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Re: Curved Bow
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Date: 
Wed, 26 Jul 2000 22:56:36 GMT
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In lugnet.boats, Alan Gerber writes:
I've found a good way to make curved bows, like on the Titanic.  Take a heck • of
a lot of 1x2 bircks, build two walls of the same length, attach them at a 90
degree angle, then bend the wall to attach to two other walls, to make
the curved walls.  (I make no sense, do I?)
Alan

The problem with that is that making a forecastle deck would be almost
impossible. I still prefer the basic brick steps.



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  Re: Curved Bow
 
(...) I'm still a fan of using the 1x4/2x2 brick hinge to simulate the bow--I'm experimenting with four-section variable curve bows, but I don't have the construction room to build it up as I'd like (I had a 48-wide ship that was doing OK). So I've (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.boats)

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  Curved Bow
 
I've found a good way to make curved bows, like on the Titanic. Take a heck of a lot of 1x2 bircks, build two walls of the same length, attach them at a 90 degree angle, then bend the wall to attach to two other walls, to make the curved walls. (I (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.boats)

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