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Re: New Capital Ship: HMS Queen
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lugnet.build
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Fri, 28 Jul 2000 19:55:56 GMT
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Um, WOW.
Nufsed ;-)
Mr L F Braun wrote:
> 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 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.
>
> 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.)
>
> http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/queen.html
>
> 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.)
>
> 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.
>
> best,
>
> Lindsay
>
> FUT -> .build
>
> PS: I know what I'm bringing to Brickfest next year... ;)
--
Tom Stangl
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