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Hmmm...seems you Brickish folk are getting a bit too smug. Bearing that in mind, the Repubrickan Navy (the fine and egalitarian institution it is) has decided to send a...presence out to yonder Pacific-type points. This is no wee sloop; rather, it's (...) (25 years ago, 9-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I think "The Junk" will avoid Port BlocK if that behemoth leaves drydock....hmmmmm...2 cannons, 6 muskets, 1 pistol and 12 katanas vs "THE IRON GIANT" ...I guess my ship would be the naval equivalent of a fly on the windshield....oh my ! (25 years ago, 9-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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Mr L F Braun wrote (...) Obviously we'll have to shoot at her, what with her being a Frenchie and all, but she'll be most welcome. And I wouldn't let us shooting at her worry you overly. Port Block's gunners aren't exactly top of the line. Actually (...) (25 years ago, 9-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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It's Awesome, but I must say this... I hate you Lindsay! Always inspiring me with creative ideas that I know will never come true!! Oh no!!! Here comes another!!!! Nooooo!! Not THAT ship!! It's to BIG!!! What? Buy thirteen blue tubs? And twenty gray (...) (25 years ago, 9-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) You'd be surprised at how few bricks that really is--though I need more brick tubs, I'm amazed at how much black I used. (...) I've already done it. ;) best Lindsay (25 years ago, 9-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) That's OK. The functionalist approach is "what good is the iron plating unless you can watch shot bounce off it?" (...) That's OK. The French always seem to forget that special ships and special guns require special ammunition and special (...) (25 years ago, 9-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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On Thu, 9 Mar 2000, Mr L F Braun (<38C779C7.1999F253@....msu.edu>) wrote at 10:15:35 (...) We're not smug, we know we're right ;-) (...) Hardly worth bothering with, then. (...) I'm afraid so. (...) So no good can come of it :-) (...) I gesture in (...) (25 years ago, 9-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) One can be right *and* smug, of course. :) (...) You haven't seen how much powder they pack behind the shells in those guns. (I may also add some guns on the upper deck--smaller pieces, or perhaps mortars.) (...) Especially to my postgraduate (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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In lugnet.pirates, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes a lot of cool stuff about a quite cool ship MOC, including: (...) cylindricalish pattern? I'm playing around with some possible biggish ship designs, but mast design is the current limiting factor... (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I'll post more pics tonight about the masts--but I've found that the 2x2x11 columns from Fright Knights et al really do come in handy! I'll make sure to take some macro shots of the masts for you. It's all rigged (though I'm now out of (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Cool! I look forward to seeing them! Dave! (by the way, what does a serviceable digital cam run for these days?) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Mine (a Fuji DX-10) ran $200; I got a special offer for a USB memory reader free (by post, took 5 weeks) and bought an 8MB memory card (it comes with a 2MB--way too small) and AC adapter (digital cams eat batteries, my yes) from buy.com for a (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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