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Hey Rick (and anyone else doing the submarine thing), How's the submarine coming along? (Are you going to break down and use the MegaBloks screw?) The initial proofs of principle looked promising, and I'm wondering how it's going. Also: too bad (...) (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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Gary and all, sorry to redirect this thread a bit, but I thought I should share: (...) The glazed nose is still an issue I haven't gotten around--all of my solutions just screw with the proportions a little too much. But I have found some excellent (...) (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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I'n trying the tiger design on a few things now, but your right, the peeled paint is would be terrible hard. Gary Joel Jacobsen <jacobsen@oar.net> wrote in message news:GoLK3n.AED@lugnet.com... (...) Tiger (...) world. (...) and (...) of (...) (...) (23 years ago, 21-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) We could go on forever, Gary! :) I completely agree about that pic, but I love them all. That has to be one of the coolest web pages I've seen in a long long time. The whole Baby Tiger deal they have going on cracked me up -- and it's made it (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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Joel Jacobsen <jacobsen@oar.net> wrote in message news:GoJtFD.GKI@lugnet.com... (...) Yes it is! I think the best pic showign all the desigh is this one (URL) it would be possible in lego at a large scale maybe 1:18 :-) Gary (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | Re: New entry for ISCC: "Missing in Action" - Ju 52 airplane
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(...) Dear Ben and Klaus Congratulations to an excellent model of a very famous W.W.II aeroplane. You have really caught the character of old lady, Tante-Ju. The surrounding setting and the story makes your entry to the creativity contest at (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Gary - I went to that squadron's home page and look what I found.....! (URL) .more. pictures of this wonderful paint scheme to drool over... That is one wild jet. I love it! JJ (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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Joel Jacobsen <jacobsen@oar.net> wrote in message news:GoJMr6.GGF@lugnet.com... (...) not me......... (...) it sure is! Thanks for pointing it out! Gary I think I'll use that if I ever get around to a custom paint job on my snowmachine. (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) That's a great source. Thanks for sharing. Anyone care to try this paint scheme in LEGO??! (URL) but that's impressive.. JJ (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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Check this out! Woah! (URL) many pics, a must for anyone building any sort of plane, they have so much! I've just found all my Spitfire references! HTH, -Geordan- (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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Wow! I love this! so smooth, the shape is perfect, instantly recognizable, wow, this is really good, Great work! -Geordan- (...) (23 years ago, 15-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Damn! I was hoping nobody would mention this plane. I've actually done one, but it kind of morphed into my previous post of the He219. I was thinking of redoing it now that picked up a few parts off Brickbay. I thought for sure nobody would (...) (23 years ago, 14-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Wow this thing is great.Nice to you went for accuracy in the decals.To me it means you include all symbols from that era even if you deem it bad(which if you really look into history it's not) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) <delurk> There's always my childhood favorite: the Blohm und Voss BV 141. (URL) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | Re: German Planes We'd Like to See
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(...) [snippage] (...) I would definitely love to see an Me-262 ... I'm glad to hear that there are some of these in the works! Another one I'd *love* to behold would be a true minifig-scale B-17 (1 stud~1 ft ... I know it's not German, but what a (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) The "wooden jet fighter" I think you're talking about is the He162 (Salamander), which *did* fly, however poorly. They even had an Erprobungskommando outfitted with the things, but they were strictly forbidden from engaging enemy aircraft. Or (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) I'm not worried about the engines, actually. Its the annoying sloped nose and the angled body that I've been having trouble with. If you take a look at an Me-262 from the nose, you'll note that the body is almost triangle shaped, sloping into (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Thanks! The nosecone started the whole thing - I was trying to figure out what I could use the 4x4 cone for, when I noticed it matched well with the 2x2 concave slopes. (...) Cool, I'd love to see it when your done. I had given up on doing (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Thanks Lindsay, I appreciate the comments. I was trying to get the wings a bit more accurate by sweeping them slightly, but it was way too flimsy. I might try it again one of these days. (...) Ha, good point :). I guess this one would be the (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Thanks, I appreciate the nice comments. (...) Hmm, not sure yet. German aircraft of that era had a lot of style, which is why I like to model them, but there's a few Allied aircraft I'm thinking of doing. There's a few more German planes I'd (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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