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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.)
>
> 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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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 upper sections a
little higher, so that the pins don't quite bed down into the off square
slots.
The twisted ones are more or less as new condition, and as per Frank, there
are no signs of post manufacture deformity.
File the facts under excrement happens, I think ;-)
Or better still, treat it as an obscure kind of mast rot, and design a
seagoing solution!
If TLC had a replacement available, I'd take it, but I haven't bothered to
chase it up. I'm still grinning from ear to ear over getting hold of the
ship in the first place :-) Just glorious......
Richard
Still baldly going......
Check out Port Block at http://www.hinet.net.au/~rparsons/port/
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