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Start of New Bedford Whaler up on Brickshelf
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Thu, 30 Aug 2001 20:10:23 GMT
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Click below to go to the first nine digital pics of my eventually to be over
six foot long (when completed with bowsprit) Lego model of a 100 foot (deck
length) 300 plus ton generic New Bedford whaler.
I started out to build the Nantucket based whaleship 'Essex', but scale
questions between its ship length and its whaleboat length in the plans in
the Philbrick book left me confused, and saw me switch to a longer and more
generic New Bedford whaleship.
All dimensions are based on connecting two Lego set #5986 (Amazon Ancient
Ruins) 5 and 5/8 inch rowboats together (stern to stern) to create a 25 foot
whaleboat. Whaleboats were pointed at BOTH ends for safety reasons, but the
whale's tail was still often quicker.
Five extended height minifigs (hopefully properly dressed) laid end to end
(and five feet tall) equal the length of a 25 foot whaleboat, and everything
follows that scale.
As the pics show, I only had four rowboats, so I so far have only two of the
six whaleboats a whaler of this size normally carried. I am still seeking
more 5 and 5/8 inch long brown rowboats.
I named the whaleship 'TESS', because I wanted to deal with only 'square'
letters, that is, those letters with horizontal and/or vertical members.
The top of the mainmast will tower about 40 inches above the tan weather
deck. Bracing it is already a challenge, and it will get worse as I go higher.
Pirate ship pieces have been used where applicable, but since this ship is
much larger, I have had to scratch build most of it. The whaleboat davits
are a good example, and so is my 'crazy' rigging scheme. If anyone has any
better ideas for whatever, please share them with me.
If you wish, please go see the pics at:
http://brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=6602
More pics will be added as building continues.
Thank you,
Don Bruce
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| (...) Excellent! I like how it's in winter trim in the pictures. :) Think cool...think cool...not hot and humid and nasty, nooooo... (...) !!! Those are big whaleboats (we call 'em "Filz-class Emergency Cutters" round these parts ;) ). They look (...) (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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