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| (...) thats some good advice, thanks! i think i will try to stiffen my material up, so it will hold better. i did not think about the cardboard template, but i will try it! i am trying to build accurate sails for the period, and have to figure the (...) (22 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) i wonder if they have that at my local fabric store. :-) the stuff i have right now is a heavy 100% cotton canvass. it is relatively stiff, but i may try to stiffen it up. (...) i found that 2x1 plates with the rod attached perpendicular to it (...) (22 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) <snip> (...) Richard Parsons used a combination of shorter and longer mast parts for the Agamemnon (see (URL) The short top mast sections have a vertical row of studs). Hmmm... looking at the pics there may still be a shortage of arm mounting (...) (22 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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| In lugnet.pirates, Tom Reed writes: (Some good advice on sail making). Just a couple of extra points - The product I used for the Misérable and the Intracty was a US product called "Stiffie" (!) I used a standard paper hole punch for the rigging (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) Hi Steve, What I've found that works best for punching holes is a leather punch tool! It looks like a set of pliers only it has a wheel on the end. It allows you to select different sizes for the holes by dialing the wheel to the correct size. (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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| hi! i have come to an impasse. i am trying to build custom sails for my ships, but have hit a couple of difficulties. first, what does one use to punch or cut holes to mount them, and how do you cut them so they bulge correctly? i have tried a (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) >>Frank (...) Unix is a computer operating system. It predates Windows, MacOS, etc. The joke here is that any file that starts with a . is a hidden file in Unix. Since you've delurked you're no longer hidden so you should remove the dot : P (...) (22 years ago, 10-May-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) thank you very much for the compliment, but im sorry, i am not sure what Unix is. (...) thanks steve (22 years ago, 10-May-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) 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. (...) i studied this period because this (...) (22 years ago, 10-May-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) thank you very much! (...) actually, the cmaller one was reincarnated into the larger one. at the height, i had 6 CC's. i actually sold the large blue one on ebay to continue to fund my building of red ones, and i sold the unused CC also. (...) (22 years ago, 10-May-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) Nice ships, but now that you're not a lurker anymore, you're a pirate not a .pirate.... (sorry for the geeky Unix reference...) Frank (22 years ago, 9-May-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) smart looking ships, and nice broadsides to boot. (...) 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? (...) (...) (22 years ago, 9-May-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) Ahoy, new pirate poster! (...) Precursors of things to come. Wow. (...) 4 and 5? Does that mean you have 9, or that the two ships are two incarnations of the same parts? Awe, envy, awe. (...) I'm very impressed (and will ponder the pics at (...) (22 years ago, 9-May-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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| 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 (...) (22 years ago, 9-May-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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| I read the header as "Johnny Thunder steals the Victory!". Now *that* would have been a post worthy of .pirates! Cheers Richie Dulin (22 years ago, 2-May-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.fun)
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| A blitz in the last 2 days made Johnny the victorious minifig, only 7 votes ovber Blacktron 1 who had lead by a good margin the whole month. But Johnny has been around for a while too and it's no surprise to see him elected in the Minifig Hall of (...) (22 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.fun, lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.western, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground)
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| (...) News travels slowly in 1803... I'm not much good with numbers ;-), so I thought I'd set Port Brique 200 years ago and leave it at that... (...) As Mrs Palmier, resident of Port Brique said to Commander Stalwart-Hope: "You came in that? You're (...) (22 years ago, 27-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) His Majesty's Navy reaches every corner of the globe... eventually. (...) 1803? Going to be leaving in a hurry, is she? : ) (...) *Every* British ship is a *wonderous* sight to behold. : ) (...) Whaa? French stealing lines from English ships? (...) (22 years ago, 26-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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| Using some custom torso designs, I've come up with: A Spanish Officer (or possibly a French dragoon officer or... or...) (URL) Port Brique Fire Brigade (and those paper epaulettes really *don't* work) (URL) Dulin (22 years ago, 26-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| Ahoy! At last, a British vessel of note in the waters of Port Brique!! Sailing into Port Brique harbour late one April morning in 1803, the sloop-of-war Intractable under the command of Commander Reginald Stalwart-Hope was a fine sight. Locals (...) (22 years ago, 26-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.boats) !
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