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Re: biggest capital ship ever...
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Thu, 29 Aug 2002 02:41:41 GMT
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"Ross Crawford" <rcrawford@csi.com> wrote in message
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> Well, not being a space-head, I'm not really up with the definition of
> "capital ship" but here's one of paul baulch's ships that's pretty large
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=49874
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> (That's his space shuttle too)
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> ROSCO
Ahh thats one of Paul's 2 mystery ships :-)
All I can say is I'm just glad he keeps these built. Seeing them pop up in
the random LUG or event photo is almost as nice as having a large archive of
pics.
Great looking ships. And that shuttle is damn cool too.
Regarding "capital-ships". This has always been a pretty nebulous term used
on Lugnet. Some things to think about:
-First mention in RTL: (huge url)
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=+%22capital+ship%22+group:rec.toys.lego&hl
=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=3576C10D.3C82%40swbell.net&rnum=1
-One of the first uses of the term in .space:
http://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=10934
(fitting that this by Lindsay :-)
-Looking around on Google and Usenet brings up about 100 different
variations of "Capital Ship". Every genre and hobby seems to have their own
version. Generally most definitions include a military role. Most
definitions also consider a "Capital Ship" to be a vessel that is capable of
extended missions.
I've been planning to write an essay on this issue for a while. I know that
several among us don't think that the term is fitting for large LEGO ships.
I can see the logic in this but I think it should also be considered that it
is a pretty loose term to begin with. (If someone can shoot me down and give
me an accurate, historical definition, that can still pertain to the larger
scales of space faring ships, please do)
Among other things, what I'm getting at is should we still use this term to
describe all of our large LEGO ships? What are the pros and cons of using
the term? What are our options? This is a great subject. I'd love to hear
everyone's ideas.
-Jon
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| "Jon Palmer" <jon@zemi.net> wrote in message news:H1L3J4.6rJ@lugnet.com... (...) Hmmm, looks like some classified material was leaked to the media... ;-) (...) in (...) of (...) Well, I did completely dismantle then rebuild the fore section of the (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.space)
| | | Re: biggest capital ship ever...
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| (...) There's a couple of pics of another one here (URL) and here (URL) big to fit in one shot! (...) Thanks for the ... um ... clarification? 8?) ROSCO (22 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.space)
| | | Re: biggest capital ship ever...
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| (...) <snipped links> (...) The term "capital ship" is, more or less, applied by the builder. The word capital refers to the resources (usually monetary, but in this case bricks) expended with regard to a project. What might be a large capital (...) (22 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.space) !
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| (...) Well, not being a space-head, I'm not really up with the definition of "capital ship" but here's one of paul baulch's ships that's pretty large (URL) his space shuttle too) ROSCO (22 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.space)
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