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HMS Floater
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Date: 
Wed, 9 May 2001 22:27:55 GMT
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By happy coincidence, I managed to throw together the upper decks &
rigging of my first foray into big ships, HMS Floater, and buy a digital
camera in the same couple of weeks.

The result is my first serious MOC for about 20 years, some pictures of
which can be seen here:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=4470

I'll eventually get something more informative together, but I just want
to show off :-)

The next one will be bigger, with useful things like hatches to get from
deck to deck. But I think that she is nicely minifig scale.
--
Tony Priestman



Message has 3 Replies:
  Re: HMS Floater
 
(...) Wow, that is a big ship, how many cannons does it carry? I feel sorry for any pirate that tries to mess with that. I'd love to a more detailed model with interior shots, too. George (24 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.pirates)
  Re: HMS Floater
 
Tony Priestman wrote in message <3gqtgBArRc+6EwF0@yo....co.uk>... (...) digital (...) of (...) That's a very beautiful ship, Tony! I like the way you've used the std hull pieces as a base and worked up from them, and especially the rigging, with the (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.pirates)
  Re: HMS Floater
 
(...) I am really impressed by the detail and effort put into this ship. I am surprised that you are going to tear it down and build a bigger better one, but I can only believe that it will be astounding! As far as this one goes it's a testament to (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.pirates)

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