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Re: Defining the term "Capital Ship"
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lugnet.space
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Fri, 30 Aug 2002 03:47:38 GMT
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"Wayne R Hussey" <eskimo2@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.space, Jude Beaudin writes:
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> > Give some SF examples of 'capital ships'.
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> Alien: Nostromo (freighter - multi-million tons, crew seven), Star Wars:
> Imperial Star Destroyer (destroyer - one mile long, 25,000? crew).
I don't care how hard it is do to, I would love to see a minifig-scale star
destroyer!
What would the scalimg be? 1 lug = 1 sq ft? That would require it to be
about 5000 (it IS about 5000 ft a mile, right?) lugs long! That would be
cool!
--
Markham Carroll
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| (...) So would I! I've been using one stud = one foot for Minifig scale. A mile (5280 ft) could be well represented by 5000 studs. My calculations show that such a construction would be 1562.5 inches or 130.2 feet! At that size, you could (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) No single number for minimum could be correct. There are three dimensions for a ship. All three must be taken into account. I suggest that perhaps 60 long by 24 wide by 16 tall would fit the smallest capital ship I can think of. (...) Small (...) (22 years ago, 30-Aug-02, to lugnet.space)
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