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Re: USS Duluth - Hull design innovation!
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lugnet.build.military
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Fri, 7 Mar 2003 20:18:00 GMT
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Dan,
This is beautiful! If the resolution on the photos was a little bit worse I
wouldn't believe that was made with Lego bricks.
Is the hull all 1x2's? I wonder what the inclusion of 1x3's or 1x4's would do
to the shape of the curve. I've seen a great curved wall based on alternating
1x3 bricks and 1x1 cylinders. Of course that was some sort of temple and the
pattern wouldn't work in the context of a ship hull.
Bruce
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| (...) The hull is only 1x2s at the very ends. At the aft there is a really steep curve and at the bow there is actually a flare, although it's really subtle. The rest of the ship is made up mainly of 1 x 12's and 2 x 10's. You actually get a nicer (...) (22 years ago, 8-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.military)
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| Partially inspired by Mattias Mårtensson's USS Fletcher, and partly out of my own curiosity to attempt a new ship-building technique, I threw together a 1/4 size version of the minifig scale Cleveland Class curiser I've been dreaming about building (...) (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.military) !!
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