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Subject: 
Re: The Next Grey Monster.
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.pirates
Date: 
Sun, 8 Jul 2001 04:25:52 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
  There are two "teaser" pics of the ship's forward 30%, which is
  complete to one deck above the AD (about 12 bricks high total).

  http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/bowside.jpg
  http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/bowtop.jpg

Good to see there are still other yards around the world turning out big
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.

( http://www.ozbricks.com/portblock/yar/007.htm )

Maybe after I finish the sailing ship currently being fitted out, I need to
turn my attention to something capital out of the Brickish navy ;-)  I'm
going to be extremely interested in the German's turrets - I've never been
satisfied with my own efforts in that direction...

Looks magnificent Lindsay, just magnificent.

Advice: don't stop ;-)

Richard
Still baldly going...
Visit Port Block http://www.ozbricks.com/portblock/welcome.htm



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  Re: The Next Grey Monster.
 
(...) 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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  The Next Grey Monster.
 
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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