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In lugnet.pirates, Richard Parsons writes:
> I'd like that too, but I guess I can build bases out of just about anything,
> but ships need the bits that come in ship sets - hulls, masts, ratlines,
> cannons, ship's wheels, anchors, and monkeys.
Indeed. Except for the monkeys.
And I have my doubts about those anchors, too - they're just not going to
hold a large frigate in place in anything more than a slight breeze (or a
mild current). And if the tiny anchor does, by some minor miracle, hold,
then that spindly bit of string (albeit doubled) attaching anchor to ship is
going to snap pretty quickly.
Can you tell I've been thinking about anchors recently?
Also, another critical supply for ship building (especially for fully decked
ships) is gun port lids (which is I believe the technical name* for those
2x2 flags which keep the weather (and seas) out. Finding two 2x2 red flags
was one of the highlights of my build of the Sopwith Camel!
Cheers
Richie Dulin
*Check out http://www.navyandmarine.org/ondeck/1800gundrill.htm which calls
them 'lids' and provides lots of other interesting info.
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| (...) If it bothers you that much, use a couple of chains from adventurer/castle sets. The day Pirates is about realism is the day I pack my loot and head over to .space :) (...) Never... I just put my blue gungan anchor on a 'refitted' Armada (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) No no no. Don't think of it as scuttling. Just think of it as one hell of a refit. Can't be done? The hell you say. Port Block Yards does it all the time :-) (...) I'd like that too, but I guess I can build bases out of just about anything, (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au)
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