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What is the actual scale of the 10152? I did a search but most posts discuss "mini" or "micro" scale. I realize the actual scale will have the "Lego" deviation. Also was the set based on an actual Maersk vessel? I was looking here: (URL) but I (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.boats)
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(...) Here are a few pics of Scott's that I took at the NGLTC club house. He's still working on adding more containers but you get the idea: (URL) J. Trobaugh North Georgia LEGO Train Club (URL) (20 years ago, 25-Jun-04, to lugnet.boats)
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| | MOCs and models from June 2004 IndyLUG meeting.
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Sorry a few of the images are fuzzy. I had a fingerprint on the camera lens :( None of the featured MOCs are mine, but all are from IndyLUGgers. Post-moderation: (URL) lugnet.org.us.indylug (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.town, lugnet.boats)
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(...) Well, this is the hard place! (URL) This container is 40ft x 8ft x 9ft6in high, the size I see on lorries in the UK, built to 8mm:1ft scale. You could drive a model of a 5ft wide fork lift truck into it or two minifigures could walk in side by (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jun-04, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Not really if you model a European railway... Before the standard 20/30/40' containers the Dutch, German and most likely some other railways experimented with door-to-door transport using special freight boxes, which were around 1.5*2*1.5m A (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Agreed. This is a known issue with the standard (as designed by LEGO) minifig scale container, it's too small. We're stuck between a rock and a hard place though, either we abandon the design (and lose compatability and not have a use for all (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Hi Robin, Great ship! I really your bigger version. And the tug is a nice touch as well. I work on the waterfront in northwestern washington state. So I see tugs and large freighters every day. I just have a couple of comments. The ship itself is (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.boats, FTX)
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(...) I'm going by the club house tonight Scott, I'll take a couple of pictures of it and post them if you want me to. jt (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.boats, FTX)
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(...) Ok, ok! 1) Decided to feed my 401K and Roth IRA instead of buying a digital camera... 2) Forgot my Brickshelf password... -Scott (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.boats, FTX)
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(...) Exactly. I suppose this shows that I haven't taken as careful a look at the LEGO Maersk container ship as I have at the real thing. :-) Play well, Jacob (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.boats)
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(...) Well, then no... I just tried it, but I only need two more plate of clearence. Maybe I'll make some mods or I could not use the racks and stack the containers on the deck floor. Hummmm Robin W (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.boats)
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(...) Ted, Thanks, I bet you guys are building one as big as a house:) But, anyways I was tring to do more with less here, I want it to fit on one club table and not over power the display... Robin W (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.boats, FTX)
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(...) I think he's asking if containers fit underneath those, down in the hull of the ship, much like the real deal... -Tim (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.boats)
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(...) Scott, I don't think we will be the only folk building larger versions of this ship. And I would like to see your version, it sounds great. Post some pics man... Robin W (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.boats, FTX)
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(...) John, I think I can get them all stacked on one side without adding to it's size. I just need to build more blank containers for the inside. And yes a seaport with cranes is my next big build:) Robin W (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.boats, FTX)
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(...) Jacob, I don't know what your asking here? But, all of the containers go on the upper deck rack thingies like in the set... Robin W (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.boats)
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(...) Robin, Like the ship--I've been working on my own with parts from three Maersk ships, a republic gunship and a RBR. I just finished it last week--it's on the NGLTC summer layout now, and it's 24 studs wide by 45 inches long. The top of the (...) (20 years ago, 15-Jun-04, to lugnet.boats, FTX)
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(...) Robin- Nice to see someone put the lie to the assertion that a minifig scale-up would take 8 or even 16 sets <g>. Your version certainly works! -Ted (20 years ago, 15-Jun-04, to lugnet.boats, FTX)
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(...) (snip) (...) I love it, Rob! I really like seeing all of the LTC containers:-) I think you should try and double the width of the ship, and stack the LTC containers 3 maybe 4 high; that way you could show off all the clubs in profile. Now (...) (20 years ago, 15-Jun-04, to lugnet.boats, FTX)
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(...) Looks really nice. But how do you get containers into the hold? Play well, Jacob (20 years ago, 15-Jun-04, to lugnet.boats)
