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Re: MOC pirate ships
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Sat, 10 May 2003 08:36:26 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Kenneth Tam writes:
> In lugnet.pirates, Stephen Rowe writes:
> > hello .pirates! i am new to lugnet, and this is my first ever post, but i
> > have designated myself a .pirate. i have been a lurker for awhile :-( but
> > finally got involved. :-) i have been keeping tabs on the ship building
> > going on recently, and have some of my own i will put on as soon as i
> > get some good pics, but until then, i have some pics of my first
> > attempts at pirate ships.
> >
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=28098
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> Attempts? You are entirely too modest. Lovely lines on these ships – very
> smart looking ships, and nice broadsides to boot.
thank you very much! you are too kind. i was happy with them because they
were my first ships, but my second genereation is far better. i have built 2
that are more accurate, and have better designs.
> > these vessels have no names, as i did not mean to keep them around long,
> > they were just the precursors of things to come. i attempted to do research
> > into the fighting sail between the 1600s and 1840s, and i think these were
> > pretty good for my first try. the designs do need refinement though.
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> That's a pretty wide design window you've set for yourself, with some
> significant changes in design character through it. Is there any particular
> period of ship you've settled on?
i studied this period because this was where the galleon type warship really
came into its own. i decided that i liked the ships of about 1770-1820 the
best. i like the later design as opposed to the earlier ones, but i like the
beakhead prow better than the raised prow that replaced it later. i also do
not like the design of large warships with too many topsails, as the later
ones had. i cannot remember all their names. hence, the ships of this period
are my favorite.
> > the red ship is built of 2 BSB's, and the blue ones are from 4 and 5 CC's
> > respectively. i wanted to go for a french VS english thing at first, but
> > decided that the cost to build more french ships was too much (as CC's are
> > more expensive per what you get as compared to BSB's). in any case, please
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> Aha, those sames sorts of concerns steered me clear of both sorts back in
> the days when they were available, so now I'm on to the 1:1 building... not
> that I don't enjoy it! In any case, the blue can work as both French and
> British if you want to turn your future building efforts to the Union
> Jack... : )
no worries, you have a friend here. i ended up deciding to scrap my french
building program by virtue of cost, and now only build ships that fly
british colors. i know it is typical to build british ships, and i actually
wanted to build just french ones, but the cost was too high. all in all, you
get a lot of great parts from the BSB, and they are not too expensive if you
keep your eyes open and remain patient.
> > give me some feedback, thoughts, questions, anything, and it's great to
> > finally be a member!
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> Good to have you! Always good to have more shipbuilders around. At some
> point (ah, those fatal last words) I'd really like to get a list going of
> all the builders on .pirates and maybe their specialty, so we can keep track
> as the body of builders expands.
count me in as a shipbuilder!
> Anyway, splendid ships, glad to have them on the LEGO sea lanes! Certainly
> can't wait for the next generation!
hopefully soon.....ha ha ha ha! all i can say is the british forces are
going to get quite a boost! and with the danger posed by the french these
days (Le'miserable), we can use all the help we can get!
> Kenneth Tam
> Brickley's Cove
> http://members.rogers.com/brickleyscove/Home.htm
thanks!
steve
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