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(...) -snip- (...) Nice work on the sails. The X cut sounds like a good idea - I've used a paper hole punch, and have often found that the hole is slightly too big. And threading the jib seems like a good option to save them slowing travelling down (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jul-04, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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My second ship is here - the Spanish xebec Delfín! You can see her here: (URL) A xebec (or chebeck, if you prefer) was originally a ship built by the North African Barbary Coast pirates and operated from such cities as Tunis, Tripoli and Algiers. (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jul-04, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) Wow! Reminds me of my own move several years ago - I had to support my town on a sheet of plywood so it wouldn't fall apart. (Shudder) (...) I'm happy everything went well, Richie, and nothing was too damaged. (...) Big things are planned, eh? (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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Luis, With every upgrade this gets better. I especially like how you did the crennelations and the new details on the tower. Is this the ultimate version, or do you have further additions in mind? Bruce Hietbrink (20 years ago, 23-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.pt, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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Hello Luís, Yes indeed, this verson has better proportions. Substantially improved are the battements round the top terrace, those small pinnacles on the crenelles made of cones 1x1 make it look much more like the real life tower. I'm not sure about (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.pt, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) The ageing brig, the Madame Thenardier will, once again, be called on to fly the flag for the French in the South Pacifique. Capitaine Legeaux, even with only twelve guns, is not one to be underestimated. (...) Studding sails? Nice. (...) (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jul-04, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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em português no fim (URL) Belém Tower (aka St. Vincent Castle) - Lisbon Portuguese National Monument built in 1520; declared "World Heritage site" by UNESCO in 1983. This is the 5th version, built for the first public exhibition by PLUG (Portuguese (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jul-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.pt, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, FTX) !!
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(...) Miserable will be on the stocks for a while, huh? itll be easy pickings without her around. :-) the men will be happy to have another Brit around, hopefully that project will come to fruition! or, you could build a companion for Mis..... hey, (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) Well, there's a partial rebuild of the Misérable planned: stern design has been moved forward (mostly by you!) in leaps and bounds since the Mis was put together. I do have a whole BSB with a spare centre section and mast standing by for the (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) Neither! They would be secured to belaying pins to a rail on the inside the hull above deck. For Lego purposes, using the rail would be okay, but I'd be inclined to use a solid section of rail. If there isn't a solid section, I'd tend to (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) hello Mr Dulin! glad everything went okay with your move. look forward to see what youve got in the works, its been a while since weve seen anything big from ya. can you share with us what youve got planned? on another note, you had to build (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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hello! i have a question for those more versed in ships than myself. i intend to make set of mainsails for my ship im working on, and was wondering: are they attached at the bottom via ropes to the outer deck rail, or are they attached to a yard? (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) snip (...) snip (...) Andrew, You can find templates of most of the pirate sails in my brickshelf folder: (URL) are full size scans there with a scale reference for size. I hope this helps... Tom (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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People who follow news of Port Brique ('news' you ask... more often it's excuses), will recall that not much has been happened in Port Brique for a while (except for a couple of SNOT sloops a couple of weeks ago). You may recall one of the reasons (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) Hi Andrew, I think it's neat that you're going to be building pirate ships! I'm not sure if they will be the "flying" type or the ordinary, "water" types, though :) If you're building the "flying" type, I wouldn't bother building hulls out of (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jul-04, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) hello! i just saw this today, totally missed the entire discussion. anyway, if your looking for parts, i usually plug for Ebay, bricklink is great, and you can always find what you need there, but you may have to pay a bit for it. i use both (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) Yes, I "dug around" and I liked it a lot! I like your flying island most of all your things, but the (URL) comes in a close second. I like (URL) this guy>, too. Maybe you might consider doing a version 2 of the island? Y'know, I'm mostly a (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) Hi Andrew, Glad you liked my unnamed village! Check out the (URL) original post>... Whew! Dusty. Um. As for airships, you should try seeing what damage you can do with these (URL) boat bow bricks>. I dunno if you dug around in my brickshelf (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) Maybe you should transfer your "Stir Up Trouble About Bley" campaign away from .loc.au and into .pirates, to even the noise up a bit... ;-) Cheers, (URL) Sci-Fi LEGO> (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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(...) Thanks. Now that I think about it, there are a few things I think I might want to put in... But that's for me to know, and you to find out! Andrew (20 years ago, 15-Jul-04, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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