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Title: A battleship for Neil
Post by: Ed Anger on June 19, 2009, 07:23:48 PM
http://demonicious.com/20090410/lego-yamato-battleship/

(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fv1.wordmess.net%2F2009%2F2%2Flego100409%2F007.jpg&hash=e06211f65061a303b7f5b0a3ad14a4d180fd1df7)

Needs TF38 air striking the hell out of it. Divine Wind my ass.
Title: Re: A battleship for Neil
Post by: Viking on June 19, 2009, 07:32:26 PM
Me Want
Title: Re: A battleship for Neil
Post by: Neil on June 19, 2009, 07:32:50 PM
That's glorious.  I'm no raving Yamatomaniac, but that's an achievement.
Title: Re: A battleship for Neil
Post by: Ed Anger on June 19, 2009, 07:36:25 PM
I'd make one, but I work exclusively in the medium of Gummi.
Title: Re: A battleship for Neil
Post by: Scipio on June 19, 2009, 07:48:21 PM
That's fucking amazing.
Title: Re: A battleship for Neil
Post by: MadBurgerMaker on June 19, 2009, 07:51:40 PM
That's impressive right there.  22 feet long and 200,000 bricks?  I wonder how much that thing weighs.
Title: Re: A battleship for Neil
Post by: Neil on June 19, 2009, 08:05:33 PM
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on June 19, 2009, 07:51:40 PM
That's impressive right there.  22 feet long and 200,000 bricks?  I wonder how much that thing weighs.
Probably half a ton.
Title: Re: A battleship for Neil
Post by: Viking on June 19, 2009, 08:36:30 PM
reply to that

QuoteFukJaps
April 11th, 2009 - 8:23 am

See how all the little Japs are yellow? How perfect.

I was gonna say that!
Title: Re: A battleship for Neil
Post by: jimmy olsen on June 19, 2009, 08:54:11 PM
Amazing! :o

But no match for the Lego Harry S. Truman!
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Title: Re: A battleship for Neil
Post by: Ed Anger on June 20, 2009, 07:41:53 AM
Lego Hood:

http://gizmodo.com/5062401/20+foot+long-lego-battlecruiser-can-probably-sink-oil-tankers-on-impact

Sadly, only 3 blocks survived the magazine explosion.
Title: Re: A battleship for Neil
Post by: Neil on June 20, 2009, 07:55:17 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 20, 2009, 07:41:53 AM
Lego Hood:

http://gizmodo.com/5062401/20+foot+long-lego-battlecruiser-can-probably-sink-oil-tankers-on-impact

Sadly, only 3 blocks survived the magazine explosion.
Now THAT is the best thing ever.

Carriers are stupid.
Title: Re: A battleship for Neil
Post by: Syt on June 20, 2009, 08:00:37 AM
Not as big, but still cool:

(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.battlefield-1942.net%2Fforum%2Fuploads%2Fpost-8-1093630911.jpg&hash=193758d0c0ffa85a5a00b2034091a38e927259c4)

Courtesy of
http://www.mechanizedbrick.com/mb.html

Though this desert Tiger is beautiful:
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And for shits and giggles:
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Title: Re: A battleship for Neil
Post by: Syt on June 20, 2009, 08:01:29 AM
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Title: Re: A battleship for Neil
Post by: Syt on June 20, 2009, 08:03:17 AM
And something else for Neil:
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fviz.cwrl.utexas.edu%2Ffiles%2Farad3.jpg&hash=93d1762e3a08b85bbe23cabadb2657ffa420ac59)
Title: Re: A battleship for Neil
Post by: Neil on June 20, 2009, 08:13:25 AM
Ah Poland.  What a terrible place.
Title: Re: A battleship for Neil
Post by: Josquius on June 20, 2009, 08:24:36 AM
I wonder how much this stuff costs. Even little lego cars and things cost over £5 these days....
And where do they get all the special bits?
Awesomly awesome though, better even than the lego super star destroyer.
Title: Re: A battleship for Neil
Post by: Syt on June 20, 2009, 11:01:18 AM
Actually, there's all kinds of LEGO builders for PC out there. One even offers supposedly photorealistic rendering:
http://www.ustream.tv
Title: Re: A battleship for Neil
Post by: DisturbedPervert on June 20, 2009, 11:17:53 AM
I'd like to see pics of the insides from the construction process.
Title: Re: A battleship for Neil
Post by: Monoriu on June 20, 2009, 12:26:47 PM
I wonder if Lego provide free/discount bricks for these guys.
Title: Re: A battleship for Neil
Post by: Drakken on June 20, 2009, 06:55:50 PM
Quote from: Syt on June 20, 2009, 08:03:17 AM
And something else for Neil:
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fviz.cwrl.utexas.edu%2Ffiles%2Farad3.jpg&hash=93d1762e3a08b85bbe23cabadb2657ffa420ac59)

