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Re: The Next Grey Monster.
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Sun, 8 Jul 2001 20:03:47 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Richard Parsons writes:
> In lugnet.pirates, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> > 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:
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> > http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/sitrep0708.jpg
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> She's just beautiful (or with a male name and a German ship, would we say
> he's beautiful?)
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> Just beautiful.
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. Considering
how much the German Admiral Staff idolized the Royal Navy,
I'd bet FdG was a "she" when named by English-speakers. The
noun "Schiff" is, however, neuter (just as in Dutch).
> > Take a look. Unfortunately the turrets are a bit on the
> > "British" side--and they resemble much more closely German
> > predreadnought turrets than dreadnought turrets--but I like
> > the way these look. You can see all five of them, three in
> > place and two more just cluttering the deck. What a mess!
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> I like 'em. I need to get in closer though :-)
Ask and ye shall receive:
http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/qturret01.jpg
http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/qturret02.jpg
They're bad pictures because I don't have my tripod and I
have nasty arthritis. But the basic construction ought to
be clear!
BTW, "X" barbette is complete, and it's virtually round!
It's a handy idea for those who want to build big storage
tanks or supersize alcohol casks. ;) Water towers might
also profit from a variant of this.
http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/xbarbette.jpg
I'm not sure how useful it is for building anythng smaller
than 16-wide, however. I wonder if I ought to tell the
Trainheads?
> > I have to have it around in case we decide to use a Class
> > 15-thousand-whatever ship in the Pirate Game (not bloody likely)
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> 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
> Destroyer Escort would work out ;-) I figure just being able to run
> directly into the wind would have to be one heck of a tactical advantage.
Not necessarily true, as the battle of Lepanto (1571) showed.
But then again, we'd like to think our engines are more reliable
than galley slaves. ;) (Although the Brazilian Chibata Revolt
of 1911 (IIRC) proved that one wrong, too.)
best
Lindsay
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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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| (...) 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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