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Re: New Capital Ship: HMS Queen
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Fri, 28 Jul 2000 15:49:44 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
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> Hi all,
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> 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 vessel of the late 1890s that I've
> dubbed HMS _Queen_. It's far nicer than any of my other ships, and
> although it's not completely done all that remains are certain
> decorative elements and other desiderata.
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> So, if you're so inclined to take a look at my bleary-eyed naval
> architecture, please do--and let me know what you think! Apologies for
> no thumbnails, but the text should be helpful in deciding which links to
> view. (Apologies to .pirates and .boats folks, who have seen a few of
> the earlier .jpgs before--skip ahead to Phase III.)
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> http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/queen.html
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> More pictures and hopefully a better site will be forthcoming--here's
> hoping I find a way to manoeuvre this monster in my teeny tiny apartment
> to take photos! (Thank God it comes apart into four clean sections, or
> it would have been stuck in my foyer.)
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> In related news, I have discovered that cooking becomes *much* more
> difficult with a 2.1-meter battleship in the kitchen, especially when
> the masts are too tall to step over.
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> best,
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> Lindsay
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> FUT -> .build
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> PS: I know what I'm bringing to Brickfest next year... ;)
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 Oregon) which all fought in the Spanish-American war and
would be contemporary with the 1894 date for the Queen. Better bow freeboard,
and the funnels are closer together than the American BBs (abbreviation for
Battleship, for those who may not be familiar), but very close, actually. They
even had 13" main guns - bigger than the 12" you mention as usual at your
website.
Marvelous creation.
Bruce
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