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Re: Start of New Bedford Whaler up on Brickshelf
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lugnet.build
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Thu, 30 Aug 2001 23:06:00 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Don Bruce writes:
> Click below to go to the first nine digital pics of my eventually to be over
> six foot long (when completed with bowsprit) Lego model of a 100 foot (deck
> length) 300 plus ton generic New Bedford whaler.
Very nice!
> All dimensions are based on connecting two Lego set #5986 (Amazon Ancient
> Ruins) 5 and 5/8 inch rowboats together (stern to stern) to create a 25 foot
> whaleboat. Whaleboats were pointed at BOTH ends for safety reasons, but the
> whale's tail was still often quicker.
Those large rowboats look like they join very well - much better than the
smaller ones, and are a much nicer representation of a whaleboat than using
traditional 6 wide hull piece.
> I named the whaleship 'TESS', because I wanted to deal with only 'square'
> letters, that is, those letters with horizontal or vertical members.
It's also short, and you can't overate the importance of using short names,
when building them from bricks. As one who has a ship named 'Speculative
Endeavour", I should know :-)
> More pics will be added as building continues.
I'm looking forward to them with much anticipation!
Cheers
Richie Dulin
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| Thank you, Richie. There are four prongs in a row sunk down on each stern to join them together. The connection is not that secure so I have to handle each two piece boat carefully. The small rowboats have no prongs at their stern, so that ended my (...) (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.build)
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| Click below to go to the first nine digital pics of my eventually to be over six foot long (when completed with bowsprit) Lego model of a 100 foot (deck length) 300 plus ton generic New Bedford whaler. I started out to build the Nantucket based (...) (23 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.build)
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