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Re: Narrow boat hull middle
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Wed, 19 May 2004 04:10:32 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Michael Dallaston wrote:
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In lugnet.pirates, Chris Yoder wrote:
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Hello, it’s me, your friendly Dread Pirate Clangador again. =)
I have several ships I’ve built over the past couple weeks that I’ve not
taken pics of yet. I hope to do that soon and post them. I just have a
comment. Do you know how rare the small boat hull middle is? Very rare. And,
that is very annoying. If anyone has a good place I can pick up some of
these, please do post it. I looked at Bricklink, but I couldn’t find much
there.
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Very rare indeed. They only came in one of the imperial guard sets and the
Armada flagship, I believe.
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It is a pity there isn’t one in dark grey.
I think a reasonable centre section can be constructed from bricks, plates and
inverse slopes (IIRC the secret is putting the inverse slopes under a plate,
not on top). It’s not a perfect match, but can be reasonably convincing. Using
bricks also lets you have centre sections other then eight studs long.
My Revenge
uses a four stud centre section, and looks quite acceptable to me (noticeable,
yes). YMMV of course.
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On a more general note, how often do people use narrow centre-sections? Even
with one it can get a bit canoey unless you build up right IMO.
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My bomb ketch Fantine is a single centre section vessel, and has (I think) nice
proportions. You could even delete the mortar and add a foremast if you wanted.
Two would seem a bit too long, but you never know... particularly if you’re at
the more modern end of the scale. (I’d mentioned a schooner I have planned, but
Port Brique isn’t delivering much of late).
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But then I am more the tubby-type anyway ;)
Michael
(Building a narrow ship w/one centre section...but hoping I can build it up
right)
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Adieu
Richie Dulin
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| (...) Here's my first attempt to build a ship with a center section from bricks. (URL) think it looks okay, but I'm not totally finished with the ship yet, so that could be part of the problem. I see I'm not going to be able to get a grey middle (...) (21 years ago, 19-May-04, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| (...) I had totally forgotten, something I have done before also - The ol' (URL) Fido> uses a two-stud wide centre section, and it blends in quite well IMO ,the trick is to get the colours to match smoothly. Perhaps another subject in the mythical (...) (21 years ago, 19-May-04, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| (...) Three of my four ships that have hull sections have center sections made out of bricks. Inverted slope pieces to be exact. I put them under the plate on two of my ships, and another, The Freedom has the plate very close to the bottom, and it (...) (21 years ago, 19-May-04, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| (...) Very rare indeed. They only came in one of the imperial guard sets and the Armada flagship, I believe. What colour are you after? I'd imagine the white ones are a lot easier to come by on Bricklink (check out aussie sellers; the AF's were on (...) (21 years ago, 19-May-04, to lugnet.pirates)
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