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I neglected to comment on this in my earlier reply... (...) No more farewells, eh? (Or perhaps I'm just making much adieu about nothing ;-) ) Ado ;-) Richie Dulin Black Pot (2 URLs) Port Brique Somewhere in the South Pacifique (2 URLs) Misérable (...) (21 years ago, 29-Aug-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) Hey Steve, I like your ship! I'm not wild about the sails between the two main masts though. I think should rethink those. I like the rest. It's a great looking vessel. You really packed those cannon in, didn't you? haha Expecting a fight? I (...) (21 years ago, 29-Aug-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Welcome to the dark side. (...) Nice work! The effect of horizontally striped sails is interesting. The gaffsail and the topmast staysail are effective, but the topgallant staysail just doesn't work for me... Perhaps now you're on the dark (...) (21 years ago, 28-Aug-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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well, i decided to add more sails to my ship HMS Orion. that means that i had to *gasp* cut up lego my sails! oh well, the outcome i think is more than worth it. so, without further adieu, i give you the Orion under full sail, with square sails up, (...) (21 years ago, 28-Aug-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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Look out that Monkey took over that ship and remade it into a Battle Suit! Just the thing to take out the new renagade skelotons, arrrrrr. e (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.pirates)
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Hey all. I just completed my first ever Mech, its actually my first MOC that was not technic/robotic. I will try to get better pictures soon and an actuall webpage for it. It's raining here so I could not take the pics outside like I normally do. (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) i think that the lego Constellation looks "right" because it is such a small scale, that the finer detail dont always matter as much. for instance, it doesnt have the correct number of stays, ropes, etc, but because it is so small, these are (...) (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) The later date explains the long/thin - though not canoeish ;-) - look. (...) I see - you didn't mention any change in the other number. (...) That may be true... but it strikes me as odd that I have not heard it remarked on before. But then, (...) (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) Okay...which Constellation are you refering to? And for that matter, which one is Lego refering to? You quoted the waterline of the original, but if you talking about the photos, those are of the second one built in 1854 (whose proportion is (...) (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) -snip- (...) Of course! (...) I've had a browse of www.constellation.org, and while I wouldn't describe the real constellation as canoeish, she does seem long, narrow, and fairly straight sided. (...) You've lost me there... how would using a (...) (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) Words of wisdom, and you even wisely quote the artist first, who surely has a good eye for these kind of things. :-) (...) When I was at the Lego store in Anaheim just a couple of weeks ago, I looked at the Constellation in passing and I (...) (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) Just make sure you share them once they're developed! :-) (...) The British Man-o-war measurements could be misleading. The tumble home is definitely not accounted for (but isn't a problem in, say, the HMS Supply - nor does the Supply have a (...) (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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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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(...) Hassle of... hey! That's me! ; ) I must admit, SNOTing a scale hull is a bit of a chore, though I'm trying to develop new techniques to make it more efficient. *Trying*. (...) Okay, here's where my obsessive reading of Brian Lavery et. al. (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-03, to lugnet.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 (...) (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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(...) "Ensign, prepare to fire at these drunken pirates." "Aye, sir. Commence firing action." (...) "Enjoy it, it'll be your last." (...) "Yes! With the death of all .castle and .pirates!" (...) -Dan, having fun with Genocide Fleet, AGAIN (21 years ago, 16-Aug-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Avast ye, spacelubber! Harrr! Yon group of spacers be the mos' wretched cowards of the seven seas, arrr! Ye be not the worth of ye pittance of a bounty to hunt ye down, ye mob of dandy bilge-headed whelps! (...) Ahaar! Splice the mainbrace, me (...) (21 years ago, 16-Aug-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I see youv'e been practicing for Talk Like a Pirate Day, me hearty. Allisterrrrarrrr. ps. and a bottle o' rum. <spock>Sensors indicate: silliness.</spock> (21 years ago, 15-Aug-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Ha! You're all just jealous because you need a bigger vocabulary to be a spacehead than a pirate head. Arrr...rrr. Michaerrr...rrr. (21 years ago, 15-Aug-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.general, FTX)
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