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Re: Building American History
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 7 Oct 2002 23:17:33 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Jason Maxwell writes:
> I was wondering two things, first, is
> anyone else building along these lines, and second, which LUGNET group is
> the appropriate one for discussion of LEGO building from this era?
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> Jason
Jason,
Looking forward to seeing your models. I've seen various Civil War scenes,
which seems like a no-brainer given the existence of the Cavalry minifigs
from the Western sets, such as this gallery by Jon Furman:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=4142
Greg Perry has this great building from colonial Williamsburg:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=4145
A lot of the figs from the Pirates line would be great for colonial US time
periods. They've got those tri-cornered hats and muskets that would be
good, plus the figs from these sets:
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/1872
could be British redcoats and the figs from these:
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/6265
could be Americans. Not sure how you'd do a powdered wig, maybe the hair
from Qui Gon, painted white:
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/7101
Bruce
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| Recently I've been reading a lot of early American history (A biography of Ben Franklin called The First American, Shelby Foote's Civil War series, watching Liberty's Kids on PBS, etc.) which has inspired me to do some LEGO building. At the moment (...) (22 years ago, 7-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
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