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  Re: Green Coats!
 
(...) Better idea: (URL) That's how I made whaleboats. It worked better than rowboats back to back (though we did use Belville rowboats back to back for emergency cutters at BrickFest I)...they look pretty snazzy, too. You can build up those sides, (...) (22 years ago, 29-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates)
 
  Re: Green Coats!
 
(...) Not bad, although I think the sides of those bow pieces are too thick for such a small craft, have those awkward voids between the studs and the hull. Nevertheless, the use of 2x1x1 panel elements instead of bricks for the sides, and half stud (...) (22 years ago, 29-Apr-02, to lugnet.pirates)
 
  Longboats (was Re: Green Coats!)
 
(...) Mmmmm. And using wedge plates over the bow and stern would sort the voids. This would be worth some experimentation. I noted in the DVD release of the British tele-series Hornblower that the boats they used to land troops and supplies were (...) (22 years ago, 29-Apr-02, to lugnet.pirates)

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