :-) I tried using the one-piece Lego rafts to begin with, but they just took up too much space on the rather abbreviated upper decks, so I ended up building my own. (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.boats)
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