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On Sun, 10 Oct 1999, Richard Parsons (<FJDJDo.DLJ@lugnet.com>) wrote at
06:44:24
> The tallest mast I use on the Agamemnon starts with the tall mast base, a
> main mast, the the smallest of the top mast, to which I have attached one of
> the longer topmasts (just snapped together like normal blocks), and lashed
> around with a small rope and stud piece, and a lance in the very top. That
> gets me around 52cm (20"). Even if I could figure out an elegant way to go
> higher, I'm not sure I would bother. At that size the proportional all seem
> to work out nicely.
I was playing about last night, and discovered that the tall mast base
is a firm fit on *top* of the thick mast section. So if you've got two
of the bases, you can add an extra 7 1/2" in height at the thick end,
rather than lashing bits to the top. Subject to aesthetic approval, of
course :-)
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Tony Priestman
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Tony Priestman wrote
> I was playing about last night, and discovered that the tall mast base
> is a firm fit on *top* of the thick mast section. So if you've got two
> of the bases, you can add an extra 7 1/2" in height at the thick end,
> rather than lashing bits to the top. Subject to aesthetic approval, of
> course :-)
Hey hey! Something new!
This seems to work a treat _and_ gives you a stable base for building an
extra platform part way up the mast.
I like it. I like it fine. I have a suspicion that Mr Priestman may have
enhanced shipbuilding in the legoverse. Top marks!
Richard
Still baldly going...
Speak to the Governor at http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/
PI[so,ig+++ pi++ is,ia-]++ AD++ NI+ TO---- S+ LS- A+ LM- YB66m :-)
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On Sun, 10 Oct 1999 09:59:19 GMT, Tony Priestman
<Tony@you-rang.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> I was playing about last night, and discovered that the tall mast base
> is a firm fit on *top* of the thick mast section. So if you've got two
> of the bases, you can add an extra 7 1/2" in height at the thick end,
> rather than lashing bits to the top. Subject to aesthetic approval, of
> course :-)
Arrrr. So now I know there are other mast-parts in existence, which I
don't have. And if I had them, I could make more really cool ships, with
more varied masts. And all I have to do to get these bits is to buy one or
more copies of the either of the biggest and coolest pirate ships ever (it
looks like only the BSB and SES have the base-column), which go for premium
on auction. Arrrr, indeed.
Steve
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In lugnet.pirates, Steve Bliss writes:
> On Sun, 10 Oct 1999 09:59:19 GMT, Tony Priestman
> <Tony@you-rang.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > I was playing about last night, and discovered that the tall mast base
> > is a firm fit on *top* of the thick mast section. So if you've got two
> > of the bases, you can add an extra 7 1/2" in height at the thick end,
> > rather than lashing bits to the top. Subject to aesthetic approval, of
> > course :-)
>
> Arrrr. So now I know there are other mast-parts in existence, which I
> don't have. And if I had them, I could make more really cool ships, with
> more varied masts. And all I have to do to get these bits is to buy one or
> more copies of the either of the biggest and coolest pirate ships ever (it
> looks like only the BSB and SES have the base-column), which go for premium
> on auction. Arrrr, indeed.
>
> Steve
The 6274 Caribbean Clipper has a base-column, as does 6270 Forbidden Island.
You'll find either a lot cheaper than the BSB or SES. Forbidden Island can
have it stripped out of the existing set the easiest.
Bruce
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On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, Steve Bliss (<380233d0.354140113@lugnet.com>) wrote
at 19:04:49
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> Arrrr. So now I know there are other mast-parts in existence, which I
> don't have. And if I had them, I could make more really cool ships, with
> more varied masts. And all I have to do to get these bits is to buy one or
> more copies of the either of the biggest and coolest pirate ships ever (it
> looks like only the BSB and SES have the base-column), which go for premium
> on auction. Arrrr, indeed.
Well, you could try a bit of marauding :-)
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Tony Priestman
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