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Re: Crooked mast extension bases...?
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lugnet.pirates
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Mon, 10 Jul 2000 22:18:07 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Jeff Johnston writes:
> In lugnet.pirates, Stephen A. Campbell writes:
> > Anyway, I'm building my 6285 Black Sea's Barracuda and I'm up to the
> > part where you put the mast parts into the 3-inch (or so) tube mast
> > base. I find the the four slots on the tubes (that fit the tiny tabs on
> > the bottoms of the masts) are rotated about 5-10 degrees off-center so
> > that when the masts and sails are installed they're on a slant (relative
> > to the ship's fore and aft orientation) and the ratlines are twisted (to
> > the right as you look forward.)
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> I've got one tall mast base that's like that too, but I got it in a trade,
> so I don't know the original source. Surprised the heck out of me when I
> found it. I figured mine was just a fluek, but now I wonder...
Hmm, I was just noticing a few weeks ago (just before Brickfest when I was
building a bunch of pirate ships) that I have one also. It looks like at one
point they must have had the mold assembled wrong (the molds are multipart),
though I would have expected it to have alignment holes to prevent this type
of problem. It definitely isn't a damaged part (the missalignment is large
enough that you would see stress marks if something had twisted it).
Frank
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 | | Re: Crooked mast extension bases...?
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| Mmmmm. I have two BSBs, one with the twist in both masts, one not. Neither of my forbidden island bits are twisted. My solution was simply to rearrange the height of the masts (as part of the Port Block refit) so that the ratlines tend to hold the (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Crooked mast extension bases...?
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| (...) I've got one tall mast base that's like that too, but I got it in a trade, so I don't know the original source. Surprised the heck out of me when I found it. I figured mine was just a fluek, but now I wonder... J (24 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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