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Re: Merchant Ship
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lugnet.pirates
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Tue, 17 Sep 2002 23:51:40 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Ben Ellermann writes:
> I made instructions for my "Merchant Ship" set and posted them on brickshelf:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=25253
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> It uses center hull base from a large pirate ship as the entire hull. I
> originally came up with a similar design in 1990 with my "Carribean Clipper"
> set. The aft of the ship has a ramp which folds down so your sailors can
> load goods from a dock onto the ship into the cabin. I think the LEGO
> oceans need a bit of diversity - this ship will help! All ships dont have
> to have cannon :)
Ahoy, Ben.
Nice work!
Although that's a very clever use of a hull centre section, I find they're
far too valuable elsewhere (until S@H has a hull centre sections pack, anyway).
Clever use of the small mast pieces for the square rigging. Real masts are
pretty thin on the ground.
I'm a bit worried about localised weather anomalies though.... the masthead
flag seems to be pointing the wrong way... ;-)
Cheers
Richie DUlin
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| (...) I completely agree - a central hull pack would be awesome - along with a mast pack! Or perhaps a series of small ships ($20-$25) - (100-150 peices; my ship has 109 peices) using the hull plate. Castle ships, pirate ships, ninja ships, explorer (...) (22 years ago, 18-Sep-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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| I made instructions for my "Merchant Ship" set and posted them on brickshelf: (URL) uses center hull base from a large pirate ship as the entire hull. I originally came up with a similar design in 1990 with my "Carribean Clipper" set. The aft of the (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.pirates)
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