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Re: Airships and giant mushrooms...
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lugnet.castle.org
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Fri, 22 Dec 2000 16:14:24 GMT
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Very nice! But where are the Smurfs?
Kevin
In lugnet.castle.org, Nathan McDowell writes:
> Hey gang, I just put up some pics of some of my creations at
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=2436
> My sister took the pictures this past Thanksgiving without me knowing and
> surprised me today with the photos. I was able to scan them and get them up
> after a having to coax my old scanner to work with the new computer...
> blarg. =) As soon as I'm able, I'll get better pics... honest... =)
>
> The airship goes by the name of "The Old 57" and it's piloted by Captain
> Heinz. It's a 'working' airship in that I can have a 9v Technic motor
> attached to the bottom that makes the 4 top propellers spin and it drives
> the pistons and the propellers in back (but you really can't tell from these
> pics). The piston assembly is lifted straight out of set #8860 (
> http://guide.lugnet.com/set/8860 ). Dan Boger has an mpeg of it in motion
> at http://www.peeron.com/pics/Aug19/ if you go down to the bottom of the
> page and follow the 'flying ship' link.
>
> The large white mushroom castle is 14 inches tall and has 2 main floors.
> The first floor has the kitchen, study, dining hall and throne room pretty
> much all crammed into a small space with a spiral staircase leading up to
> the king's (very spartan) bedroom/loft that overlooks the throne (the
> balcony has arches in it from side to side but it's impossible to see in the
> pics). The second floor is removable just like the tops of all my other
> mushroom houses.
>
> My mushroom village is coming together slowly but surely, one day it will be
> a thriving community. =)
>
> ~Nathan
> www.castle-world.org
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