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Re: Regina Maersk (First Maersk ship model from 1960)
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 14 Apr 2005 21:27:43 GMT
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Gary Istok wrote:
> For those of you that collect Maersk Lego models, there is one model
> that was never sold as a set, but only as a model in the early 1960's
> Lego Building Idea Book #1, also known as #238.
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> Here is the model on a page from #238. There are other ships as well
> on this page of the 36 page booklet. Here on Eric Strand's excellent
> website is a copy of a Dutch language version of #238:
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> http://home.comcast.net/~strandee/238/15_page_15.htm
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> This model was built with regular blue bricks, since Maersk Blue
> didn't come out for a few decades. And the ships name was made of
> 1x1 white alphabet bricks. Stickers didn't come out for at least
> another decade.
Are those blue plates on the bottom? That bouy is interesting. With the
newer 1x1 round, it would not need to be studs down, but with the original
1x1 round, it had to be studs down because you wouldn't be able to center
the old 1x1 round between 4 studs like you can with the new 1x1 rounds.
> I noticed what I think might be a "U" boat on that page. Say aren't
> "U" boats a wartime model?
Hmm...
Frank
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| (...) No those are bricks (otherwise it would beg the question "when did they make macaroni plates?"). The white plates in the model would all be waffle bottom. Plates in other colors (besides white and a few rare red ones from the 50's) first came (...) (20 years ago, 15-Apr-05, to lugnet.general)
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| For those of you that collect Maersk Lego models, there is one model that was never sold as a set, but only as a model in the early 1960's Lego Building Idea Book #1, also known as #238. Here is the model on a page from #238. There are other ships (...) (20 years ago, 14-Apr-05, to lugnet.general)
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