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Subject:	Re: Why would set 10042 not be available in the United States?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general
Date:	Mon, 9 Jun 2003 12:55:19 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Jason J. Railton wrote:

I’d like to see them do the flag though, just to see if they can get the diagonal detail. Have a look at the diagonal red stripes on one. They’re not centred on the diagonals, they’re above and below the diagonal. It makes it a very subtle difference to spot if the flag’s being flown upside-down.

Of course, I don’t hold out much hope based on this one. The American flag’s either extremely old, or they skimped on the stars a bit...

Jason Railton

Have you seen the one I did to liven up the loc.uk sidebar a bit? I’ve been meanign to tell you about it since your the big mosaicist. I plan to get a better lit pic soon and I’ve spotted one small error which I have to fix first. This is the smallest I reckoned it would look passable. I think it’s 35 bricks wide by 43 plates high.

Psi

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		Re: Why would set 10042 not be available in the United States?
(...) I had seen it. It's a good one. I've only done a tiny one for the back of my piggy-back train car - about five studs by 8 plates. There's no real detail, but you can just about tell what it's supposed to be. It's the French and Germans that (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jun-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)

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		Re: Why would set 10042 not be available in the United States?
(...) Everyone still calls it that. I don't think anyone would be upset by what you call it, apart from the highly pedantic... ;-) Okay, so technically, it's the 'Union' flag. A 'Jack' is the national penant hung at the rear of a ship, so it's only (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jun-03, to lugnet.general)

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