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    Default The one saving grace of _SoG_:

    No Altitude Rules. >:)

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    No expense, so far.
    Bligh.

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    Quote Originally Posted by csadn View Post
    No Altitude Rules. >:)
    No, but you DO have wind, so it evens out ;)

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    I'm with Rob on this one. Cheapest game series I've played in years !

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    No altitude rules? You forget the Turtle.

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    On July 12th, the Turtle was transported by a sloop and successfully placed in the harbor in the dark of night. Lee silently pedaled towards the British warship HMS Eagle and submerged under the ship. Things began to go badly.

    As Lee started to drill into the ship’s hull, he accidentally hit metal instead of wood. He tried but couldn’t get through. Lee had no idea where he was drilling because the sub lacked a window on top. When his air supply almost ran out, he surfaced and descended yet again. And he failed again. Lee was exhausted and was forced to pedal back to land because the harbor’s tides had begun to change. He pedaled frantically but was spotted by British sailors. Lee released his bomb in hope of distracting the British. The bomb exploded and, as Lee had hoped, distracted the British. Lee made it back to land alive, but he had failed his mission. It had not been a complete failure, however. The British did recognize the threat and moved their blockade, so the Americans could still get ships in and out of the harbor.

    The Turtle made more attacks later in the war with some success. It once drilled a hole in another British war ship but was not able to get the bomb in place correctly. The bomb exploded and damaged the ship and killed three men. However, the Turtle never sank any ships like it was originally intended.
    The first well-documented submarine attacks in history - 1777.
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    I saw a model of the turtle in the

    Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City.

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    The first well-documented submarine attacks in history - 1777.
    Maybe, as has been pointed out in various historical circles there is no actual evidence that the Turtle was ever built, and that it could have been a well constructed propaganda exercise.

    Not that it is a very popular theory of course :)

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    Well there is always the Hunley.

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    Does this mean that the submarine in The Crimson Pirate was a work of fiction? Another dream shattered!

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    How about balloons?

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    Or dragons?

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    How about Nemo's Nautilus?

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    Minis available :)

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    I have a couple of these somewhere, but the earlier one piece casting.

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    Silly me - I thought it was a picture of Stingray! I was trying to spot Troy Tempest and Phones!
    Bumblie3

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    Quote Originally Posted by David Manley View Post
    Minis available :)

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    I have a couple of these somewhere, but the earlier one piece casting.
    Those are really nice! Do you know what scale they are?

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    Quote Originally Posted by SeaRoyal20 View Post
    How about balloons?
    No.

    Quote Originally Posted by Coog View Post
    How about Nemo's Nautilus?

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    No.

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    Or dragons?

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    Not just "no", but "*HELL* NO". :)

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    Silly me - I thought it was a picture of Stingray! I was trying to spot Troy Tempest and Phones!
    You need to brush up on your SF submarine identification :)

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    Those are really nice! Do you know what scale they are?
    IIRC they are about 1/600

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    WoG meets SoG.

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    Rob.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bligh View Post
    WoG meets SoG.

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    Rob.
    Funny how the balloons and kites are flying towards each other using the same wind direction.... :)

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    Quote Originally Posted by csadn View Post
    Funny how the balloons and kites are flying towards each other using the same wind direction.... :)
    I'm more interested in the channel tunnel that is illustrated! Whatever happened to that? we spent a fortune building the new one! Do you suppose they filled it in to stop a French invasion, or did someone (Bligh) drop a heavy anchor through the roof and it leaked and filled up?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bumblie3 View Post
    I'm more interested in the channel tunnel that is illustrated! Whatever happened to that? we spent a fortune building the new one! Do you suppose they filled it in to stop a French invasion, or did someone (Bligh) drop a heavy anchor through the roof and it leaked and filled up?
    The French tried to invade through it -- but they were run down by Jeremy Clarkson in a Mercedes S-Class. >:)

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    No, but you do have to worry about rocks and shoals, and the occasional island, waterspouts, and other hazards to navigation. (i.e. that cat walking across the ocean to swat your ships!)

    Quote Originally Posted by csadn View Post
    No Altitude Rules. >:)

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    Not to mention the mermaids.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pirate Queen View Post
    The first well-documented submarine attacks in history - 1777.
    Maybe, but actually not very well documented, a lot of it contradictory and no hard evidence that it actually happened, at least not as we understand it.

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    lol ok then i do think the wind evens out the altitude detail

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    Quote Originally Posted by csadn View Post
    Not just "no", but "*HELL* NO". :)
    More like "Full Gunny Hartmann 'Drill Sergeant Nasty' NO!"

    *insert R Lee Ermey here*

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