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(...) Thanks! (...) The fore and mainmasts are quite fragile... the main is based on a 2x2x11 (IIRC) round brick, the fore on several 2x2's. That, combined with the high-mounted ratlines prevents them being too strong. The fore-and-aft rigging helps (...) (21 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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Richie, WOW, That is one awesome vessel! I really liked the masts and the sails, very detailed. This is really impressive, how much does it weigh? Congratulations on an awesome accomplishment. Jon (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) The very same idea occured to me when I was building HMS Flame the first time – I was trying to approximate the forward hull of a smooth-lined ship, and I had four of those from an aqua set of some sort... my problem came in trying to get (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) <snip> (...) While I still think the big issue is hulls, I was dissassembling an Ogel underwater base last night, and have begun wondering about (URL) as the basis for a big ship. Not that the Misérable isn't big enough for me at the moment, (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I think not... the profile seems too rounded and too tall, and the texture is different. (...) No problem for me ;-) Is it just me, or do others think that Mega-blox is increasingly going down the route of large, specialised pieces that we (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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I've seen the same image and wondered. I very much doubt these keels will be compatible with TLC hulls, but depending on how many of those decorations can be stripped off, you might be left with a hull base suitable for a pirate-era ship -- albeit (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle)
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(...) The smaller parts (bricks & accessories) are compatible (Purists may not like them on Purity grounds), but the hulls themselves almost certainly will not be. You're right about the rocks-at-sea and historical-compatibility issues, though! (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle)
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Those heavily armored knights would sink like rocks out at sea. I'm not sure if the parts are compatible, but I'm sure it's not historically compatible. ;) -Aaron "Richard Noeckel" <shroud_of_kung_fu@hotmail.com> wrote in message (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle)
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~Dragons Man O’War £49.99 July: (URL) you think these hulls will be compatible with TLC’s hulls. There looks to be some adequate Pirate accessories. Of course, this is only for those who aren’t purist! Thanx, --==Richard==-- Oh and, for the a few of (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Much ablidged, though it's only slightly bigger than that of Port Brique... : )Don't worry, we're looking in to recruiting more Riflemen to bolster the force, and I'm toying with a hussar idea (though 'toying' is the only word for it right (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Just so. Sneaking is a business for the night, I find, and thus is best left to port, where you have firm locations on targets. Guns hardly play a part then (unless you face a particularly diligent crew). I wouldn't care to try to run down a (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) (Just did a quick scan of the house...) Certainly the Endeavour (albeit a barque) in the mide-late 18th century and the Supply (albeit a brig) in the late 18th/early 19th century had and used spritsails as well as jibs... I've seen a print of (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) <snip> That's an impressive force! I do like the torso designs. (...) (URL) ? (...) Well, if one was planning a long voyage, the Misérable would be the vessel for the trip. Actually, with the abundance of white BURPS at the moment, I'm (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Which is a nice idea, but it appears to be most un-French. If the Misérable were a British vessel, where the captain dined on stodgy salt pork and pease the smell of gunpowder could only improve the meal, but on a French Vessel, gunpowder in (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) ;-) One has to have *something* to intimidate, after all. (Yes, a three masted, twelve gunned, sloop of war (three centre sections) - a 'pocket frigate' perhaps. And without a Hornblower clone to be seen!) Cheers Richie (21 years ago, 20-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) All I know is, if I'm facing that many troops, I'm bringing my AT-TE!!! :D (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) This is why their Lordships granted 'Friendly' 18-pounder Carronades. Not that I plan on testing the theory... : ) (...) Working on it! Wait, did you say British sloop? : ) Kenneth Tam Brickley's Cove (URL) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) But one doesn't count those smaller guns ;-) (...) Well spotted! There are some nine pounders that can be run out in the captain's cabin, but some poop deck stern chasers would be nice as well. The view from the poop deck (let alone the (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) It makes the stock Black Seas Barracuda look a bit underpowered... (...) Indeed. I owe my direct inspiration to the HMS Agamemnon out of Port Block, though. (And I still remain uncomfortable not be able to accomodate the entire crew in the (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) One bow, one stern, six centre sections and 90 inverse 2x2 slopes (and 12 1x3 inverse slopes to anchor the stays!). (...) Two RBR's is an excellent base for a ship (my Eponine II was built on such a base) and you have a few useful parts left (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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