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(...) I've thought of a tripod, just for stability's sake--I have arthritis and it's bad enough that I just can't elminiate camera shake. (...) It's a Fuji DX-10; CompUSA has them for $199 right now (but there are no rainchecks, and when they're (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.publish)
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Mr L F Braun wrote in message <3848B160.33487CE2@p...su.edu>... (...) Picture quality looks pretty good. One thing you do need to do is either not use lights so the camera will use it's flash, or get yourself some photo floods. A tripod might help (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.publish)
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On Sat, 4 Dec 1999, Mr L F Braun (<3848B160.33487CE2@....msu.edu>) wrote at 06:14:57 (...) I'm considering getting one purely for putting stuff on the web. Surely 850k is plenty big enough? It's all I was going to get. (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.publish)
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(...) Magnificent! I like the stream-of-consciousness feel to it. -LFB (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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All- Well, I went out and found a camera that was under $200. It's only 850K pixels, but it seems to work all right, and what's more it's in colour and it's no worse than my horrible film photography. At least this way I don't waste film or time. (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.publish)
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Cool. I'd love to see some more shots, particularly ones that show the bow and stern hull details - I gotta work out whether my hulls are going under the knife/saw blade :-) Regards Richard Still baldly going... Check out Port Block at (URL) wrote (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Thanks Richard I used 1X to join the bow and stern but to make it sturdy i filled the gap between the sewed half with 2x's and then used flat plates on top and bottom of hull pieces to make it strong. I think it makes the stern look better and (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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I like it fine, and the hull looks most interesting. How did you join the two bow parts together, and the two stern parts together? Chuckiem wrote in message ... (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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And if anyone similar reference material from the 16th to 19th centuries (pirates era), especially forts and docks, I'd love to see it. :) -- Paul Davidson, aka Tinman www.theforce.net | Your Daily Dose of Star Wars www.filmforce.net | Your Daily (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Oh man. You sawed the hull pieces in half? That's so cool. I'm in awe. And I haven't even gone to look at the models yet. -- jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily" (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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This is my first ship i built with hulls i cut in two with my bandsaw. Please let me know if you like it thanks matt www.geocities.com/ha...matt1.html (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) OMG, now that's just too bloody funny! -- Richard (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) This is Cool Stuff, Richard. I enjoyed looking at it. I like the role-playing / epic sweep of the narrative, and hope you expand it. (...) Hmm! There's another Minifig World Tour? Looks like a separate effort from this one: (URL) "Float on a (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.pirates)
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Well, right then. I guess I'd best just get on with it. Thank you all kindly. If I get any abuse now from the 'Lego is not about war' people (and we obviously don't need to have that argument here in .pirates or .adventurers), it won't bother me at (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.pirates)
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Tony Priestman <Tony@you-rang.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:seAU8CARJ8O4EwM...n.co.uk... (...) the (...) Try doing something similar in a different style, or a different thing in the same style. :) Myself, I'm working on a comic-style (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.pirates)
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On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, Paul Davidson (<FLp51o.13n@lugnet.com>) wrote at 09:59:03 (...) Yes, Richard, keep it. Keep all of it. Just don't make it *too* good :-) You've provided considerable inspiration to me, but how am I going to compete? (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.pirates)
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Er, wow... very cool stuff! Definitely keep it up! Your site is one of the ones that has inspired me to work on my own Lego site ... -- Paul Davidson, aka Tinman (URL) "If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I am not worthy! (...) Yes (...) Me - the only one I can speak for... (...) If it makes you happy, it can't be that bad. If it makes US happy, you do e-commerce (...) What's not for the net? The Net is the True Great Melting Pot. You can find (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.pirates)
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The Eternal Champion does Lego! Very nice, bravo, hip-hip-hooray. Always pursue those creative demons. One never knows what rabbit hole they will lead you down, but it is the journey, and not the destination (not that a single seasick sailor will (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Richard, You are a master storyteller and builder. Please keep on. I love the your Pirate creations, and hope to see more, but I have enjiyed every page you've created. Remember, there is no try, just do... (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.pirates)
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