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| | | Hi, everyone. The next behemoth has begun to take shape here in my wee little apartment. I was vacillating between a Japanese WWII cruiser and a WWI German battleship or battlecruiser, and I think I've come down firmly in favor of the latter. The (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jun-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | Re: The Next Grey Monster. —George Haberberger
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| | | | | (...) clipped (...) From what I've seen, the curvature is looking good, you should be able to get a more realistic curve working at a greater scale. Is this going to be a Bismark type ship? Anyone have a Swordfish? George (23 years ago, 29-Jun-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | Re: The Next Grey Monster. —Tony Priestman
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| | | | | On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Mr L F Braun (<GFo127.LFv@lugnet.com>) wrote at 00:22:55 (...) Oh my good gravy! Lindsay, that looks fantastic! OK, I see your point about the sharp transition, but nonetheless, it's a mighty fine lookin ship. (23 years ago, 1-Jul-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | | Re: The Next Grey Monster. —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | | | (...) Hey, thanks! But it's still not even 50% done at the waterline. I "solved" the curvature problem by mixing my building styles-- a "softer" curved fairing is above what you see in those images now. It also gives me enough clearance to hide the (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | Re: The Next Grey Monster. —Richard Parsons
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| | | | (...) ships. My reaction was very simple: "YYEEEEEEEESSSSS" Pleased to hear you didn't go with the Japanese cruiser - it was Jap cruisers that accounted for many of the escort carriers sunk in WWII, and I'm a bit fond of escort carriers. ( (URL) ) (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jul-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | Re: The Next Grey Monster. —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | (...) Hmmm, well, I took another semi-teaser of the ship in "fitting-out" (albeit without her stern 20% in place-- the ship's too long for the room otherwise) as it stands this evening: (URL) Complete up to the main deck over 80% of its length. X (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jul-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | Re: The Next Grey Monster. —Richard Parsons
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| | | | (...) he's beautiful?) Just beautiful. (...) I like 'em. I need to get in closer though :-) (...) Sounds good to me. We're still tacking towards a piratefest over here, and I had idly wondered how turning up in a 1940's kit British Hunt Class (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jul-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | Re: The Next Grey Monster. —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | (...) Thanks, it's a ton of work and a ton of tan. Am I goofy for wishing there was a colder lighter tan? (Not the Belville tan, btw...) As for the ship name, I must point out that HMS Agamemnon is a "she", yet has a clearly male-originated name. (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jul-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | Re: The Next Grey Monster. —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | Another fine evening of work. Look at it go! It's now officially too big to move into another room in one piece, now that it has a stern (but no fantail yet--darn this fitting-out process!): (URL) I'm definitely in the "I don't own enough LEGO" and (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | Re: The Next Grey Monster. —Kevin Wilson
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| | | | | Mr L F Braun wrote in message ... (...) omigawd Lindsay, how are you going to get it to the fest? Hire a semi? :-) Kevn ---...--- Craftsman Lego Kits & Custom models: (URL) Lego parts store: (URL) Lego auctions: (URL) Guild of Bricksmiths: (URL) (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | | Re: The Next Grey Monster. —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | | | (...) Nah, I'm going to have an Army Chinook (do they still use Chinooks?) come and pull the roof off the house and carry it away... Seriously, it breaks into five sections, so I should be OK. best LFB (23 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | | | Re: The Next Grey Monster. —Benjamin Medinets
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| | | | | | | (...) Yes...they still use Chinooks....(I could come and help you hook it to the bird* (Chinook)...) :) Anyways...it sounds interesting... I still like the Semi-trailer Idea!! Good luck LFB!!! Benjamin Medinets * - I actually have military (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | | | Re: The Next Grey Monster. —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | (...) Either that or your car (or will that be Chris's car?) will look like someone dumped a grey and tan K-8 in the back seat. Space wise I'm not sure this will fit into the Pirate room, you might want to drop a note to Christina so she can plan (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | Re: The Next Grey Monster. —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) root (in someone else). (...) Welcome to the dark side, my friend. We've missed you. (...) Can hardly wait! ObCompDork: Why is this in .pirates instead of .boats? (or .build?) Is it going to be in the pirate game? (I may need to rethink my (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats)
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| | | | | | Re: The Next Grey Monster. —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | | (...) Will we have room for it? (And which cranes--the blue-legged ones hanging around the sides, or the actual ship's cranes?) (...) I've stuck it in .pirates during the building phase because this is where the folks who give me the best feedback (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats)
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| | | | | | | Friedrich der Grosse (was: Re: The Next Grey Monster.) —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | | | Hi all, Well, _Friedrich der Grosse_ and I are back from Fest, after several harrowing moments and a few jostles on the way home owing to a flat tire (sorry again about the bad juju, Chris!) that necessitated its removal from the trunk on the (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jul-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Friedrich der Grosse (was: Re: The Next Grey Monster.) —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | | (...) I just found a commemorative railing piece of _Friedrich der Grosse_ in my wheel well. You want I should mail it to you? Chris (23 years ago, 22-Jul-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Friedrich der Grosse (was: Re: The Next Grey Monster.) —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | | | (...) Nah, we can save it for Piratefest. If it's any indication, I'm still finding bits of railing and rig in my backseat. best LFB PS: Did you get the tire replaced OK? (23 years ago, 25-Jul-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats)
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| | | | | | Re: The Next Grey Monster. —Frank Filz
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| | | | (...) No it won't be in the game, but you should find some time in your schedule to play in any case. (23 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats)
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