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| (...) James, that helps! Now I gotta figure out how to build it in scale... Thanks, Joe (20 years ago, 4-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| (...) I know it was a PBY Catalina, if that helps any... James (20 years ago, 4-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| (...) Hello , Your model made me cry tears of happiness !! Great story, we need more of this in the world !! Thanks, Teunis. (20 years ago, 3-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks! And as for the planes, I build them, not fly them :-) ! Joe (20 years ago, 3-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks, Dan! It's going to take a while, so you'll have to be patient. This is my BIG project for the next few months...and when I'm done, I'll have a minifig scale ship with interiors and equipment. Joe (20 years ago, 3-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| (...) Hm, I tried, and the tile looks okay, but really needs effort to attach to the top ...the chopper took a few tires to fit. Joe (20 years ago, 3-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks! I watched some of those shows too, but what I remember the most was reading the books by Cousteau...some beautiful photography was there. And I wanted the ship to have some fun things in it, so the sub had to be incuded, as well as the (...) (20 years ago, 3-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks! A lot of the solutions I used were "happy accidents" - the smoke tiles being a great example. And the chopper? Just some doodling with some parts. And I did send pix to the Cousteau Society to request some info and photos of Calypso. (...) (20 years ago, 3-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks! The chopper was a fun amazingly quick build...once I found that trans head, I knew how to build it! And I had a lot of fun making the ship have such a feel...I spent more than a little time comparing a layout drawing with the model, (...) (20 years ago, 3-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks, Janey! This was a really fun build...and the details were part of the challenge. Micro has some real design challenges that are really fun to ponder and solve, and I'm glad I got into it. Now if I could get onto your level, I'd really (...) (20 years ago, 3-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| (...) Hi Bruce, Okay, let me see if I can shed some light on this........ First of all, I agree it's a great folder of the Micros for BrickFest. (...) Funny you should say that, because that Train Station was built by Paul Janssen and that *did* win (...) (20 years ago, 3-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.microscale)
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| (...) Damn Joe! That is one sweet version of my favorite vessel. I can't wait to see the large version. Dan Sabath Card Carrying Marine Biologist (20 years ago, 2-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| (...) Good suggestion, Let me fix that tonight! Thanks! Joe (20 years ago, 2-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| Hey Joe, The boat is great and I love love LOVE that helicopter. My only suggestion (and this a minor one) is that I think that a 1x4 tile would be better as the helicopter rotor than the 1x4 plate. Great work! Bruce (20 years ago, 2-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| (...) I was actually referring to the tiny, micro-micro scissors Joe built, sitting on the aft portside deck. :) (20 years ago, 2-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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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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