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Longboats (was Re: Green Coats!)
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lugnet.pirates
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Mon, 29 Apr 2002 07:13:42 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Richie Dulin writes:
> 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.
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> 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.
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> Nevertheless, the use of 2x1x1 panel elements instead of bricks for the
> sides, and half stud offset searting would allow side by side rowers...
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 large enough for rowers port and starbord, and space for a
trooper in the middle, in addition to space fore and aft. These things
seemed HUGE.
And worth modelling :-)
Richard
Still baldly going...
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| (...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 29-Apr-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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