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Re: Be vewwwy, vewwy quiet...I'm hunting Richard's CVE
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lugnet.pirates
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Tue, 23 Jul 2002 12:29:02 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
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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
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 doesn't look to be too compressed from the side.
> I'd be kind of spooked if I were an escort carrier cavorting
> around the Archipelago these days. ;)
Remember Leyette Gulf! (Between many sessions of prayer, that is)
> ...more to come, as Brickfest galleries go up and I can produce
> a proper page...
I really can't wait. You really should start a sight for the 'Braun
Shipyards'! Armstrong-Vickers used to build the best cruisers in the world,
you certainly build the best Lego warships afloat in this category! You
should start taking orders!
Kenneth Tam
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 | | Re: Be vewwwy, vewwy quiet...I'm hunting Richard's CVE
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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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