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Re: Dear LEGO: Pirate wish list
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lugnet.pirates
Date: 
Tue, 16 Nov 1999 12:30:58 GMT
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> Why only 16 studs wide eh?  What the world needs is ships. GREAT, BIG,
> SHIPS.  How about _24_ studs wide, three midsections.  Buy two of those
> babies and we're talking HMS Victory!  The bow section would need to rise up
> higher than the existing ones (maybe another four or five bricks).  And
> brown - the hulls were brown and black!  I know this idea in particular is
> ridiculous - we can barely afford the 16 stud hulls.  But the post said get
> out your brains, so I did, and as I look at my brains sitting over there on
> the shelf, I'm starting to wonder how getting them out was supposed to help.

You eman the size of the black seas baracuda hulls? or larger?
--
Jonathan Wilson
wilsonj@xoommail.com
http://members.xoom.com/wilsonj/



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: BIG hulls
 
Jonathan Wilson wrote (...) I eman LARGER ;-) The BSB is 16 wide, and yes you got it, I'd like 24. As I have posted before, I can't find a way to make a good looking ship larger than three decks and four midsections, and the problem is the width. At (...) (27 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
  Re: Dear LEGO: Pirate wish list
 
(...) Oooh, much larger. For a ship at half-scale the size of Victory, though, you'd need a hull about 32-36 studs wide...you might be able to put together a good brigantine or small frigate at 24 studs. ;) LFB. (27 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)

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  Re: Dear LEGO: Pirate wish list
 
Steve Campbell wrote in message <38303501.3365415E@l...sa.gov>... (...) A pirate wish list! Woo Hooo! That's a courageous question to be posing the likes of me! Bugger the Armada, they're really only there for target practice aren't they? (hee hee) (...) (27 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)

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