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Re: HM 20 gun Frigate Minotaur
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lugnet.pirates
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Mon, 2 Aug 2004 03:35:04 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Stephen Rowe wrote:
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hello! i finished my most recent ship, HM Figate Minotaur. she is a light
frigate, with 20 guns on the upper deck, and 4 carronades on the top deck.
(much smaller than the real Minotaur, a 74, but her color inspired me, so i
named mine after the original) she is 4 center sections, normal width. i made
a full set of sails for her, with course, top, gallants, and royals.
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Nice work again! The colour scheme isn’t one I would have expected to work...
but I wouldn’t have expected the light grey/blue scheme to work either.
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i had to make the masts very high, so i actually used a short mast base and a
middle mast section with a mast platform, and attached a complete mast
assembly of a tall base, middle section, and top section, to get tall fore
and main masts. i had to fabricate some fighting tops, as the mast platforms
were in the wrong spot. actually, after i built the tops and attached
everything, the masts were pretty sturdy........until i added the stays.
ironic, huh...
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They are nice and tall! I wonder if it would be worth moving the top sections 2
studs forward? It would make the masts less stable though...
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anyway, the goal of this ship was to break up the straight lines that lego
lends itself to forming, as ships are not straight, but rather the hull is
curved.
please let me know what you think!
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You’ve succeeded masterfully in breaking up the straight lines! The stern is, of
course, another work of art.
The details on the deck - the twin wheels (if only Lego had have used an axle
hole rather than a technic stud...), the boats, the capstan, the carrronades -
really complete it. And that fore-to-aft curve... magnifique!
Adieu
Richie Dulin
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| (...) well i was inspired by a picture i have of the real Minotaur in one of my books. of course, the real one was more of a light burgandy, and less bright red, but i think the Lego red worked out pretty well! i actually like it better thean the (...) (20 years ago, 2-Aug-04, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| hello! i finished my most recent ship, HM Figate Minotaur. she is a light frigate, with 20 guns on the upper deck, and 4 carronades on the top deck. (much smaller than the real Minotaur, a 74, but her color inspired me, so i named mine after the (...) (20 years ago, 31-Jul-04, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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