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Cruise Ship
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Date: 
Sun, 29 Oct 2000 20:05:23 GMT
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Thought I'd share a little something my brother and I have been working on
sporadically since last Thanksgiving. The current pictures are somewhat out
of date, as I took them almost a month ago. I've since completed the fourth
deck and am working on the fifth.

http://64.177.5.234/cruiseship
Note: The domain is myrkr.com, but I just transferred over to a new host,
and am still having probs with the DNS server.

Some interesting and noteworthy facts about the ship;
--Measures in at a little over 6 feet, 2 inches long
--Weighs well over 60 pounds. Current estimate puts it at around 75-80 lbs.
--Is completely sectional, stacked very much like a sandwich so that each
deck is comprised of two to three pieces which are removable, allowing
viewing of the deck below.
--Painstakingly produced to match (as much as possible) so-called "Minifig
scale"
--Features an engine room that comprises most of the lowest deck, a movie
theater, a ballroom, over 30 passenger cabins (final product will have
almost 40), a gymnasium (planned), swimming pool (planned), a full-featured
restaurant with kitchen, a modern bridge and control center and much more.
--Real stairs allow minifig access to each individual deck.
--Smoke and waste steam is piped through center of ship to planned
smokestack.
--Lifeboats are mounted on the side of the ship just above the main deck.

Let me know what you guys think...

Regards,
Sam Wiley
http://www.myrkr.com



Message has 5 Replies:
  Re: Cruise Ship
 
Cool! It reminds me of the new Disney Cruise ships. I like the way you manged to get the front of the ship to slope up using regular plates. An inspiration to all boat lovers. If only school would end for a couple of months, I could finish all the (...) (24 years ago, 29-Oct-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.boats)
  Re: Cruise Ship
 
Very, very impressive. This is the most realistic LEGO boat I've ever seen. </alan> (24 years ago, 29-Oct-00, to lugnet.build)
  Re: Cruise Ship
 
That looks great! I can't wait to see some more detailed pictures. Brad Sam Wiley <samwiley@myrkr.com> wrote in message news:B621ED33.E77%sa...rkr.com... (...) out (...) fourth (...) lbs. (...) full-featured (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.build)
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  Re: Cruise Ship
 
(...) As a fellow Shipwright of Enormous Friggin' Boats, I love it! (...) 'Do you have a permit to catch those?' That's a huge amount of weight--_Queen_ only masses in at about 45-50. I'm sure most of the difference is the detail, which I hope we'll (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.build)

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