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| (...) Shanghai Surprise. Only 1 of the 6x7 bow pieces, but it has a black musket and pistol, treasure chest, and several gems. From the Ninja line. Bruce (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) The one that comes to mind is the Castle line Sea Serpent. Ummmmmmmm, the Witch's Wind ship for the shrouds/ratlines. No pirate page yet, though I do have mom-in-laws digital camera (and a very nice one it is) for the weekend. Selling lots of (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| I'm doing some updating of my pirate page at: (URL) you have a pirate page which isn't listed, please let me know (I am perusing lugnet.pirates to see if I'm missing anything). I've also started a reference of usefull non-Pirate sets. I've put in (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
| | | | | Re: Boilers
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| (...) Oh, I would say they look _great_ as far as a small boiler goes...in fact, they look a lot like a boiler I may get the chance to help retube at school...but it supplies steam to a 15 BHP engine...so not all that much power...and our steam car (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
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| James is right, but I still like the way they look. L, you're right, those star wars elements even kind of look like a grate looking into the firebox. I could see using these boilers inside a small machine shed in an older factory. The problem with (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) Lets put it this way, if they are that selectivly compressed, each one is about big enough to power a boat 2x the size of a rowboat! They would be in real life MASSIVE structures, on the order of 15' across each, and the same high. Small ones (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
| | | | | Pirate Ships, and Forts WANTED! (Still)
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| I am still searching for big Pirate Ships and big forts. Cash, or trade for: Mindstorms Droid Developer Kit 9748 (sealed packs), Railway Express 4561 (sealed packs), Technic Space Shuttle 8480 (MSIB) Technic Beach Buster 8252 (MSIB) and of course my (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| Hi all, I've been having the biggest trouble filling my new ships with machinery. I have, for your consideration, a rough .jpg of a pair of small-bore oil-fired boilers on a display plate with a little naval officer for scale (yes, they're (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
| | | | | Re: John E. Doolittle
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| SNIP (...) comes (...) Awfully sorry about that, it seems he already has several people in a not-happy mood at him. That's what I get for not re-reading the back-story. Perhaps Capt. Otto vW can be the "worst" sort of merchantman Doolittle takes on. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) through a very echo-ey place here) Capt. Doolittle needs a Nemesis. A thorn in his side. How about the Captian that Waite hires to un-do Dolittle? Meet Captain Otto von Wurstluk. (fanfare and appropriately martial music comes up). Captain (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
| | | | | Re: John E. Doolittle
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| Bruce Schlickbernd wrote (...) about (...) Richard Still baldly going... Check out Port Block at (URL) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
| | | | | Re: John E. Doolittle
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| Tony Priestman wrote (...) Capt., (...) Ditto! I love it! Why is there no website, Lance Scott commanding? I mean, I'm happy to host the story, and eventually put pics to it, and it fits in perfectly (top marks) but but but, what other ideas might (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
| | | | | Re: New admirals
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| Matthew Wilkins wrote in message ... (...) Of course, like I say, if you can hook up with someone in Europe, you can do a lot better, but Matt's prices at least are cheaper than they go for on eBay, and may be the easiest way if you want one or two (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
| | | | | Best-Lock Whiteskull Pirate Ship Review in lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands
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| As the subject says, check out lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands for my review of the Best-Lock pirate ship. Here's the URL: (URL) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| In lugnet.pirates, Frank Filz writes: <schnip!> (...) <schnip!> (...) Matt Chiles also has shooting cannons on his website at (URL). -Cheese (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
| | | | | Re: John E. Doolittle
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| (...) No, I'm referring to barge-like platforms. (...) best, Lindsay (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
| | | | | Re: John E. Doolittle
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| (...) Von Manstein's book, _Lost Victories_ came to the same conclusion. Von Manstein advocated a strategic retreat along the Stalingrad front for the winter, letting the Russians deal with reclaiming the land, then crushing them in the spring when (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
| | | | | Re: John E. Doolittle
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| In lugnet.pirates, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes: (with various others, but the attribs get confusing) (...) could (...) (or (...) in (...) ships (...) impossible (...) I (...) Are you refering to congreaves (which is what this is primarily about) (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| I need to get off my duff and start using some of the pieces I've collected to make some smaller pirate ships. Shooting cannon are also available from Europe in a service pack. Buying in bulk through a friend in Europe, I've gotten them for about (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
| | | | | Re: John E. Doolittle
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| (...) That last is the classic example of how steam changed the tactical lexicon. The Royal Navy hadn't even considered the possibility that this could be done, because it couldn't be done under sail in anything approaching an orderly manner. The (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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