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Re: New vessels set sail!
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Sun, 13 Jul 2003 22:58:40 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Stephen Rowe wrote:
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In lugnet.pirates, Richie Dulin wrote:
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In lugnet.pirates, Stephen Rowe wrote:
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well, i finally got around to taking pictures of my ships. and, to follow
up on my own observation about posting creations, i give you, without
further adieu, Her Majesty’s Frigate Reciprocity, and Her Majesty’s Sloop
Orion. (no resemblance to the real orion)
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=49565n (orion)
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=49559 (reciprocity)
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i really really like the red and white sails, even though they are not
accurate. i also like the black white and yellow color scheme of the BSB, but
when taking pictures, it is hard to make out details, because there is so
much black.
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It really is a great colour scheme, LEGO really hit the nail on the head first
time out!
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To my eye, the Orion’s mainmast is too far aft, and I think both vessels
could benefit from some tumblehome in the hull shape... but steep slopes are
hard to come by...
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i see what you mean about the mast being too far aft. i originally had it
farther foward, but the ship seemed..... unbalanced. it looked as if too much
of it was up front, instead of evenly spread out, if that makes any sense. i
tried it other ways, but ultimately i decided i liked it better a little
farther than they traditionally were. actually, the decks of both ships
narrow on the way up the sides. again, you cant make out details very well
with the black parts. the Orion narrows by way of tall slopes, which you can
kind of see in this pic:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=452606
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My apologies... (I’ll blame all the black) I missed that entirely!
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and the Rec has a row of regular 2x2x1 slopes that allow the upper deck to be
narrower than the lower deck. i think i would have to take pictures along the
side of the ship to be able to see the slopes, but, all three ships are
narrower on the top deck.
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these 2 ships are fine examples of british ships.
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Indeed they are!
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i tried to be as accurate as i
could be, and i have made many improvements over my first attempts at
ships. the Rec has 20 guns, while the Orion is a 14 gunner. they are both
built for looking good while being functional, at which they excell. :-)
the Rec is 4 center sections long, and the Orion is 3. i like to use Lego
BSB sails, and found that anything longer than 4 center sections was too
long, and did not look right with the BSB sails on it. i tried my own
custom sails, but never got the hang of it, so i decided to scrap the idea
and stick with what i knew.
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Have you thought about taking some scissors to one? You could probably get
two gaff sails out of a main...
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thats something i have considered in passing, just not seriously enough yet
to try it. i do have some left over upper sails.....hmmmmmmmm :-)
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They’d look really good with some extra fore and aft sails...!
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Cheers (and happy Bastille Day!)
Richie Dulin
Liberté - Egalité - Fraternité
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Somewhere in the South Pacifique
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| (...) thank you! (...) i really really like the red and white sails, even though they are not accurate. i also like the black white and yellow color scheme of the BSB, but when taking pictures, it is hard to make out details, because there is so (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jul-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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