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Re: In praise of the Red Beard Runner (6290)
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Tue, 12 Feb 2002 23:51:14 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Richie Dulin writes:
> THE IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE:
> The forward ratlines need to meet the deck. This shouldn't be too difficult,
> either by raising the rail or adding a ladder.
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> I need to go out and buy some unbleached calico to make some more sails. I
> reckon two the size and shape of the included ones, plus two slightly
> shorter and broader one's rigged below, and a jib or two (definitely two),
> should do the trick. And come up with a better aft sail too. Early
> experiments indicate that simply double ranking the sails will make the ship
> look *a lot* better.
>
> Fill it with cannon. I can fill the cannon tracks (both sides) using my
> stock of red based cannon, and still have a pair of cannon left.... and
> there's definitely space for another cannon track on board ;-). Shouldn't be
> too difficult to build another one in. • [snip]
> Anyway, I highly recommend the RBR. It may not be anywhere near as good as
> the earlier big ships, but it has huge potential.
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> The Armada Flagship is cool too, but I think you'll need two to build a
> great ship, while the RBR is much closer to being a great ship on its own.
> (Just stock up on those cannons from S@H!)
>
> Pics soon.
I've made some minor changes and added some sails.
I used the RBR sails as templates for the topsails and the gaff, used an
Armada Flagship lanteen as a template for the jib, and extrapolated the
mainsails from the RBR topsails. They are very boring white at the moment,
but will soon be transfered to a much more pleasing calico.
I filled all the available cannon slots with cannon, and added a lot more crew.
The whinch strings has been re-routed to free up the short string, which was
in turn joined to the string previously under the bowsprit as a forward stay.
The forward ratlines were extended with ladders, which is by no means a
perfect match, but I think looks significantly better. You can see it in
this pic:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=118868
I think the fully rigged ship looks a lot better than the original:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=118865
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=118866
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=118867
I'm please with the result, but it still falls well short of a great pirate
ship. Having recently seen some of the creations from Port Block Yards in
the ABS (and the PBY ocean going ships are ABS, not like their spaceship
counterparts!), I'm inspired to build something a bit better than a RBR, and
my RBR, rerigged as it is, isn't likely to last much longer.
Cheers
Richie Dulin
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