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Hi all, In anticipation of my being Lego-less in the upcoming year, I decided to make use of these designs I've been scratching out for the last six months and build a new capital ship. It's not _Gloire_ or any modification thereof, but rather a (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jul-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.general) !
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| | Re: New Capital Ship: HMS Queen
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Wow! Amazing Lindsay! Very nicely built, and I like how you show the entire process of building it. We'll miss you in the upcoming year... (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jul-00, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I know you based it on British ships, but it was easier for me to find U.S. examples on the web (mostly because I figured I could type in USS (name of state) and get results). The HMS Queen is not too far off BB1-3 (Indiana, Massachusetts and (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jul-00, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Give that man a gold cigar! Or a Cuban star! Or something like that. (Hey, for the 1898 war, a Cuban would be apropo.) That's actually where the foremast and bridge arrangement originated--the heavy pole mast is a feature usually associated (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jul-00, to lugnet.build)
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(...) for (...) and (...) associated (...) A friend of mine and I played Avalon Hill's Jutland to death when it first came out. I always wished there had been something in that weird twilight zone when BBs were first developing. (...) They (...) (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jul-00, to lugnet.build)
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Um, WOW. Nufsed ;-) (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (24 years ago, 28-Jul-00, to lugnet.build)
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