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Re: USS Duluth - Hull design innovation!
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Fri, 7 Mar 2003 20:59:42 GMT
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In lugnet.build.military, Adrian Drake writes:
> In lugnet.build.military, Daniel Siskind writes:
> > http://www.brickmania.com/Gallery2/war/Cruiser.html
> 
> Goodness, that's amazing!  I've seen this technique used a bit in buildings,
> but I never would've thought to use this on a ship hull.  It looks
> marvelous, although I sort of miss the "legoness" of the pixellated look
> you'd normally get from a ship's hull.

While I do agree to an extent, I also think there's a LOT to be said for
people who take bricks and build with them in such a way you can't tell it's
LEGO. Those techniques are a real artform in my mind. Great work, Dan!!

> You'd better hurry up and build your minifig scale version before LFB gets
> his Lego out of mothballs and beats you to it :)

Got that right!

-Tim



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  Re: USS Duluth - Hull design innovation!
 
(...) Thats a nice looking ship. Perhaps some recall my First National Bank from almost 4 yrs ago: (URL) used a similar curve technique. There is an 18" ruler and 7" brass bank that was the reference in the first picture. Maybe you also remember my (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.military)

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(...) but I never would've thought to use this on a ship hull. It looks marvelous, although I sort of miss the "legoness" of the pixellated look you'd normally get from a ship's hull. You'd better hurry up and build your minifig scale version before (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.military)

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