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Re: Sopwith Camel: Model Team by any other name...
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Fri, 18 May 2001 10:41:27 GMT
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"Nathaniel Cross" <nathaniel@than.org> wrote in message
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> I have to agree with everything Huw says - it's a really excellent set. • The
> radial engine is particularly nice. It's a shame the strings on the wings
> aren't taut but, like Huw says, a little tweakery may be possible here.
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> Unless I'm mistaken this is a significant set in another way - isn't it • the
> first 'modern' military model from Lego? Previously everything has been
> ancient (castle, ninja) or futuristic/fantasy (space). The Camel is a
> serious WW1 killing machine.
Well we would have to define modern I guess.
Let's face it, the Sopwith is from another millennium now!
Nearly a century old.
Remember the wild west theme isnt much older.
Perhaps WW1 is beginning to become beyond living memory and therefore OK for
fantasy.
regards
lawrence
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| "Lawrence Wilkes" <lawrence@thewilkesf...rve.co.uk> wrote in message news:GDJ1MH.IGx@lugnet.com... (...) wings (...) for (...) Don't the Adventurer sets count as WW1 too? Certainly included a couple of biplanes (complete with guns) - one similar to (...) (24 years ago, 18-May-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| I have to agree with everything Huw says - it's a really excellent set. The radial engine is particularly nice. It's a shame the strings on the wings aren't taut but, like Huw says, a little tweakery may be possible here. Unless I'm mistaken this is (...) (24 years ago, 18-May-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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