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Subject:	Re: Ironclad _La Gloire_ virtually complete--mini-page up
Newsgroups:	lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.build
Date:	Sun, 12 Mar 2000 20:53:43 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes: > Tony Priestman wrote: > > > Can I request more pics of the rigging? The ratlines(?) look a bit > > threadbare, but the overall effect is very shiplike :-) > > I'll see if I can get any. It is a bit threadbare--I don't have enough > TLG-approved rig to do what I want to do, not to mention not having any sails > cut! :) Have you considered taking Lego string out of convenient unused winches? I've found that in general, clamping the end of a string between bricks is as good a hold as the little 1x1 round ends. Come to think of it, you could actually even use the broken strings you mentioned before, if you haven't disposed of them. eric

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		Replacement Rigging (was Re: Ironclad _La Gloire_ virtually complete)
(...) I've used them, but in "wrap" form--sandwiched into some other construction. But the cording seems too thick to hold well between bricks. The thread, as you noted, will work between 'em--the problem is that I only had one piece of unused (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)

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		Re: Ironclad _La Gloire_ virtually complete--mini-page up
(...) I'll see if I can get any. It is a bit threadbare--I don't have enough TLG-approved rig to do what I want to do, not to mention not having any sails cut! :) The problem with the rig is that it's very hard to photograph, being black and in a (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)

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