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Delurking MOC from me Peter
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Tue, 2 Nov 2004 13:28:29 GMT
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Hi, out there I’ve been reading the posts in various news groups for ages now
and finally decided to get started posting my own stuff (So I’m probably what
most people call a “newbie”).
About me: My fascination with Lego began at age eight and has been an enjoyable
hobby (all right maybe more of an obsession at times) ever since. I have a
modest Lego collection however, it is entirely made of randomly bought regular
sets i.e. I have never bought a set or part specifically for a creation. My
castle elements are rather limited so my creations will be confined for now
mainly to ground troops and siege weapons.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=103543
About the creation: This is an example of my primary fascination with castle:
siege engines and early gunpowder weapons. The two bombards are pirate/wild west
cannons in custom frames (I am currently eyeing one of the rare firing cannons I
found on the internet so there may be another in the works) this was relatively
simple to do and I liked the result. The other thing is my version of a
springald (I may have the wrong name for this type but that’s how the
illustration in the book looked) it uses the springy action of the ladder piece
to ram a spear through a tube (this is actually how it was described as working
in that book I mentioned if you substitute a board for the ladder piece). The
string is just for show there is no way of “cocking” the machine. As you can see
from the close up I used as simple worm gear mechanism with a crank to effect
turning. This system could use improvement as to change direction you must crank
until the worm gear to the stop on the other side. I’m sure that there is some
way to stop it before but it might interfere with the other gear.
Please send some constructive criticism I could use it,
Peter
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Delurking MOC from me Peter
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| Sorry about replying to my own post but I just wanted to explain the e-mail address I gave. No I'm not some kind of hacker it's just that when we switched internet servives we only got one e-mail address so my whole family uses it. (20 years ago, 4-Nov-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
| | | Re: Delurking MOC from me Peter
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| Hi Peter, I like your cannon very much. The wooden frame, gunpowder barrels, and minifigures are nice. I would like a better look at the catapult but the photos are quite blurry. Some of the cannon photos turned out really well so you probably just (...) (20 years ago, 4-Nov-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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