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Re: Projects
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Wed, 8 Oct 2003 12:48:04 GMT
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In lugnet.build.military, Chris Paton wrote:
> Hej Tobbe
Hej Chris, got me by surprise there!
> The Gripen sounds like a challenge! And of course the ISD is a major
> investment. I once borrowed a series of detailed technical drawings of Swedish
> military planes from the library, can't remember the author but they had a
> yellow cover. They were really informative and useful for LEGO models.
Sounds great. When it comes to the Gripen I'll do it like I did with my Hercules
(also 1:20), use the plastic model kit I own and measure all parts from there.
This time, I even scanned the instructions and printed them in the correct 1:20
scale! Just put it on a flat surface and build the fuselage frame on top :)
Here's the scans scaled down:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=34733
> As for the ISD I intend to play the "wait and hope" game, imagining the price
> will fall over time. It has worked with the other UCS sets. I'll have to wait
> a while longer for this one though.
I can't "afford" to miss this set so I will get it at full retail and perhaps
another one if/when the price drops.
> As for my projects, I am still playing around with minfig scale helicopters. I
> go more for overall looks than accurate scale, due to poor math more than
> anything! But the Blackhawk/Pavehawk I have been working on for a while now is
> coming along slowly but surely. I really want to build a carrier, minifig
> scale. But then I am waiting on that ISD!!!
Sounds more like 10 ISD's, if that's enough! I have collected some carrier pics
but it's not anywhere close in my pipline. I want to do a 1:20 tank at some
point, I think I have some plastic model kits of those too, must search for the
instructions...
Other then that I'd like to do all of the Swedish fighter Jets. Perhaps I should
build them in the correct order instead of trying the Gripen first. To get a
hang on the task before I attempt it with round corners :)
Nah. I'll do the Gripen, I can always make a Mk II when/if I have built the
others.
> Well, good to hear from you. Happy building. Cool website by the way.
Thanks!
/Tobbe
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| Hej Tobbe (...) Well, I'm English but my Danish is coming along well enough that I can read and understand a fair amount of Swedish - just can't speak the language! (...) Today Legoland Denmark posted the price list for the annual factory sale, this (...) (21 years ago, 8-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.military)
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| Hej Tobbe The Gripen sounds like a challenge! And of course the ISD is a major investment. I once borrowed a series of detailed technical drawings of Swedish military planes from the library, can't remember the author but they had a yellow cover. (...) (21 years ago, 7-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.military)
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