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Maersk ship fans, Here is my mini-fig version of the new Maersk ship! This ship uses parts from two 10152 sets and some brick from my oun collection. See this ship at future GFLTC Train shows and events in the state of Florida. (URL) Link: (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 15-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.boats, lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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(snip_) (...) I also found these sites useful: www.maersksealand.com www.maersktankers.com (anybody want to make a Maersk tanker?) www.oss.dk (you can select english text)--this is a shipyard building site (that apparently does a fair amount of ship (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jun-04, to lugnet.boats)
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(URL) you go up from that pic, you'll find info on the ship pictured. Go up again to here (URL) and you'll find a LOT of great ship info. Including a number of container ships, one of them Maersk... The curator may want to put this site in the (...) (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.boats)
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(...) They may be empty, if that pic was taken at a US port just before departure during the reload process. (we import a lot more goods in containers than we export) Also, the ship is nowhere near capacity... count the empty rows, it's got maybe (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.boats)
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(...) water to keep all those containers afloat... they must all be full of cotton candy or something! Mark (20 years ago, 22-May-04, to lugnet.boats)
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Oh, one more... If you don't know what to do with your orange, here you go: (URL) (20 years ago, 22-May-04, to lugnet.boats)
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(...) I agree... Here's a snap of a small container ship. Note that it's only 5 containers long and about 6 or so wide (URL) think it's an NL ship, actually. So there are small ones out there, as well as the monsters (URL) some are presumably (...) (20 years ago, 22-May-04, to lugnet.boats)
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(...) From my model railroading I know all about selective compressing and there's usually a certain breaking point where it looses it's effect and becomes silly. IMHO the 4-w container is at least close to that if you use it together with minifigs (...) (20 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I have, both from the air, and up close, (and in articles in TRAINS) and I agree. (...) I just don't have enough brick(1) to do very many of them and I'd rather go for a huge pile of smaller containers that I CAN do, and 2 or 3 ships instead (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.trains)
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Jonathan Lopes wrote in message ... (...) of (...) copies I had the same reaction when I saw the detailed pics. As far as I can see there's only one layer of M Blue bricks, and they look like mostly 1x8's or other large size. Pity. Actually I'm more (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.boats)
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(...) I can see both sides of this, but I'm more swayed by 'selective compression', as Larry mentioned. For example-- Jeff VW set up his harbour cranes at a few of our train shows-- (URL) the 'standard' 4x8xwhatever freight containers. The cranes (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.trains)
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(...) While on one side I'd say that you're right here, on the other hand some things in proper proportions can get a point across much better. (URL) you've ever seen a real terminal, you'll know it's really overwhelming. I think using 4*6 or 4*8 (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I agree with Larry here (...) Larry introduced me to this term/concept and this is what I had in mind. The container size is the key. The model seems to have 5 rows of 2-wide containers and you would want 4-wide which IIRC is what the train (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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I think we should build 3-wide trains to fit these new 2-wide containers... ;-) JohnG, GMLTC fut .trains, just to rile John Neal... (20 years ago, 19-May-04, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) (snip) (...) Well, that's sharp and all, but I think building to scale really misses the point. That container's 8 wide! I prefer my scenes more packed with detail rather than doing one 10 foot long ship so that I can fit my to scale (...) (20 years ago, 19-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.boats, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Hi Bryan, I agree with you that this model looks much better with the stickers. But the stickers are damaged. I hope to get new stickers from Lego service... right now everyone I know who has built this set has the same problems with the (...) (20 years ago, 19-May-04, to lugnet.boats, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for posting these. My copies haven't arrived yet. I am initially a little disappointed at the inclusion of thin walls instead of bricks in the Maersk blue color....but, that may change when I receive my copies of the set. Of course, I (...) (20 years ago, 19-May-04, to lugnet.boats, FTX)
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(...) Here's the first set with the new colours that I actually want - but only for displaying purposes! This is also one of the few sets that I'll actually apply the stickers - I think it looks far better with the Maersk logos on the containers. (...) (20 years ago, 19-May-04, to lugnet.boats, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for sharing these pics! I am digging the stickers!!!! I am impressed with all the neat microfig scale details this ship has. And some tasty non blue parts as well. (1x2 curved top, 1x2 tile in trans black, etc) Looks like our selection (...) (20 years ago, 19-May-04, to lugnet.boats, FTX)
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Hi everyone, after ordering the set on monday I got mine today. And I'm happy to bring you some more pictures than only from the box shown on brickshelf and S@H. I hope you enjoy them. Great set btw... the ship is sooooo long, nearly 70 cm! (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 19-May-04, to lugnet.boats, FTX) !
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