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| (...) Sorry, Gil. Calypso was a refitted minesweeper, not a cutter. ;-) James Wilson Dallas, TX (20 years ago, 2-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| Joe, I really like your rendition of Calypso. I remember watching "The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau" as a kid - that model brought back memories. And the overall playability reminds me of the (gasp) Tente ships I had as a kid, too. Play on! (...) (20 years ago, 2-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| (...) Cool! The cutter shape you've coaxed out of the plates is perfect and using the 1x1 smoke tiles looks amazing. My fave part...the little sea 'copter. How fun is that? Looks like a delicious candy I could eat. Great build Joe...sell the design (...) (20 years ago, 2-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks! The real thing will be a minifig scale version (which will be ridiculously big, of course)...and it will be a while in planning and building. And the chopper was one of the fun side projects! Joe (20 years ago, 2-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| (...) I think he knew that with the reference to how John Denver died in an experimental plane crash... (...) I love the boat! There ate two ships that, since I was a kid, I've really really appreciated--One is the 'Big Canoe', the other is the (...) (20 years ago, 2-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| (...) Um, I think you'll find that John Denver wrote them. Very nice boat though. If this is just a 'proof of concept' I look forward to the real thing (is it going to be minifig scale, or another microscale one? Add another vote of approval for the (...) (20 years ago, 2-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| Snif!.... a tear came to my eye... very nice ship, very nice feel. I love the yellow chopper, very nice use of the minifig transparent head for the canopy! JP. (20 years ago, 2-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| (...) (snip) I love that shot!!! Micros look so awesome when shot from the figs perspective. (...) Well I think it's wonderful. Nicely played Joe, excellent micro ship, with amazing details and styling. Janey "Red Brick" (20 years ago, 2-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| (...) (snip) (...) Cool boat, Joe! And those lyrics! You could be a songwriter furshur! Just be careful flying those experimental airplanes;-) JOHN (20 years ago, 2-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| To sail on a dream on a crystal clear ocean To ride on the crest of a wild raging storm To work in the service of life and living In search of the answers of questions unknown To be part of the movement and part of the growing Part of beginning to (...) (20 years ago, 2-Sep-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX) !!
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