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(...) Hey Keith. I cannot believe I missed this huge, amazing MOC. I love it! Did you use up all your bricks? :) I am always looking for minifig scale dioramas, but most importantly, the ones with such great details as yours. What's this? You also (...) (21 years ago, 3-Apr-03, to lugnet.build.military)
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Felix, (the Sea-monkey-pontiff?) Thanks for the kudos, I really appreciate it. The laser tower is one of my favorite projects. The greatest compliment in the thread was that it was easy to picture the Laser tower down the street from station 45. Its (...) (21 years ago, 3-Apr-03, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.space)
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(...) It's probably more a reflection of how few people check .build.military than anything else. Keith, if you're reading this, crosspost to .space next time! ;-) (...) I haven't noticed that. Could you give some examples? (...) No argument there. (...) (21 years ago, 3-Apr-03, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.space)
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Keith, I did not see this last summer but I would also like to add that you have definitely captured an industrial/military feel to this setup! The details are really extraordinary--from the wheel on the pressure tanks (?) to the working welder. I (...) (21 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.space)
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Totally. I remember seeing this before and then got caught up on Keith's other creations and forgot to go back. Like the Hot Weather assortment, the base is wonderful in it's 'dirty' details. I'd really like to see more of the ambulance ship on the (...) (21 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.space)
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(...) I agree with you Felix. The 'texture' of this model is intense. It goes beyond mere greebling. Heck, the Medical Ship that is landed on the pad looks like an amazing MOC in itself, and yet it is easily dwarfed by the details and scale of the (...) (21 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.space)
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This is by no means a new creation, but I was shocked at the lack of response Keith got for this one. The whole industrial/military feel is great; which is hard to do since most MOCs that try to look serious still look 'cute'. Your stuff rocks, (...) (21 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.space)
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Hi- Dan references an excellent website with information about military hardware: The Federation of American Scientists: www.fas.org The link to the page about Land Weapons Systems has a good discussion of Direct and Indirect weapons: (URL) it up, (...) (22 years ago, 26-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.military)
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Greetings! I'm somewhat new here, been lurking for a couple of months, and learning a lot of new things and drooling at all the fantastic creations. There is one thing, however, that I need help with: How can one make a decent-looking cigarette boat (...) (22 years ago, 24-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) I downloaded plans for the Destroyer from their website.... (URL) pieced 'em together in Photoshop and enlarged them to minifig scale (1 stud = 1 foot). The ship is 376 feet long and 40 feet wide. Do the math and you'll figure out how big the (...) (22 years ago, 22-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Can you advance more info about dimensions of the project? Essentially the bow part, that is. Great work, Pedro (22 years ago, 22-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) um, no, I believe you are mistaken. The m109 (which is the howitzer I'm familiar with) had a turret. And that's because, usually, in the same position, you will be tasked with quite a few fire missions - on different targets. So you have to (...) (22 years ago, 22-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) it use 2x2 boat studs? ;-) You *are* a brick maniac! JOHN (22 years ago, 22-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Artillery can be divided in to three groups (see note on calibers below): Cannons/Guns Have a barrel length of at least 20 calibers, but usually more than 30 calibers. Cannons have a maximum elevation of 45º. The longer barrels make the (...) (22 years ago, 22-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.military)
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My daughter stayed home sick from daycare yesterday and we got a little carried away... (URL) (22 years ago, 22-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Not quite. A self-propelled gun is a gun, an artillery piece. Self-propelled artillery has very little armor. Usually just enough to protect the operaters from small arms fire. The gun is meant to be fired at great distances, generally over (...) (22 years ago, 22-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Ultimately, isn't the difference between a tank and a self propelled gun that a tank has a turret? (22 years ago, 22-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.military)
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So, what's the difference between a "Howitzer" and a conventional artillery piece? Andrew. (22 years ago, 21-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) I am no expert, other than what I have seen on the History Channel, but I think it should be clarified that not all tanks can fire while in motion. That was one of the advantages of the M1 Abrams during the first Gulf War. With it's high-tech (...) (22 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Yes indeed! I've been looking at pictures of armor, and I couldn't figure out the specific differences, though I'd noticed the greater range of howitzers. Some of them are just downright scary, shooting over the horizon and whatnot. Thanks for (...) (22 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.military)
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