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To: Cmdr. Naval Weapons Development RTN HQ. Galveston From: Capt. Counter-Intelligence Texas Rangers We have intercepted communications coming out of the Mexican spy network in and around Galveston. They are reporting on the noise of testing of (...) (20 years ago, 18-Feb-05, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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What a great gun! It needs a better mount though. :) It realy reminded me of the "Disappearing Guns" mounted at a place called (URL) Fort Rodd Hill> (near where I live)as coastal defence batteries during the Victorian era. I found a web page (...) (20 years ago, 19-Feb-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) Thanks! (...) Well! "Indeed, the 12-inch “Oregon” gun Ericsson had built in England, and which also constituted the U.S.S. Princeton’s armament (along with the infamous “Peacemaker’ of Captain Robert F. Stockton’s build) was worked by an (...) (20 years ago, 19-Feb-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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What a great model! Where did you get the black bucket? I checked Peeron and they say it only comes in chrome, blue, and dark pink. BTW when I saw this post last night and the subject of disapering guns came up I started work one one of my own with (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) I think that if you keep up the development, you'll be attempting a pirate-era moonshot before long! Roll on Columbiad! (But rightfully in Texas, not Florida!) Cheers Richie Dulin (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) Thanks! (...) my cannons part list (not the mount) qty part name ---...--- Black Blue 1 70973 Belville Bucket ---...--- X 2 3941 Brick 2 x 2 Round ---...--- X --- X 1 3943 Cone 4 x 4 x 2 ---...--- X --- X 1 6222 Brick 4 x 4 Round with Holes (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) I am confused!? The Texas Navy had a steam powered warship in 1838! "Predating any self-propelled vessels built by the U.S. Navy, Zavala had the distinction of becoming the first armed (steam) warship in North America." (URL) Do you think my (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) -snip- No, No! Not wrong by any means! Pirate-era moonshot from gun development, is a reference to Jules Verne's From the Earth to the Moon.... where they attempted a moonshot from a very large gun... I'm not meaning to question your (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) OK!! (...) Thanks, but you are allowed! (...) Actually Verne reused the name, in "From the Earth to the Moon" 1865. see: (URL) Columbiad(s) are a little to small, ;^) My cannon is in the 15 inch range. So you can see how I missed your (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) Not to worry I've done the same thing with markers for some Star Wars figs. what do think of my latest "bad idea": Take a cut down lego rifle (the grey kind) and attach the cut down end to a gray painted light saber handle to produce a (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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Hi Kurt (...) Um - I think the Texans might have been nosed out by the Royal Navy. :) The British were using steam-powered gunboats on the St. Lawrence river and Lake Ontario in the winter of 1837-1838 to counter what today would be called (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) That page is incorrect. The first steam-powered armed warship in North America was in fact Robert Fulton's catamaran-hulled center-paddler Demologos, completed in 1815 for the defence of New York and kept in service by the US Navy until its (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) It kind of looks like a 15" Dahlgren. I really like the inclusion of gearing on the carriage! LFB (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) I agree with Lindsay! kurt (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) The 15 inch Dahlgren was my model prototype, my lego cannon however, has the flatish butt end of the 15" Rodman (2 URLs) (...) Finally, someone likes my gun mount/carriage!! Thanks! I was just looking on the web for pics or drawings of early (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) Do one, and upload a picture for us! kurt (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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It might be possible to make a nice cannon out of qty part name 1 70973 Belville Bucket 0-2 3941 Brick 2 x 2 Round 1 6233 Cone 3 x 3 x 2 something(s) ?? 1 44359 Cylinder 3 x 3 Hemisphere 1 ??? Technic Axle ? kurt (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) The Star Wars engine piece is your best bet here; it's a 3x3 cylinder. The MTT came with two in black. (...) Not needed. A Technic half-pin with stud is all you need. LFB (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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