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In lugnet.pirates, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> Tony Priestman wrote:
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> > Can I request more pics of the rigging? The ratlines(?) look a bit
> > threadbare, but the overall effect is very shiplike :-)
>
> I'll see if I can get any. It is a bit threadbare--I don't have enough
> TLG-approved rig to do what I want to do, not to mention not having any sails
> cut! :)
Have you considered taking Lego string out of convenient unused winches? I've
found that in general, clamping the end of a string between bricks is as good a
hold as the little 1x1 round ends.
Come to think of it, you could actually even use the broken strings you
mentioned before, if you haven't disposed of them.
eric
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Lorbaat wrote:
> In lugnet.pirates, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
>
> > Tony Priestman wrote:
> >
> > > Can I request more pics of the rigging? The ratlines(?) look a bit
> > > threadbare, but the overall effect is very shiplike :-)
> >
> > I'll see if I can get any. It is a bit threadbare--I don't have enough
> > TLG-approved rig to do what I want to do, not to mention not having any sails
> > cut! :)
>
> Have you considered taking Lego string out of convenient unused winches? I've
> found that in general, clamping the end of a string between bricks is as good a
> hold as the little 1x1 round ends.
>
> Come to think of it, you could actually even use the broken strings you
> mentioned before, if you haven't disposed of them.
I've used them, but in "wrap" form--sandwiched into some other construction. But
the cording seems too thick to hold well between bricks. The thread, as you noted,
will work between 'em--the problem is that I only had one piece of unused thread.
:) I like my cranes to have complete winches, after all.
However, I have no doubt that Consumer Affairs will let me get new threads, seeing
as how this is standard-use breakage, and what's more, it's breakage of things that
had been unused before--the tape was still on them.
best
Lindsay
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