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Re: HMS Floater
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Thu, 10 May 2001 21:48:55 GMT
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Tony Priestman wrote in message
<3gqtgBArRc+6EwF0@you-rang.demon.co.uk>...
> By happy coincidence, I managed to throw together the upper decks &
> rigging of my first foray into big ships, HMS Floater, and buy a • digital
> camera in the same couple of weeks.
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> The result is my first serious MOC for about 20 years, some pictures • of
> which can be seen here:
That's a very beautiful ship, Tony! I like the way you've used the std
hull pieces as a base and worked up from them, and especially the
rigging, with the way the stacked studs of the string pieces look like
blocks.
My only criticism is the way the brown shroud pieces attach to the
hull. I've almost never seen this done "beefily" enough to look
realistic, or far enough down the hull. Partly it's a limitation of
those pre-built rigging pieces themselves, they are very awkward to
use. This pic (http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=7856)
shows my own attempt, and although I think the attachments are in the
right place the Lego clips just don't look big and solid enough.
This pic of the Endeavour replica isn't too bad at showing what I
mean:
http://www.tallship.co.uk/tallships/issue012-01.phtml?orderID=
There ought to be another set of shrouds above the fighting tops too.
Next time I do a ship I'm going to buy a reel of black string and do
it all that way :-)
Kevin
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| On Thu, 10 May 2001, Kevin Wilson (<GD534p.28L@lugnet.com>) wrote at 21:48:55 (...) Yes, another happy accident :-) The trouble with the studded string is that there are only two lengths. To get the variability I needed, I had to double up & wrap (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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