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Re: The Canoe Myth of .pirates
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Wed, 20 Aug 2003 18:38:28 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Richie Dulin wrote:
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Warning: The below may well include a little more analysis than is really
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The Canoe Myth of .pirates
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wow richie, this is quite an analysis! it has been awhile since i last posted,
but i just have to participate. you number analysis was quite in depth, and the
conclusions were interesting. lego’s hulls do lend themselves to be shaped like
a canoe when strung together, but i think it is not because of the number of
hull sections, but the lack of any type of progressive hull curvature along the
length of the ship. what i mean is, the beam was not the same at any one point
on the ship. as you walk down the side of a ship, you can see that the ship is
not bowed only at the bow and stern. if you look at a topdown cutaway of the
decks, they bow outward until about 1/3 of the length, then they straighten out,
then begin to bow inward again, but at a less extreme angle, where they finally
get to their narrowest at the stern. legos hull parts are perfectly straight.
only the bow and stern sections are bowed, or show any taper at all. now, this
works for smaller ships because the tapering sections are proportionally correct
for the ship, but when you string hull parts together, they just become more and
more straight, hence, the “canoe” look. now, as you said, if one builds the hull
up nicely, you can help to break the canoe look up, but at some point, it begins
to look like a double decked canoe! personally, i like to stick with ships with
4 center sections. i can build these ships large enough to get a respectible
number of guns on them, but they do not begin to look unwieldy. however, that is
just my opinion.
you made another interesting comment about the masts. i have a problem with the
lego masts: they are a fixed size (diameter). this sonds funny, but on large
ships, the masts that look just right on 4 center section ships, begin to look
thinner and thinner in relation to the size of the ship, so while one can go
high, one has more problems trying to make the masts appear beefy. as with all
lego, there must be more than one way to skin a cat, but i havent run across it
yet!
great discussion topic by the way, hopefully my 2 cents contributes!
thanks
steve
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| (...) Good thoughts, however: (1) the LEGO consitution looks 'right' doesn't it? Despite being even narrower than it should be for its length and (2) the stern taper can be represented in the top part of the hull, if necessary. Maybe, I should spend (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| Warning: The below may well include a little more analysis than is really needed... The Canoe Myth of .pirates ===...=== Background I've just completed an enjoyable few hours building my 10021 USS Constellation. For a 1978 set, the original set (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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