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Re: MOC: First World War German Dreadnought: SMS Friedrich der Grosse
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Wed, 29 Aug 2001 13:11:33 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
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> Thanks! I'm glad it has the approval of the ABS-grognards
> among us. :) I was warned, however, that building that ship
> served as an official gauntlet-dropping for you at next year's
> Brickfest. That wasn't my intention, but I'm all for an arms
> race!
Gauntlet? Hmmm, all I see is this goofy looking glove ...
I scoured the web to find a definition for grognard, by the way ... good choice
of terms! But .. how could you tell? ;)
> :D Now all we need to do is goad Carl Geatrix into
> posting some more models too...
I e-mailed Carl regularly a year or so ago ... at that time, he warned me that
his interest in LEGO models was flagging, as he and his son were getting more
and more into RC tanks *grumble grumble*. Maybe a combined assault can coerce
him to return to his true talents? (Carl, if you're out there reading this,
come back!)
> > You mentioned Brikwars in one of your posts ... *drool*. Throw in some
> > Panzers and Stukas (I know, wrong war, but I'm sure we could adapt a scenario
> > that included a re-commissioned WWI dreadnaught used to transport top secret
> > X-project materials), and you have a stunning layout.
>
> Heh. Actually, in order to do that believeably, we'd need to
> turn this WWI BB into a pre-WWI BB, _Schlesien_ class. All of
> the German dreadnoughts ended up on the bottom at Scapa in 1919. :(
Except for the one dreadnought that had that brief (well, brief to the crew, I
suppose) tour in the Devil's Triangle? I believe it returned to port 20 years
after it left, and none of the crew were more than 4 months older. Or
something like that. Ahhhh well.
> > I vote for a
> > dockside/harbor scene ... high wooden docks, crates and barrels everywhere,
> > a German supply train, warehouses and shacks, lots of cover, lots of open
> > spaces, and a huuuuggggeee ship pulled into dock for loading. What a scene!
>
> That was the first word of many people who saw FdG--"Hey, that
> would make a great BrikWars map..." If it's any encouragement
> in going that direction, I do have a Skoda T-38/Pz 38(t) in the
> planning stages. I've got a real soft spot for light tanks. :)
Nice! I can't wait to see it ... by the way, an informal poll at
achtungpanzer.com rated the 38(t) as the favorite light tank of WWII by
visitors. Good choice! Sadly, in a poll of the favorite panzers, my personal
favorite, the Panzer III, came in last with 4.5% of the votes. The Panther did
edge out the Tiger though, to my surprise.
Anyway, I've started entering the planning stages for a dockside layout. I
figure this finally gives me a good place to use some of those strange and
traditionally useless colors I have so many bricks of, such as "red" and
"yellow" and "blue". Maybe by next year there will be something presentable?
> > Now, how to overcome your first bad ship-tranportation experience and entice
> > you up to NELUG territory ;) Of course, maybe if we can convince you to • bring
> > it to next years' Brickfest again, we can pull it together then. Well, just
> > wishful thinking and a happy imagination for now, I s'pose.
>
> It may have mutated by then. But believe me, I wish I could bring
> it up to NELUG-land--my gf lives in Cambridge (Mass., of course),
> and if not for my teaching responsibilities I'd be there too!
So your teaching position is the only restriction, hmm? [evil thoughts
churning] Perhaps that situation can be ... remedied. Just kidding ;) In any
case, if you do make it up here, even if it's sans FdG, make sure to let us
know ... we'll throw together a meeting at the very least, or something
much more ABS-grognardesque if you can get away for a couple hours.
-s
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