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Re: New Stuff!
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Date: 
Mon, 10 Apr 2000 19:25:36 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Matthew Moulton writes:
> Yah, it's pretty light, but the bottom is incredibly solid.  In the past I
> used to try building large ships like the ones you did but whenever I tried to
> pick them up...BOOM...pieces everywhere.  That's a good challenge though
> trying to build one solid and stable enough without the use of any large bulk
> pieces.  You had some really neat models on your page, I really liked the The
> G.C.S. Phantom Shrieker,

Thanks.  It weighs about 50 pounds.

> I might try building something similar at some point,
> although it's probably going to be white since I'm low on black pieces and
> painting can get tiresome.

PAINTING !?  (sorry I am one of those that regard painting as Lego heresy)

> Well I better get back to work, I'm working on a
> website design right now and trying to get things organized.  I'll let
> everyone know when I get it updated.

Oh more to see. :-)

> 
> -Matthew
> 
> PS The big one is a heavy battle cruiser and it actually stores two of the
> smaller ships (the ones with the neon green impulse engine and the 6 cannons
> in the front) in its cargo bay area, although I may incorporate them into the
> outer design of the ship so it has more storage capacity.  The back end is not
> actually complete.  If you look close you'll see that the very back middle
> section just has a large flat covering.  I've been thinking though that I may
> try to do the same thing with the Stealth Falcon and incorporate it into the
> back top section of the ship.

Sounds like you will be busy for a while.

Lord Insanity
Vist my Lego page at:
www.fortunecity.com/tattooine/sputnik/86/gc.html



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(...) Wow! That's heavy...hmmm...I've never actually weighed mine though, think I'll try doing that. Does like a normal bathroom scale work okay? (...) :) Well it's okay if you can't tell the difference. Model paint works the best, you can make em (...) (26 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.space)

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Yah, it's pretty light, but the bottom is incredibly solid. In the past I used to try building large ships like the ones you did but whenever I tried to pick them up...BOOM...pieces everywhere. That's a good challenge though trying to build one (...) (26 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.space)  

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