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| (...) Ahh, I think we've hit upon the sloop crisis. I've come to associate 'sloop' with 'corvette' -- a slightly-smaller-than-a-frigate vessel, Brig- or Ship-rigged (oh, back then my understanding is that anything less than 3 masts wasn't considered (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) One! Doesn't a sloop only have one? (...) Oh dear. (I thought if it was fore-and-aft (sloop) rigged one mast qualified it as a sloop, two as either a ketch or a yawl - ketch if mizzen in front of rudder post, otherwise yawl), not sure about (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) Splendid! This I *have* to see. A silly question: how many masts on the sloop? I've been reading up on my smaller ship classes lately (trying to figure out what I can build :) and I've found that sloops could either be brig-sloops (2 masts) or (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) So do I, but they're not pure LEGO! (...) Thanks. I'm particularly happy with the look of the corronades and the smaller cannon. I'll try to get some detail pics (or better still, ldraw them) soon. (...) The sloop is very basic compared to the (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) Thanks! (...) I'll look forward to your comments! (...) Ammunition, huh? Yes... ummm... ahhh... I haven't got that far yet... I guess a couple of boxes on the deck with 2x2 rounds (with 2x2 round tiles & 2x2 round reverse tiles) will have to (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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| Hi! Great googly moogly, it's the incredible disappearing ship! (URL) 31 pictures; go in sequence (they don't list that way, sorry). If I can figure out how to make a slideshow, I'll do that eventually. The "joy" sequence must await a good (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) Those look very, very nice. Extremely, well, LEGO in execution-- in the sense that they use a lot of the "authentic" LEGO solutions to issues of geometry and so forth. I'll have to look at them more closely and make critiques later-- it's been (...) (22 years ago, 6-Apr-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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| but it's probably not as bad as my officer's uniforms ;-). Hey, i liked 'em! Ahoy me heartys! I havent posted in a while so i think you new comers dont now me. Names david gardner im 11 and i live in utah (blah!) Too the point, very nice ships. i (...) (22 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) I used the RBR technique of 4x1 hinges and 4x8 wing plates to sweep the sides in, to approximate the curve of the hull section. It'll be interesting to see if/how the 2002 curve pieces might work with hulls. (...) Brown is a problem.... I (...) (22 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) Mmmmm. Always a problem - Lego does not support well the kinds of broad and graceful curves and non cubist spaces favoured by the shipbuilders until rather recently. Modern ships one can do reasonably well snotwise, and there is enough grey (...) (22 years ago, 4-Apr-02, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au)
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