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Old 08-03-2018, 03:01 PM
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A Floating dock.

Here are the first steps of a project that I am working on.
Half of the project is almost done;










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Old 08-03-2018, 03:02 PM
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Looks good!
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Old 08-03-2018, 03:15 PM
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Thanks! I am planning to put a ship in it.
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Is it too early to ask which ship?
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Old 08-03-2018, 03:29 PM
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Is it too early to ask which ship?
good question
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Old 08-03-2018, 03:39 PM
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Nope, RMS Olympic.
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Nope, RMS Olympic.
ooo la la very fancy
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just don't sink the floating dock, the other two died already
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Old 08-04-2018, 12:44 PM
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Aleem Ahmed,
The Floating dock needs to be sunk to let a ship come in or out.
That's the whole reason of a floating dock.
Raising a ship out of the water would have taken about 3-4 hours.



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Old 08-04-2018, 02:12 PM
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Aleem Ahmed,
The Floating dock needs to be sunk to let a ship come in or out.
That's the whole reason of a floating dock.
Raising a ship out of the water would have taken about 3-4 hours.



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i realized that later also an attempt at a joke about the other two ships of that class
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Old 08-04-2018, 07:50 PM
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Forgive me but this seems to be a titanic project of olympic proportions....

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