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| After watching the battle scenes in LOTR: Return of the King, I was inspired to build this. Not quite as big as the ones in the movie, though. (URL) Post mod folder: (URL) Let me know what you think! Marc Nelson Jr. (20 years ago, 25-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| "Marc Nelson Jr." <legomarc@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Htnrt2.1G1H@lugnet.com... (...) inspired to (...) very very cool Marc. I feel my castles will be invaded any day soon :) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) I like it a lot! It's nice, compact, and the pieces just seem to fit. While it's not like the one on LOTR, it's still a great independent MOC! Just because you get your inspiration from the movie, doesn't mean you can't go off in your own (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| A wonderfully overbalanced, unrealistic design that I absolutely love. I have far more sedate (if historical) howdahs on my elephants. I get sea-sick and massive vertigo just imagining being on the upper deck! :-) Great job! (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks! Do you have any pictures of your howdahs up? Marc Nelson Jr. (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| (...) "Howdah heck can you ride so tall in the saddle?" one might ask. Dave! (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| (...) Nice work! It's going to make some castle walls seem pretty short by comparison. One suggestion would be to add some spikes to the tusks ala the LOTR Oliphants... maybe some small technic (8tooth?) gears would do the trick. Cheers Richie Dulin (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| (...) Ummmm, not since I transfered them from triceratops to the elephants, but... (sounds of digital rummaging)... (URL) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| (...) Howdah Doody, partner! This seems a mite off-topic punnish (which sums up what the readers have to go through with puns), if'n ya know what I mean. -->Bruce<-- (20 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| (...) Why didn't I think of that? (URL) Thanks for the great idea. Marc Nelson Jr. (20 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| (...) That reminds me - I did a dinosaur howdah a few months back: (URL) Post-mod folder: (URL) Marc Nelson Jr. (20 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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