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Just wondering if anone could enlighten me as to which sets [if any] had a
mast base that has the 4 'dints' for the mast to sit in on an angle to the
sides of the mast base, instead of being front, back, left and right? I got
a mast like this in a collection recently, which contained instructions for
6274 and 6285, but wasn't sure if it was from one of these, or a faulty
part. There are no stress marks, so I'm fairly certain it's not the result
of something twisting it.
Thanks for any info,
Benjamin Whytcross
b_whytcross@hotmail.com
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In lugnet.pirates, Benjamin Whytcross writes:
> Just wondering if anone could enlighten me as to which sets [if any] had a
> mast base that has the 4 'dints' for the mast to sit in on an angle to the
> sides of the mast base, instead of being front, back, left and right? I got
> a mast like this in a collection recently, which contained instructions for
> 6274 and 6285, but wasn't sure if it was from one of these, or a faulty
> part. There are no stress marks, so I'm fairly certain it's not the result
> of something twisting it.
>
> Thanks for any info,
>
> Benjamin Whytcross
> b_whytcross@hotmail.com
Hello Benjamin
Search for 'crooked mast' to find the discussion about these masts.
Henrik
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In lugnet.pirates, Henrik Ewald writes:
> In lugnet.pirates, Benjamin Whytcross writes:
> > Just wondering if anone could enlighten me as to which sets [if any] had a
> > mast base that has the 4 'dints' for the mast to sit in on an angle to the
> > sides of the mast base, instead of being front, back, left and right? I got
> > a mast like this in a collection recently, which contained instructions for
> > 6274 and 6285, but wasn't sure if it was from one of these, or a faulty
> > part. There are no stress marks, so I'm fairly certain it's not the result
> > of something twisting it.
>
> Search for 'crooked mast' to find the discussion about these masts.
Now that the search engine is back online, he can! :)
Aaaanyways, I finally got one of these crooked mast bases. They're
all the 9H (I think) sort, as I've never had a crooked short one.
I got the parts from a Mr Kanehl :), so there's no clue as to their
provenance setwise--although he did have a BSB and a CC hull in
there so I'd bet it was from one of the two sets. I have the other
sets that contain one--RBR and the island set--and both of those are
"straight." AFAIK not all masts from any one set are crooked,
only some...
Actually I sometimes wish I had more, to build a ship with slightly
turned masts...
best
LFB
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Mr L F Braun wrote:
> Aaaanyways, I finally got one of these crooked mast bases. They're
> all the 9H (I think) sort, as I've never had a crooked short one.
<snip>
> Actually I sometimes wish I had more, to build a ship with slightly
> turned masts...
If you're serious, I'll swap you mine for a 'normal' one...
J
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Jeff Johnston wrote:
>
> Mr L F Braun wrote:
>
> > Aaaanyways, I finally got one of these crooked mast bases. They're
> > all the 9H (I think) sort, as I've never had a crooked short one.
>
> <snip>
>
> > Actually I sometimes wish I had more, to build a ship with slightly
> > turned masts...
>
> If you're serious, I'll swap you mine for a 'normal' one...
I would also. I think the twist is enough to make the rigging not work
too well.
--
Frank Filz
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In lugnet.pirates, Frank Filz writes:
> Jeff Johnston wrote:
> >
> > Mr L F Braun wrote:
> >
> > > Aaaanyways, I finally got one of these crooked mast bases. They're
> > > all the 9H (I think) sort, as I've never had a crooked short one.
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > > Actually I sometimes wish I had more, to build a ship with slightly
> > > turned masts...
> >
> > If you're serious, I'll swap you mine for a 'normal' one...
>
> I would also. I think the twist is enough to make the rigging not work
> too well.
I'm not fully 100% serious. Actually I'm considering using them
as tall steampipes for paddle steamers--we'll see how it turns out.
best
LFB
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