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6285 modified
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Fri, 25 Jul 2003 14:30:21 GMT
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Ahoy!
The 6285 Black Seas Barracuda (“Schwarzhai” in German, i.e. “Black Shark”) has
been my all-time favourite pirate ship. However, when I got it in 1989 I felt
the necessity to make some modifications. For example I didn’t like the big hole
in the deck and the lack of a gaffel sail on the main mast. Also the cabin
striked me as too Spartanic. So I made some modifications. Later, when Ninja and
Adventurers were released, I was able to replace some black parts by brown ones
and add a sextant. The ship itself in this state is at least 12 years old, I
only took the pictures now.
Back than I had no scruples to alter LEGO parts. So I cut some (quite rare)
black battleaxes for grappling hooks, and I glued paper on bricks (to make a
compass). Also Minifigs weren’t safe from my cruel hands... The helmsman
appearing in one picture from the above gallery was inspired by Guybrush
Threepwood, the hero from the Monkey Island™ tetralogy. Maybe you have seen the
pictures of my poor mistreated pirate figures before.
Nowadays I never would do such modifications again. Of course. I vow it!
Bye
Jojo
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=51047
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| (...) Very nice. The standard Black Seas Barracuda/Black Shark/Dark Shark is crying out for a gaff sail. -snip- (...) Nice minifig, too. Cheers Richie Dulin (2 URLs) Port Brique Somewhere in the South Pacifique (2 URLs) Misérable Building a safer (...) (21 years ago, 27-Jul-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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