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Subject: 
Re: Hussars!
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.minifigs
Date: 
Thu, 3 Oct 2002 21:06:45 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Richie Dulin writes:
> Perhaps using black 1x1 round flats on top would be better... the 1x1 flats
> look just like the red hubs that LEGO used for a long time.
> 
> Exactly what the French Squadron will do with a unit of Hussars remains to
> be seen. At the moment they spend their time drilling outside Port Brique as
> well as charging up at down the main street at full gallop to impress the
> ladies...
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Richie Dulin
Sorry its taken me so long to respond to this.  You did a great job Richie,
but did the tires stick to them selves or is there something inbetween the
tires holding them together?
Just wondering...
Hasta La Vista, Sean



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  Re: Hussars!
 
(...) Sean, It's an entirely LEGO solution: the bottom tyre rests on the head and is locked in place with a 1x1 round plate (push down hard - the tyre will flare slightly over the head). Another 1x1 round plate is put on top, then the second tyre, (...) (24 years ago, 4-Oct-02, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.minifigs)

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  Hussars!
 
Ahoy! I've always likes James Howse's idea of Russian hats made from old style tyres (see pics at (URL) note: the use of tyres as hats dates back to at least 1975.) Nice hats, but not really in my prefered era or region. Recently, though, I was (...) (24 years ago, 22-Sep-02, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.minifigs)  

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