A badly made representation: The chimney and the ovens are missing. :mellow:
Title: Re: A battleship for Neil
Post by: Neil on June 20, 2009, 07:01:47 PM
Quote from: Drakken on June 20, 2009, 06:55:50 PM
Quote from: Syt on June 20, 2009, 08:03:17 AM
And something else for Neil:
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fviz.cwrl.utexas.edu%2Ffiles%2Farad3.jpg&hash=93d1762e3a08b85bbe23cabadb2657ffa420ac59)

A badly made representation: The chimney and the ovens are missing. :mellow:
The builder was a Pole.  As such, he probably believes the national story that the Jews of the Holocaust were beaten to death by heroic Polish patriots, not evil German Nazis.
Title: Re: A battleship for Neil
Post by: jimmy olsen on June 20, 2009, 09:53:58 PM
Quote from: Neil on June 20, 2009, 07:55:17 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 20, 2009, 07:41:53 AM
Lego Hood:

http://gizmodo.com/5062401/20+foot+long-lego-battlecruiser-can-probably-sink-oil-tankers-on-impact

Sadly, only 3 blocks survived the magazine explosion.
Now THAT is the best thing ever.

Carriers are stupid.
So Neil, why do you love battleships so much more than carriers? Is it the phallic symbolism inherit in the guns?
Title: Re: A battleship for Neil
Post by: Neil on June 20, 2009, 10:22:33 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 20, 2009, 09:53:58 PM
So Neil, why do you love battleships so much more than carriers? Is it the phallic symbolism inherit in the guns?
Because the dreadnought battleship was the apex of symmetrical, hierarchical naval warfare, which I find intellectually pleasing.  It is also the most important naval weapon of the late Victorian, Edwardian and Georgian eras, a period that I am interested in.
Title: Re: A battleship for Neil
Post by: jimmy olsen on June 20, 2009, 10:33:33 PM
Quote from: Neil on June 20, 2009, 10:22:33 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 20, 2009, 09:53:58 PM
So Neil, why do you love battleships so much more than carriers? Is it the phallic symbolism inherit in the guns?
Because the dreadnought battleship was the apex of symmetrical, hierarchical naval warfare, which I find intellectually pleasing.  It is also the most important naval weapon of the late Victorian, Edwardian and Georgian eras, a period that I am interested in.
A much better answer than I was expecting. :)
Title: Re: A battleship for Neil
Post by: Drakken on June 21, 2009, 12:24:05 AM
Carriers are lame. It's not even a naval battle, the attack comes from the air.  :lol:
Title: Re: A battleship for Neil
Post by: Syt on June 21, 2009, 12:33:59 AM
Quote from: Drakken on June 20, 2009, 06:55:50 PMA badly made representation: The chimney and the ovens are missing. :mellow:

Sold seperately.
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The full collection:
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Title: Re: A battleship for Neil
Post by: Neil on June 21, 2009, 08:17:52 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 20, 2009, 10:33:33 PM
Quote from: Neil on June 20, 2009, 10:22:33 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 20, 2009, 09:53:58 PM
So Neil, why do you love battleships so much more than carriers? Is it the phallic symbolism inherit in the guns?
Because the dreadnought battleship was the apex of symmetrical, hierarchical naval warfare, which I find intellectually pleasing.  It is also the most important naval weapon of the late Victorian, Edwardian and Georgian eras, a period that I am interested in.
A much better answer than I was expecting. :)
I always knows the why behind my actions.
Title: Re: A battleship for Neil
Post by: DontSayBanana on June 21, 2009, 08:51:47 AM
Quote from: Neil on June 19, 2009, 08:05:33 PM
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on June 19, 2009, 07:51:40 PM
That's impressive right there.  22 feet long and 200,000 bricks?  I wonder how much that thing weighs.
Probably half a ton.

