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Subject: 
Re: Hussars!
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.minifigs
Date: 
Thu, 3 Oct 2002 21:06:45 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Richie Dulin writes:
Perhaps using black 1x1 round flats on top would be better... the 1x1 flats
look just like the red hubs that LEGO used for a long time.

Exactly what the French Squadron will do with a unit of Hussars remains to
be seen. At the moment they spend their time drilling outside Port Brique as
well as charging up at down the main street at full gallop to impress the
ladies...

Cheers

Richie Dulin
Sorry its taken me so long to respond to this.  You did a great job Richie,
but did the tires stick to them selves or is there something inbetween the
tires holding them together?
Just wondering...
Hasta La Vista, Sean



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  Re: Hussars!
 
(...) Sean, It's an entirely LEGO solution: the bottom tyre rests on the head and is locked in place with a 1x1 round plate (push down hard - the tyre will flare slightly over the head). Another 1x1 round plate is put on top, then the second tyre, (...) (22 years ago, 4-Oct-02, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.minifigs)

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  Hussars!
 
Ahoy! I've always likes James Howse's idea of Russian hats made from old style tyres (see pics at (URL) note: the use of tyres as hats dates back to at least 1975.) Nice hats, but not really in my prefered era or region. Recently, though, I was (...) (22 years ago, 22-Sep-02, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.minifigs)  

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