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Re: Defining the term "Capital Ship"
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Mon, 2 Sep 2002 22:17:06 GMT
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"Wayne R Hussey" <eskimo2@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:H1ssov.Mwx@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.space, Markham Carroll writes:
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> > "Wayne R Hussey" <eskimo2@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
> > news:H1MyJp.7Iv@lugnet.com...
> > > In lugnet.space, Jude Beaudin writes:
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> > > > Give some SF examples of 'capital ships'.
> > >
> > >
> > > Alien: Nostromo (freighter - multi-million tons, crew seven), Star • Wars:
> > > Imperial Star Destroyer (destroyer - one mile long, 25,000? crew).
> >
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> > 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!
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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 practically build your house inside it!
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> Got any grey?
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> Wayne
Uh... anyone work for LEGO who want to try this? I would go to a LEGo park
to just see that! : )
I think the SD's are about a 1/3 mile wide, so that would be about 1650
lugs, with an overall area of 4,125,000 lugs, or 2788.5 sq ft!
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Markham Carroll
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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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