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| Always wanted to build a model ship out of LEGO: (2 URLs) Click the picture or: (URL) The ship features two decks below, one top side, 54 LEGO cannons, removable deck plates to check out the inside. The entire models breaks into three sections to (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jun-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, FTX) !!
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| (...) Cool, Ben! Lots of details, inside and out. It appears to be around 1:48 scale; were you pretty meticulous to actual details in your rendition? (translation: how close did you approach the status of "rivet counter":-) I must say, however, that (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jun-04, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| I knew I wanted to get the number of cannons correct so I worked off of that. I originally built a cross section of the hull in three different scales before choosing the final scale. I reckon it's closer to 1:72 or 1:60 scale in terms of the ships (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jun-04, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| Impressive! Kind of makes me want to build the HMS Surprise, the ficticious frigate from the Patrick O'Brien novels, and more recently the movie. It's a little smaller than Old Ironsides. I'm going to bookmark that for inspiration. (20 years ago, 7-Jun-04, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| (...) i wonder how long it would take to upgrade to this in a game of pirate wars. seriously this is one cool moc. hopefully i'll get to see it in person. coming to brickfest? ondrew (20 years ago, 7-Jun-04, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| (...) The ficticious adventures: the HMS Surprise was a real ship. -->Bruce<-- (20 years ago, 7-Jun-04, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| (...) Ahoy there! You've certainly started at the top! (...) It's always good to see another vessel on hand to fight the English! (...) There's some great work there. You've done a nice job of styling a hull out of bricks, particularly the detail (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jun-04, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| (...) Hello Ben! that is quite a nice ship! i like the brick hull, it allows you to build bbigger ships than the lego ones do. BTW, how long did it take to get the correct hull shape? ah yes, i like the way you built up the masts, i may have to (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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