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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 20:19:24 GMT
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Wow. That is beautiful. Aside from the gorgeous line of the hull...just
can't stop looking at it...the choice of tan for the deck plating really
highlights the topside shape of it. The colour contrast it creates with the
AA guns and spar towers makes them so much more dramatic. I recall building
model kits with the recommended colour for the decking being 'desert tan'.
I also remember being amazed at the realism it added to it - totally forgot
about it until now. A great refresher!
Excellent stuff Dan.
Cheers,
-Gil
In lugnet.build.military, Daniel Siskind writes:
> 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 (it's approx 1:152 scale as it is). Of greatest importance is
> that I was able to successfully achieve the curve of the hull and deck without
> any intrusive stepping of plates or bricks. On larger scale, I think this will
> have an even better effect for flared bows, etc. I just started working on this
> a week ago, but I'm pretty excited about it's progress and can't contain myself
> any longer! I already have plans printed out for an even larger 1:128 scale
> Iowa class battleship to work on next. This may be direction Brickmania's WW2
> kits will be going for 2004. Watch out USS Constellation!
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> Feedback is appreciated!
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> Thanks!
>
> Dan
>
> check the photos (so far) here:
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> http://www.brickmania.com/Gallery2/war/Cruiser.html
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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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