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(...) I almost hate to say this, but Richard has set the precedent for clone brick use in larger vessels... The MegaBloks Viking Ship from the Legends series a few years back included a number of quite long oars. Dave! (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Don, I can't wait to see more. Are you going to throw a few Islanders into the crew (Call me Queeg-Queeg)? George (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Excellent! I like how it's in winter trim in the pictures. :) Think cool...think cool...not hot and humid and nasty, nooooo... (...) !!! Those are big whaleboats (we call 'em "Filz-class Emergency Cutters" round these parts ;) ). They look (...) (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) and one part Pirate ship. I have a few questions: -Can we get any closer pictures of the bow and stern? -For a ship this size, you've done an admirable job of incorporating the patterned hull pieces; but have you considered rebuilding the hull (...) (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: MOC: First World War German Dreadnought: SMS Friedrich der Grosse
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(...) HMAS Australia it is. Somewhere around 320 long by 42 wide I think Hull design and template test complete 12 inch barrel design complete grey capability confirmed tan capability under review Being built (perhaps entirely) of heretical (...) (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) pretty cool too ;-) Richard Still baldly going... (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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Here are the links to the eight pictures I have so far of my 200 stud ship, the HMS Jolly Roger. (URL) ship has several features. The top deck comes off completely, and there is a moveable panel located at the stern as well, that lifts up to reveal (...) (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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Click below to go to the first nine digital pics of my eventually to be over six foot long (when completed with bowsprit) Lego model of a 100 foot (deck length) 300 plus ton generic New Bedford whaler. I started out to build the Nantucket based (...) (23 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: MOC: First World War German Dreadnought: SMS Friedrich der Grosse
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(...) Heh. I forgot about that when I wrote this--Australia's only capital ship, NZ's only capital ship, millions of square miles of ocean, and *bump*. Fortunately, the design flaw had nothing to do with the side protection... (...) Or _Courageous_ (...) (23 years ago, 28-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Mmmm. Research is pointing in the same direction. Either HMAS Australia (and let's not talk about the pushing and shoving with the New Zealand which kept her out of Jutland - she may have suffered the same fate as Indefatigable...), or perhaps (...) (23 years ago, 28-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
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[nb.: Scroll WAYYYY down to the end for the .admin.general item] (...) Thanks! I'm glad it has the approval of the ABS-grognards among us. :) I was warned, however, that building that ship served as an official gauntlet-dropping for you at next (...) (23 years ago, 27-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Hey, thanks! It's no pagoda--that'll have to wait for another day--but I'm partial to it as well. I thought you'd also appreciate that little front-page backstory. ;) (...) If you want to get technical, the battlecruiser _Australia_, of the (...) (23 years ago, 27-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Big pirate ship (better url)
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(...) (URL) baldly going... (23 years ago, 27-Aug-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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Okay, I finally got by brickshelf account working (I had some trouble downloading some scanned images). Anyway, please take a look at my model at: (URL) pirate ship is about 200 studs (5 feet long), and 3.5 feet tall. It has 11 cannons along one (...) (23 years ago, 26-Aug-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Just stupendous Lindsay. The snot-wise approach to hull design has worked a treat, the turrets (always my worry) are wonderful, and the detail around the superstructure is glorious. I think another day in the sun for the HMS Valhalla and HMS (...) (23 years ago, 26-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
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Whoops! The web page appears not to have worked as I intended it. Instead, please look for the brickshelf file "bigpirateship", and accept my apologies. (23 years ago, 25-Aug-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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Hi William, the links on your page point to your hard drive directory C:\ for the picts .... John (...) (23 years ago, 25-Aug-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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Hey everyone, This is my first posting, and the first MOC I have put up online. However, I think it is a good model. My MOC is a five foot pirate ship that I have been working on for a about a month now. To see the pictures, go to: (URL) comments (...) (23 years ago, 25-Aug-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I don't even know what I can begin to say, Lindsay. This is one of the most amazing models I've ever seen - the level of detail on the decks is stunning, and the color scheme is gorgeous. I've followed your advances for the past year or so (...) (23 years ago, 24-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Well, the modernist 1880-1920s would definitely be your period, I'd bet. :) There's something about the tentativeness of all that period's designs--nothing could be standard, because it was all changing so *quickly* that even standardization (...) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
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