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Re: Sopwith Camel: Model Team by any other name...
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lugnet.loc.uk
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Fri, 18 May 2001 11:03:02 GMT
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"Lawrence Wilkes" <lawrence@thewilkesfamily.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in
message news:GDJ1MH.IGx@lugnet.com...
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> "Nathaniel Cross" <nathaniel@than.org> wrote in message
> news:GDJ0t7.H1x@lugnet.com...
> > 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.
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> 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.
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> Perhaps WW1 is beginning to become beyond living memory and therefore OK • for
> fantasy.
Don't the Adventurer sets count as WW1 too? Certainly included a couple of
biplanes (complete with guns) - one similar to the SE5a...
Just Jono .oO
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| I think the idea of no military sets extended to plausible reality. The space and medieval / fantasy are far enough removed from reality the adventure sets have dinosaurs / mummies and although they are around the right period they are not actuallty (...) (24 years ago, 18-May-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| "Nathaniel Cross" <nathaniel@than.org> wrote in message news:GDJ0t7.H1x@lugnet.com... (...) The (...) the (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 18-May-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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