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(...) The vikings have the reputation of being fairly piratic ;-) (...) That's a nice raiding fleet! (...) A good choice! Cheers Richie Dulin (22 years ago, 29-Mar-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Keith, This looks great, I really like the level of detail you've added. The wave and swimmer is nice, the quay and tunnel (with stealthy Ninja) is very nicely done. Thanks, George (22 years ago, 28-Mar-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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I don't know if this is the right subject to post on .Pirates, but I have added to my Viking fleet and would like you to see it. I was going to redo my second Viking ship, I set out the parts and started to lay down the plates and instead built (...) (22 years ago, 28-Mar-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) But the French Squadron of Port Brique has the advantage of consisting of a brig and a pair of chase maries (sloops in the modern sense of sloop) assisted by three single cannon sailing gunboats. And they have the even bigger advantage of not (...) (22 years ago, 27-Mar-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Ahoy, Very nice work! I particularly like the sea wall design shown in (URL) it's always reassuring to see red coats on the losing side! Cheers Richie Dulin (22 years ago, 27-Mar-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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Good lord! Horse Guards must be informed of such a slaughter -- I pity the next of His Majesty's Ships to visit that port seeking rest and resupply! Love the fort -- and the water texturing is excellent. Good number of decapitations, too -- gotta (...) (22 years ago, 27-Mar-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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Submitted for your approval, the Imperial General's seaside hacienda, where he get away from the day-to-day grind of bringing justice to pirates. Watch as the sleepy beachfront is assaulted by a never-before encountered foe, the army of the Shogun! (...) (22 years ago, 27-Mar-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) If it's a British squadron, you needn't worry -- I always blame my shortage of manpower on the fact that the small population of Britain is crewing the LARGEST and MOST SUCCESSFUL fleet of the period, and arguably the most successful relative (...) (22 years ago, 27-Mar-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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Hi Don, Great work on the Viking raider -- like Richie says, it'd be great to see in in action! Who knows, a good shallow-draught landing boat could be useful in a multinational fleet... really good for getting up rivers, as I'm pretty certain (...) (22 years ago, 27-Mar-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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Hi Mike, Well, once again, just a splendid piece of building. And hats off to the excellent custom work you managed with Utile Plast -- I really think you should give lessons to us lesser mortals in that regard... : ) And of course, excellent choice (...) (22 years ago, 27-Mar-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Thanks for the Bomb Ketch pictures! that is going to be about the size of it...in fact, almost none of my ships will be bigger then that. However, i think i could handle the ships you have in harbor. because, here is my fleet: The British (...) (22 years ago, 27-Mar-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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Hey thanks for all the praise. It makes the effort worthwhile. (...) The Oars, well. I wa sout bid on a large lot on Ebay, but the buyer was kind enough to sell me half the lot, then I purchased 10 at a very affordable C3 from wbuhr.de on Bricklink, (...) (22 years ago, 27-Mar-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Yeah, i know its not for ship action. Like in Hornblower, he uses his bomb ketchs to rip apart a french corvette-privateer at anchor in a bay. my purposes for a bomb ketch is that the Privateer fleet in my storyline-well, its base is the wreck (...) (22 years ago, 27-Mar-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) <snip> (...) Here's a link to a scale model of a bomb ketch: (URL) bomb ketch is rigged as a ship, but without a formast (ketch = 2 masts). Possibly converted from a frigate or sloop, but more likely purpose built. Historically, ketch's were (...) (22 years ago, 26-Mar-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Blockade Port Brique? At the moment, it's missing a flagship, the light frigate /Eponine/ having recently been sunk. A replacement is currently under construction, but if you get in quickly, you'll only have the 12 gun brig /Madame Thenardier/ (...) (22 years ago, 26-Mar-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I like the viking galley! Do you have plans for a small english village to raid? (The sail design looks more germanic than viking to my limited knowledge of such things - is it of scandinavian origin?) Cheers Richie (22 years ago, 26-Mar-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Or man one broadside, and do anything with the sails... Or man one broadside, and repel boarders... :-) (...) No small ambition. If they weren't British, I'd wish you luck! ;-) (...) Have a look at my bomb ketch: (URL)Cannons. Oohh... I've got (...) (22 years ago, 26-Mar-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Oh, sorry. i looked again and i see it has two masts. a bomb ketch is a cumbersome ship that has only three guns on each side. its sails are large and unweildy. lugsails, i think they are called. however, its main armorment is two large (...) (22 years ago, 26-Mar-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Great looking ship, wonderful idea. Got a laugh seeing the 'prisoner/slaves'. Very refreshing. Keep up the good work. (...) your pix, Mike. Hugh (22 years ago, 26-Mar-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Look again, the Brig has two masts. (...) what does a bomb ketch look like? My fleet has American, British, French, Dutch/German and Spanish crews. No pix yet. (...) Thanks, when I get more parts, I will convert my other Viking ship to look (...) (22 years ago, 26-Mar-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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