Roughly. Depending on what was used for internal bracing, I'd estimate anywhere from 1,050 lbs to 1,300 lbs.
Title: Re: A battleship for Neil
Post by: DontSayBanana on June 21, 2009, 08:55:37 AM
Quote from: Tyr on June 20, 2009, 08:24:36 AM
I wonder how much this stuff costs. Even little lego cars and things cost over £5 these days....
And where do they get all the special bits?
Awesomly awesome though, better even than the lego super star destroyer.

http://www.bricklink.com

A lot of us "hardcore" LEGO MOC builders are also not adverse to painting parts or cutting them with an exacto knife, either.
Title: Re: A battleship for Neil
Post by: dps on June 21, 2009, 07:18:05 PM
Quote from: Syt on June 20, 2009, 08:00:37 AM
Not as big, but still cool:

(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.battlefield-1942.net%2Fforum%2Fuploads%2Fpost-8-1093630911.jpg&hash=193758d0c0ffa85a5a00b2034091a38e927259c4)

Courtesy of
http://www.mechanizedbrick.com/mb.html

Though this desert Tiger is beautiful:
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2320%2F2447649792_de681fb4b0.jpg&hash=bdae6e8eb7e97c634d774f09ccf75220c6fccaba)
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And for shits and giggles:
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The rear fuseluge of the P-40 and especially the P-51 seem strangely truncated.
Title: Re: A battleship for Neil
Post by: jimmy olsen on June 21, 2009, 07:27:44 PM
Quote from: Neil on June 21, 2009, 08:17:52 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 20, 2009, 10:33:33 PM
Quote from: Neil on June 20, 2009, 10:22:33 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 20, 2009, 09:53:58 PM
So Neil, why do you love battleships so much more than carriers? Is it the phallic symbolism inherit in the guns?
Because the dreadnought battleship was the apex of symmetrical, hierarchical naval warfare, which I find intellectually pleasing.  It is also the most important naval weapon of the late Victorian, Edwardian and Georgian eras, a period that I am interested in.
A much better answer than I was expecting. :)
I always knows the why behind my actions.
Yeah, but you often give ridiculous answers rather than serious ones.
Title: Re: A battleship for Neil
Post by: Neil on June 21, 2009, 07:47:13 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 21, 2009, 07:27:44 PM
Quote from: Neil on June 21, 2009, 08:17:52 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 20, 2009, 10:33:33 PM
Quote from: Neil on June 20, 2009, 10:22:33 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 20, 2009, 09:53:58 PM
So Neil, why do you love battleships so much more than carriers? Is it the phallic symbolism inherit in the guns?
Because the dreadnought battleship was the apex of symmetrical, hierarchical naval warfare, which I find intellectually pleasing.  It is also the most important naval weapon of the late Victorian, Edwardian and Georgian eras, a period that I am interested in.
A much better answer than I was expecting. :)
I always knows the why behind my actions.
Yeah, but you often give ridiculous answers rather than serious ones.
Rarely when it involves dreadnoughts.
Title: Re: A battleship for Neil
Post by: Drakken on June 22, 2009, 11:03:18 AM
Quote from: Syt on June 21, 2009, 12:33:59 AM
Quote from: Drakken on June 20, 2009, 06:55:50 PMA badly made representation: The chimney and the ovens are missing. :mellow:

Sold seperately.
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The full collection:
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Jesus fucking Christ... :bleeding:
Title: Re: A battleship for Neil
Post by: garbon on June 22, 2009, 12:51:52 PM
Quote from: DontSayBanana on June 21, 2009, 08:55:37 AM
A lot of us "hardcore" LEGO MOC builders are also not adverse to painting parts or cutting them with an exacto knife, either.

Is there anything that you aren't into?
Title: Re: A battleship for Neil
Post by: PDH on June 22, 2009, 12:57:13 PM
tee hee..