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shipbuilding techniques (was Re: Report: ISS Advatange Refit)
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lugnet.pirates
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Sun, 9 May 2004 23:28:52 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Wesley Davis wrote:
> Well, YOU suggested it :P
Yes I did. I may live to regret it ;)
> I'd love to discuss shipbuilding techniques. I'm always looking to improve.
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> I just recently discovered the crow's nest by looking at a photo of one from
> below. (That's why I included such a photo in the post at the top of this
> thread).
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> There's lots of things we can discuss. I think most of them are
> modifications.
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> Let's see:
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> Expanded Mast Platforms and crow's nests
I have made my own mast platform without using the Lego piece, by putting those
1x4 plates with the bar in the yard-holes (they are exactly 5 studs apart if you
use one on each side at the top of the bottom mast-piece).
No, that didn't make sense - look at pic instead
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=725543
> Adding forward (and rear) chaser cannons on turntables
> Custom sails (definately cool)
> Building and storing lifeboats
> Studs-up yard design
I'm pretty stumped on all of these. I don't think I've ever managed to fit
boats to my ships without it looking stupid, and my biggest ship so far has only
had 4 cannons, so yeah.
> Figureheads
> Internal compartmentalization
> The recurring problem of "How to make the interior accessible"
My biggest problem! My latest idea -
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=725559
though this could get impractical with larger ships ;)
> Starting a ship
Bah, this one is easy... just grab some hull pieces and let your hands wander.
It's finishing that's the tough one.
> making cool-looking aft sections
http://news.lugnet.com/pirates/?n=3581
Best sterncastle ever :P In fact one of my favourite creations I've seen here.
Yo ho ho, a pirate's life for me,
Michael
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