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Re: HES Valhalla
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Sat, 9 Dec 2000 07:55:24 GMT
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A minifig CVE - who'd have believed it!

And she's beautiful, if I do say so myself.

And and if you're one of these people who can't look at an aircraft carrier
and see the beauty, you're missing out.

She's 209 studs from bow to stern, 32 studs wide at the waterline, to an
extreme width of 58 studs, and is 49 blocks from the waterline to the top of
the funnel.  The flightdeck itself is 40 studs wide and 198 studs long, more
than enough for her complement of (Lego) Swordfish.

Defended by 10 twin 40mm AA mounts and 15 20mm MGs, and the steely nerve of
her (Lego) crew, she's ready for her repair and rescue duties as the first
mobile Port Block Yards
(http://www.hinet.net.au/~rparsons/port/yar/welcome.htm) facility.

Get ready.  (I'll take some photos this weekend ;-)

Richard
Still baldly going...



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  Re: HES Valhalla - Pics
 
(...) These are shots from the MOC table at Studfest VI Sunday last. They give you a bit of an idea. If we get a sunny day next weekend, I'll take her out in the back yard and do a better job of the photography.... Thumbs ( < 10k per) (URL) (bow on) (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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  Re: HES Valhalla
 
(...) guess (...) Given the size of the behemoth-in-progress and the fact that such vessels do not "whoosh" in real life, I think the aim should be to "sail majestically" with it. To that end, avoid any fiddly bits that will easily knock off, add (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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