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| (...) snip (...) Nice! And the parchment paper is a great idea... I'm already stealing one of your tricks for a boat I'm working on, and this makes two. One of those (URL) striped canopies> would look good - are those historically accurate? Marc (...) (19 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks, Mark! I've done a few vessels with real cloth sails, and I have to say that the paper is better looking, easier to work with, and holds its shape better. (...) Absolutely! Probably not while under sail though. ;-) Cheers Richie Dulin (19 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| (...) Fabulous! This is funny timing because I'm in the middle of researching Viking ships now for a BrikWars game. (In fact, If you could recommend good links to Viking info online, I'd really appreciate it.) (...) [snip] Really? cool. I was (...) (19 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Here are some links for more info: Intact viking ship with data and links to other ships (Swedish site): (URL) (new and ancient) and pictures of newly made ships (also in Swedish, with part ot the text in english): (URL) collection with many (...) (19 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle)
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| (...) (URL) well, Jacob PS: Any chance we'll get a "lugnet.vikings" group? (19 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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| (...) Stupid question - why not? Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (19 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| (...) All the references that I've seen have awnings like that used whilst at anchor... there are probably exceptions, though. The awning would be in the way for any sailhandling, and I wonder if the arm wasn't used to support the ridge of the (...) (19 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.boats, FTX)
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| (...) SNIP (...) Well done, Richie! It looks great with all those oars. My own longship project is limited to 4 oars per side because..it's all I have. :) (...) They look great; I'd love to pick up a couple more copies of this set to fill out my (...) (19 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| In lugnet.pirates, Suzanne Rich wrote: <SNIP> (...) Agreed! I have to chuckle, too, as I've got a half completed rework of my own long ship sitting on my work bench. I hope to complete this week to also share. SNIP (...) The set's scale is close, (...) (19 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle)
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| Excellent work Mr. Richie, now all you need is a port to sack and women to haul away. -Keith (It's all about the plunder) (19 years ago, 13-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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