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Seeing as how Kenneth Tam was mentioning how crowded the South Pacific is getting, now's probably the time to point out that it looks like the population's now one 400-pound Nihon Kaigun (and only barely piratical) gorilla larger: (URL) I'd be kind (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats) !
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(...) Awesome. I love the bow. I'm straining my eyes to see more details.... can't wait for more pics. Cheers Richie Dulin (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) No need I just found Todd's pics of the cruiser at (URL) more awesome! Cheers Richie Dulin (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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Lindsay, you were right. Not castle or space. Boats. :-) Amazing job - this is truly one of the greatest creations I've ever seen. Only you could surpass that monster you had there last year. Too bad I didn't get to see this one in person. -Chris (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Wow... that's all I can say. Wow. You are truley a genuis, Lindsay! -JHK (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Good Lord. That's one magnificent ship, LFB! She does a *lot* of credit to her namesake, I think, and the whole Japanese shipbuilding industry. Excellently done with the bow! And the secondary armament... *wow*. How many studs is she? She (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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When are we going to get the iron warship equivalent of Bob Carney's Castle site outta you see we can peruse all your different ships at one spot? Bruce (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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I forgot to ask for some information on the ship....what is it? The bow has abandoned the reverse sloping bow of WWI era ships, but it still has a has a rear-facing forward turret, which seemed to dissappear on ship design by the start of WWII. So, (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Excellent powers of deduction, Bruce! :D It is indeed a heavy cruiser, of the post-Treaty sort (built 1927-1932). It's meant to represent the heavy cruiser Takao (but could also pass for the Atago), normal displacement ~13,000 tons, length at (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) It's in the works...I'm also going to dig up all of my old ships, which look comically bad (one of them is blue, heh) in comparison to the last two. It makes for an interesting evolutionary diagram of ship design. best LFB (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Thanks! I just took a measurement, and it's 499 studs including the chrysanthemum on the bow. The scale of the ship is about 1/60, so if a minifig is 1/35, it's definitely compressed. (...) Oooh, Leyte Gulf. (The reason for the joke is that (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Thanks for the compliments--it makes me want to continue working my kiester off each year! I told Shiri that this better be one heck of a job you got to make it worth missing Brickfest for. ;) But yes, we missed you too--your absence was very (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Thanks! I'd love to think I'm a genius, but the fact is that I'm just experienced (and I have a lot of dark grey, and a lot of free time in large blocks). best LFB (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) What are the dimensions? It looks huge!!! Jude (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Thanks! I'm sorry, but I don't think I'll be able to pull up to the Port Brique wharf...I mean, besides the fact that you'd be shooting at me. :) best LFB (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Length: 499 studs (156" / 13' / 4 meters) Max beam: 56 studs (17.5" / 1' 5.5" / 0.445 meters) And, bizarre as it sounds, that's actually correct to the historical ratios. Those things were like pencils with portholes! best LFB (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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oooo aaaaaaaah.....i didnt know that making such a ship was possible. I hope ya can give us some more pics of that up close.... wtb (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Here's some interesting info & 1 photo of the real Takao: (URL) Bob (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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Hi Lindsay, you really did it again.... and better !! Big compliments, I'm going to spend the next hour just absorbing all the awesome details! (and learn from it...) Greetings from the Netherlands, Klaas H. Meijaard (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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Thanks for this link! But I like Lindsay's ship more, because it's made out of our favorite Bricks! :-) And.. after a big 'mining'-attack she certainly will build an new model from the scrap! I hardly can't wait for that to happen -the building job (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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Beste Klaas, (...) Hartelijke bedankt! :) I just don't know what'll be next. Maybe a big ol' model of Admiral de Ruyter's flagship... (...) That latter part is part of the hope--that everyone pushes the building techniques here forward. Get going (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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