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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 (...) (21 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 (...) (21 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- (21 years ago, 27-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? (...) (...) (21 years ago, 27-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 (...) (21 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.boats)
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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. (...) (...) (21 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.boats)
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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 (...) (21 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc) !!
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This is too big to even comment on effectively. I could spend hours pouring ove the details of the deck and the functionality of the midship compartments alone (and probably will). Not to mention the historical detail...right down to the (...) (21 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.boats)
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(...) Those have appeared in Belville sets before, but in orange. It's nice to see them in brown. Frank (21 years ago, 19-Feb-03, to lugnet.year.2003, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats)
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(...) A better look at (URL) shows big, lance-sized-plus, oars. Time for some real galleys! LFB (21 years ago, 19-Feb-03, to lugnet.year.2003, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats)
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Appearently this model is on board the ship. My wife went on a cruise last summer and she took some pics of it for me... I'll see if I can find them. "Tim Tosino" <timtosino@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:HA6Fqt.C9q@lugnet.com... (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-03, to lugnet.boats)
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(...) Given the use of the LEGO logo, I assume that it is a model built by LEGO for some show? Does anybody know? Play well, Jacob (21 years ago, 11-Feb-03, to lugnet.boats)
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(URL) these photos and couldn't find any discussion or news about it here. (21 years ago, 11-Feb-03, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.town)
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(URL) these photos and couldn't find any discussion or news about it here. (21 years ago, 11-Feb-03, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.town)
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(...) Apologies for the delayed feedback - I don't have time to peruse Lugnet as much as I would like. Anyway... congrats on the nice MOC. The superstructure seems a little more boxy than it should, but I love the flared effect on the bow. I was a (...) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.boats)
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Richie- Thanks for the comments. I'm just waiting for the next incarnation of the Famous Mister Snottler to appear--they've been getting to be quite amazing, and given the extreme flare of the bows on those types of warships I'm looking forward to (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.boats)
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Mattias- Thanks so much for the feedback--I think selective compression plus the minifig scale meant that some details (for example, using triple TT instead of the real ship's quads) were in fact sacrificed. But I'm sure it would be very possible (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.boats)
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(...) Phew! That's a relief. I was afraid I'd just prattled on ceaselessly. :) I'm sorry the picture of yours that I liked so much and included was the last one on the Expo page, but those pictures had to go down there to encourage everyone to stick (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.boats)
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(...) Truly magnificent, Lindsay. The LEGO scaling is amazing, the attention to detail superb. (One of my favourite details are your spoked wheel drums. I've already built a few - it's always good to find new uses for common (and seldom used parts). (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jan-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.boats)
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Wow. I think the keyboard is going to short out from all the drool. Mr. Braun, you ROCK. (21 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.boats)
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(...) Who? Me? ;-) (...) Yep, I did. Appreciate it! (...) Sorry to hear about this year. Here's to 2004- it's a long way off, but lookin' forward to it! TJ (21 years ago, 27-Jan-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.boats)
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Once more, Congratulations LFB!! Your Takao is a most impressing model what more can you say. The detailed description of the planning and the construction on the new site is most welcome. It is amazing to look at all the onboard fittings. The guns, (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.boats)
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Dear Mr. Intercontinental Ballistic Pedestal Crane: :) Thanks for the comments and for helping on the logistical end that Thursday; I felt sure I was trying everyone's patience with that thing taking up most of my car and asking you to hold on to (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.boats)
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(...) Thanks for the kind comments, Bruce; your interest in the vagaries of nauticality (pyratical and others) has been part of the ongoing inspiration for doing these things. Regarding a comparison page: On the FdG page there's a note that I'm (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.boats)
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(...) Wow!!!! It's great to see the whole process and creation-cycle on your site! I loved seeing the real thing back last summer at BrickFest, but reading about the great lengths you went to in constructing that masterpiece was very enjoyable! I (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.boats)
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One thing that I would like to see is a comparison page so that viewers could see the progression of your construction techniques from the Gloire to the HMS Queen to the Frederick der Grosse to the Takao. I've always been able to recognize the ships (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.boats)
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(...) I'm glad I got to see this person at BF 2002. I really enjoyed it. I remember pouring over the 2001 'fest pictures of FdG, and really wishing I had been there. Also, seeing you arrive with this large dark gray monster packed in your Geo was (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.boats)
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(...) Yeah, I've been sort of worried about that--I may have to tweak the pages to see if I can't get the "default background" to be something other than white. Dialup takes too long to load that pattern .jpg for the background, so you can't read (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.boats)
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(...) <snip> (...) Nice setup on the webpage. Just don't browse on a dialup connection:) And as for the ship, I saw it at Brickfest and was amazed watching it being constructed and seeing it completed. There are so many details that were really (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.boats)
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Hi, everyone. Being lonely in South Africa without my LEGO has finally provided me the time to *finally* publish the site for my heavy cruiser _Takao_, which debuted at Brickfest in July 2002. For those who haven't seen it before (or for those who (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.boats, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.pirates) !!
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(...) The catalina's are the coolest hopefully my next flying boat I build will have a working landing gear that would be great and i want to make the living quarters even grander. Thanks-James (21 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.boats)
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(...) Thanks. I would love to have a lot of money and build cool stuff from the discovery channel that's a great idea. Good Luck-Semaj (21 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.boats)
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(...) Your work has been a real inspiration especially for my black thunder. I don't remember The man with a golden gun at all but I am definetly going to rent it. Thanks-Semaj (21 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.boats)
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(...) James, Very nice, just the thing for a globe trotting adventurer. Someday when I win Lotto, I'm going to watch the Discovery channels and the History channel all day long, just to build what I see. George (21 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.boats)
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(...) Excellent! You've captured the catalina style flying boat very well. The working landing gear is a nice touch (am I right in thinking it's not weight bearing, though?) The fold out living quarters are great too. Cheers Richie Dulin (21 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.boats)
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(...) Ha! I saw it before you posted and was waiting for you to announce!!! Good job! Reminds me of the flying boat that James Bond used in The Man with the Golden Gun...the plane that gets blown up by Scaramanga. Anyways, the color works well for (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.boats)
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The Pelican 3 is a heavily modified SeaPlane built to have all the comforts of home while you travel the world. The discovery wings channels had a special about flying boats all last week and i just had to build one. LMKWYT -Semaj (URL) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.boats)
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(...) (URL) I forgot to post the link... (21 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.boats)
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The Pelican is a heavily modified SeaPlane built to have all the comforts of home while you travel the world. The discovery wings channels had a special about flying boats all last week and i just had to build one. LMKWYT -Semaj (21 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.boats, lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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(...) Working on a page (URL) playing with layout etc. Background illustrations, internal-building-hint views and bunch more in the next batch later in week. Best DaveG (...) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.space)
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