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Re: Crooked mast extension bases...?
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lugnet.pirates
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Mon, 10 Jul 2000 17:59:19 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Stephen A. Campbell writes:
> Anyway, I'm building my 6285 Black Sea's Barracuda and I'm up to the
> part where you put the mast parts into the 3-inch (or so) tube mast
> base. I find the the four slots on the tubes (that fit the tiny tabs on
> the bottoms of the masts) are rotated about 5-10 degrees off-center so
> that when the masts and sails are installed they're on a slant (relative
> to the ship's fore and aft orientation) and the ratlines are twisted (to
> the right as you look forward.)
I've got one tall mast base that's like that too, but I got it in a trade,
so I don't know the original source. Surprised the heck out of me when I
found it. I figured mine was just a fluek, but now I wonder...
J
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Crooked mast extension bases...?
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| (...) Hmm, I was just noticing a few weeks ago (just before Brickfest when I was building a bunch of pirate ships) that I have one also. It looks like at one point they must have had the mold assembled wrong (the molds are multipart), though I would (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.pirates)
| | | Re: Crooked mast extension bases...?
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| (...) I have examples of both types, but naively assumed it was deliberate. Possibly related (but probably not) is the existence of two slightly different versions of the tall rigging part. IIRC they differ in height by about half the width of one (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Crooked mast extension bases...?
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| Folks: Arr and all that. Anyway, I'm building my 6285 Black Sea's Barracuda and I'm up to the part where you put the mast parts into the 3-inch (or so) tube mast base. I find the the four slots on the tubes (that fit the tiny tabs on the bottoms of (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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