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| Introducing the crew of the gun ship Champlain. (URL) The Champlain is a steampunk gun ship inspired by a discussion about flying skiffs. She has a current crew of five, including Captain Arnold Benedict. Weaponry includes a bow-mounted cannon, (...) (18 years ago, 19-May-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.adventurers, FTX) !
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| (...) Hey there, Elroy, I like this quite a bit. Details of note include your hand-built railings -- of different heights, as needed -- and your swivel mounts for the small cannons. You have a single propellor on the underside. For physical accuracy (...) (18 years ago, 19-May-07, to lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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| I like it, mainly the side cannons (maybe I'll use them later ;) ) and the motor with Exo-force robot parts. Your dated pic is also great :) Congrats Luís Baixinho (18 years ago, 19-May-07, to lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks for the comments. I like the idea of two props underneath. I might try that on my next one. Like you mentioned, the laws of physics don't always apply in steampunk, which is why I went with a single large prop. For steering, I kind of (...) (18 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks! The side cannons where actually an after-thought. After adding the main cannon, I realized that the ship resembled a smaller version of something like (URL) The Philadelphia>. I couldn't add more large cannons like the original, but I (...) (18 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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