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Re: Building My First Movie Lego Ship.
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Thu, 14 Mar 2002 05:32:29 GMT
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In article <Gsy1sM.K0s@lugnet.com>,
"Mr L F Braun" <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote:

> In lugnet.space, Derek Robinson writes:
> > Hi all I am looking to build a lego ship but I wouldnt know how many lego
> > peices to get here is the desmetions.
> > 
> > 5 foot long  2 foot wide and 2 foot tall.
> > 
> > it will have sections living quarters for its ocipents. and then a big unit
> > JUSt for the cockpit and an engine.
> > 
> > 
> > any ideas riuffly on how much that will cost me ???
> > 
> > any help would be aprhistated , thank you
> 
>    Yeah, as others have said, we need much more information.  What colors?
>    What geometry/general shape?  Any special pieces planned?
> 
>    If I can take my own constructions as an example, the 5' heavy cruiser
>    (which was only 36 studs' width and 20 bricks high sans masts) I built
>    about three years ago probably consumed $400-$500 worth of bricks.
>    FdG, on the other hand, consumed no less than $5000 in parts (because
>    it was all grey and a lot bigger), and probably much more.  So you can
>    have a lot of variance in cost, depending on what it is you want to do!
> 
>    You might want to ask Dan Jassim about his carrier.  That's roughly the
>    overall size you're talking about.  (But I think 1,011 pieces is way, way,
>    way too small a quantity for most constructions that size.)
> 
>    best
> 
>    LFB

   Yeah, it's definitely a small quantity. However, it's a bare bones
quantity. My first big ship (the POS Lord Alexander) took up like 3000
bricks alone, and that was a bare bones craft. The ship I'm building
right now has to have consumed at least 5000 bricks and $300-400 worth
of parts... The 1011 for a bare bare bones craft still stands though,
though that's only for the SIDE walls.
Also, if you're thinking of making the main hull 2 feet tall (for a mere
170 stud ship), don't! That'll look horrendous, trust me.. However, I
assume you were adding the superstructure into the equation..
If you have no pieces whatsoever, you need to be prepared to spend at
least $250 to make a GOOD ship of this size.. That's another
underestimate though..
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(...) Yeah, as others have said, we need much more information. What colors? What geometry/general shape? Any special pieces planned? If I can take my own constructions as an example, the 5' heavy cruiser (which was only 36 studs' width and 20 (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-02, to lugnet.space)

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