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(...) Yes. The British Ambassador has been given a personal tour, and I think he'll be recommending that the soon to arrive British sloop-of-war is doing nothing but diplomacy... (...) Thank you. Fourteen cannon lined up side by side on the gun deck (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Thanks! And yes, below decks pics will be forthcoming. I just need an appropriately sunny day and some time. (...) Cheers Richie Dulin (22 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Thanks! The sails are a lot of work, but I am very pleased with the results. (...) It is distinctively frigate-like. It protects the helm (with the mizzen at his back), and also brings the helm - along with the captain, presumably - closer to (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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The fog has gone to my head – how about some *deeper* links!: Embarkation: (URL) Royals: (URL) we are! Beware, foes – we may not know how to use Brickshelf, but simple point-and-shoot tasks are no trouble at all... : ) Kenneth Tam Brickley's Cove (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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Good day, all. With new French threats apparantly on the prowl in the Pacific (this means Misérable, Mr. Dulin), Captain Carstairs of the Brickley's Cove squadron (such as it is) decided it an opportune time to strike at a privateer base at St. (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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Wow! Dude! DuuUUuddDDdEEee! That is one impressive ship. If you take the smaller guns into account, that's 40 guns! I love the details, such as the stacked and hanging boats. She really is a beauty. I only have one gripe: the very back. Where's the (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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One of the better representations of a small frigate that I have seen. The sails have been exceptionally well-done - the proportions of squeezing in five set with the royals and sky-sails is most impressive. Another touch I like is the boat mounted (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) THAT IS ONE FREAKIN BIG SHIP!!! I have a new project now........hehehe. On a serious note, thats a great ship. How many ship bases did it take to make it? Im really against taking apart my SES or BSB to make one, but if a RBR hull would look (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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Good lord. Warning to all British ships: stay out of the South Pacific unless well protected... : ) Excellent work, really. A standard set for us all, I should think. Her lines very much remind me of a French frigate -- very smooth indeed. (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Wowzers! Beautiful work! Any pics going to be taken belowdecks? Too stunned for words... Joe Meno (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) A very nice ship you have there. Those custom sails are fantastic. How historically accurate is having the wheel mid-deck like that? Good work, Jason +---...---+ Jason Spears MichLUG - (URL) MOCpage - (URL) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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It is finished! After many late nights I have put the final external touches on my 28 Gun Frigate, Misérable. Misérable is a worthy successor to my Light Frigate, Eponine II, but has moved the shipbuilding efforts of Port Brique to a higher level. (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.boats, lugnet.loc.au) !!
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Sorry...it's of course not a neon-light - it's a halogen-spotlight ! :) Kai (...) (22 years ago, 17-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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Hi, thnx. the light is a neon-light of a photographer - very bright, and the see : dark blue garbage bags ! ;) just the background is a painted paperboard - funny painting ;) I'll like the apple Mac OS X kind of style - so I decided to have nearly (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Well, you're better off than me ... I don't even know how to defrag my computer :D (...) Sadly, Brickalicious has been gone for two years now. :( But was she a beauty ... 24 guns, and a complement of twenty-plus officers and crew, plus the (...) (22 years ago, 14-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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*cough* *tugs collar* Well, the problem lies in my lack of a new web building program, and thus my inability to update that site at all. Last addition was that of the Riflemen a while back... well, anyway, I've just been able to get a new program (...) (22 years ago, 14-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) working. I get to the page w/ the shot of the main deck, but can't see any more photos! :( (22 years ago, 14-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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Now I'm really sad my "Brickalicious" is no-more. I had quite a few more guns a side, and two foreward -- plus a complement of Her Majestry's Royal Marines aboard. Hey, Ken, tell ya' what: I'll rebuild the ship, and you and me'll go kick some (...) (22 years ago, 14-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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Bah, your massive impressive squadron and land force doesn't frighten the Brickley's Cove Squadron of His Majesty's Royal Navy. We're in the *North* Atlantic : ) Excellent work there, Don! Have they an established port yet? Kenneth Tam (...) (22 years ago, 14-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) <snip> Now, *that's* an impressive line up. Port Brique maintains an amicable relationship with Spain... next time you're in the South Pacifique, be sure to drop in for some excellent food (and you can pick up a broom from the new broom (...) (22 years ago, 14-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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