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(...) Just stupendous Lindsay. The snot-wise approach to hull design has worked a treat, the turrets (always my worry) are wonderful, and the detail around the superstructure is glorious. I think another day in the sun for the HMS Valhalla and HMS (...) (23 years ago, 26-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Hey, thanks! It's no pagoda--that'll have to wait for another day--but I'm partial to it as well. I thought you'd also appreciate that little front-page backstory. ;) (...) If you want to get technical, the battlecruiser _Australia_, of the (...) (23 years ago, 27-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: MOC: First World War German Dreadnought: SMS Friedrich der Grosse
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(...) Mmmm. Research is pointing in the same direction. Either HMAS Australia (and let's not talk about the pushing and shoving with the New Zealand which kept her out of Jutland - she may have suffered the same fate as Indefatigable...), or perhaps (...) (23 years ago, 28-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Heh. I forgot about that when I wrote this--Australia's only capital ship, NZ's only capital ship, millions of square miles of ocean, and *bump*. Fortunately, the design flaw had nothing to do with the side protection... (...) Or _Courageous_ (...) (23 years ago, 28-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) HMAS Australia it is. Somewhere around 320 long by 42 wide I think Hull design and template test complete 12 inch barrel design complete grey capability confirmed tan capability under review Being built (perhaps entirely) of heretical (...) (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Turret and hull template: (URL) only now discovering the joy of snot. Cool!! ;-) Richard Still baldly going... (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) [and from the link] (...) Yes, please... <Crosses fingers> Cheers Richie Dulin (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Mmmm...mmm. SNOT! Looking very nice! Are we to assume the use of imposter brands will be reduced??? ROSCO PS: I can get you plans of the hull profile for an Anzac frigate if you want something to work from - send me an e-mail if you're (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Good grief no. I guess if I was bulding the HMS Indefatigable or something, but the Australia was built for the colonies... (And besides that, I have a colonial sized budget - its only my pretentions that are global sized) (...) Cool! (Not for (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) And your warships 8?) ROSCO (Casually adding .build.military to the X-post to make sure they're all awake over there...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Mmmmmm is right! My only question is: Is that frame to be incorporated in the actual ship? If so, how? You did mention that its actual width will be 2x what's in the picture--but does that mean that the ship will be stouter (which it in fact (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.military)
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(...) The slope is best estimate for now. The x and y measurements and proportions were taken from the overall dimensions of the ship, and a line drawn plan and elevation that seemed to suggest that the hull was essentially in three equi-length (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.military)
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