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Re: Old pirate models
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lugnet.pirates
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003 01:15:27 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Kenneth Tam writes:
> In lugnet.pirates, Richie Dulin writes:
> > Way back in 1998(?), I had very few pirate sets (2 Imperial Bastions, the
> > smallest armada set, and one pirate minifig set IIRC), but quite a few basic
> > bricks.
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> That's it? Puts Port Brique in a whole new light -- *very* well done to go
> from a small resource base to becoming the dominant French concentration in
> the South Pacific!
Up until January 2002, I wasn't sure if it was going to be "Port Brique' or
'Port Brick', but following a prisoner exchange with Port Block, the French
achieved a certain dominance...
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> > Finally, I found a single photo of my most ambitious pre-French Squadron
> > pirate project, the second 'Revenge':
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/rdulin/pre99/brickrevenge1.jpg
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> > It's beam was 24 studs, and although it never got rigged, it was going to be
> > a brig. I still think it looks pretty good, and now I've acquired a few real
> > ship parts I'm think it could look very convincing... hmm....
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> Owing to my latest building efforts, I *really* like these brick-built
> vessels. The 24-stud beam revenge looked very nice... ever think of building
> another such brig these days?
It won't be long until my new French 28 is launched. It uses standard hull
sections... after that there are a few other projects (including a partial
rebuild of Port Brique).
Another brig would be a possibility, but I think if I was going for another
brick built hull, I'd go for something a bit larger. (The tesselation is
less obvious, the larger the ship is).
> Great stuff, Richie! Nothing like a dose of history... well, in historical
> building...!
I'm glad that I took those pics - and found them again. Times (and building
styles - and scale) have certainly changed.
Richie
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| (...) That's it? Puts Port Brique in a whole new light -- *very* well done to go from a small resource base to becoming the dominant French concentration in the South Pacific! (...) Very nifty -- it's like a microcosm of fortress design throughout (...) (22 years ago, 18-Mar-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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