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(...) I immediately built it when I saw it the first time (Which I never do by the way), and I use a more common brick for the three-way connection, but thanks for the thought. (...) Thanks, the site is clear in its explanation! Thanks as well to (...) (18 years ago, 13-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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(...) Thanks. I'm glad you like it. I posted a couple of pictures of this over on Eurobricks that show a bit better how the barrel and carriage go together. They are in this thread: (URL) (...) This page: (URL) has a pretty good explanation of the (...) (18 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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(...) Sort of. Howitzers were developed to fire at high angles, but were generally transported with the cannon horizontal. Nowadays, the word "howitzer" seems to be used for just about any cannon-like artillery. ROSCO (18 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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(...) This is the best home-brewed cannon I've seen so far. It's quite perfect and still simple, very much to my taste. I would love you to do a diorama around this. I do have a question however, isn't a howitzer some form of mortar? In the game Age (...) (18 years ago, 11-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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Gorgeous.... (Click pic below to see more at Mike's gallery) (URL) (18 years ago, 11-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for the comments. The camouflage obscures the shape somewhat. Of course, in real life that's part of the point of having camouflage, but it doesn't help with my MOC. It is not unlikely that in the future I will change the colour scheme (...) (18 years ago, 3-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.military)
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Sweet! Although, I'm a fan of the overall-grey scheme used on fleet aircraft. You really captured the shape, and it's more obvious in the pic next to the F-16. (18 years ago, 3-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.military)
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I've been reading a lot of American Revolutionary War history lately, and in a small burst of patriotism, I built this small vignette based on the painting of the same name by Archibald McNeal Willard. (URL) Brickshelf folder after moderation: (URL) (...) (18 years ago, 3-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.military, FTX) !!
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Yesterday I completed my lastest military MOC, an F/A-18A Hornet. It's on brickshelf: (URL) on MOCpages: (URL) colour scheme might take some getting used to, but it isn't all that different from the real aircraft. Anyway, please let me know what you (...) (18 years ago, 2-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.military) !
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(...) It's three-wide (four with the wheels). I don't remember how big the Lego cannon is but it's probably a bit bigger. I might work on a smaller version but it's a bit difficult working out what to do for wheels. Tim (18 years ago, 1-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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