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Re: Green Coats!
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lugnet.pirates
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Mon, 29 Apr 2002 05:08:03 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> In lugnet.loc.au, Richie Dulin writes:
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> > If you have surplus rowboats, I wouldn't mind taking the saw and glue to
> > them to try my hand at a whaleboat...
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> Better idea:
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> http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~lfbraun/FdG-03-Bram.jpg
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> That's how I made whaleboats. It worked better than rowboats
> back to back (though we did use Belville rowboats back to back
> for emergency cutters at BrickFest I)...they look pretty snazzy,
> too. You can build up those sides, if you wish.
Not bad, although I think the sides of those bow pieces are too thick for
such a small craft, have those awkward voids between the studs and the hull.
Nevertheless, the use of 2x1x1 panel elements instead of bricks for the
sides, and half stud offset searting would allow side by side rowers...
Cheers
Richie Dulin
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 | | Longboats (was Re: Green Coats!)
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| (...) Mmmmm. And using wedge plates over the bow and stern would sort the voids. This would be worth some experimentation. I noted in the DVD release of the British tele-series Hornblower that the boats they used to land troops and supplies were (...) (23 years ago, 29-Apr-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Green Coats!
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| (...) Better idea: (URL) That's how I made whaleboats. It worked better than rowboats back to back (though we did use Belville rowboats back to back for emergency cutters at BrickFest I)...they look pretty snazzy, too. You can build up those sides, (...) (23 years ago, 29-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates)
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