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In lugnet.pirates, Richie Dulin writes:
> Indeed. Except for the monkeys.
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> And I have my doubts about those anchors, too - they're just not going to
> hold a large frigate in place in anything more than a slight breeze (or a
> mild current). And if the tiny anchor does, by some minor miracle, hold,
> then that spindly bit of string (albeit doubled) attaching anchor to ship is
> going to snap pretty quickly.
If it bothers you that much, use a couple of chains from adventurer/castle
sets. The day Pirates is about realism is the day I pack my loot and head
over to .space :)
> Can you tell I've been thinking about anchors recently?
Never... I just put my blue gungan anchor on a 'refitted' Armada Flagship.
Obviously they had some paint left over from when they did the sails :P
> Also, another critical supply for ship building (especially for fully decked
> ships) is gun port lids (which is I believe the technical name* for those
> 2x2 flags which keep the weather (and seas) out. Finding two 2x2 red flags
> was one of the highlights of my build of the Sopwith Camel!
You can get these in Blue and Red in the new Soccer sets. Something to look
out for when they hit the clearance bins...
Michael Dallaston
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| (...) Indeed! And there's always the anchor-out-of-bricks solution too. (...) Probably an anti-rust treatment of some sort. (...) Well spotted! Blue and red are the best colours too... Cheers Richie Dulin (22 years ago, 11-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) Indeed. Except for the monkeys. And I have my doubts about those anchors, too - they're just not going to hold a large frigate in place in anything more than a slight breeze (or a mild current). And if the tiny anchor does, by some minor (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au)
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