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Re: My New Silver Cannons.
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lugnet.pirates
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Fri, 22 Oct 2004 02:52:11 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Daniel Yuhas wrote:
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Now as soon as I saw his cannon, I wanted to make one too.
I searched for months to find some of those chrome 2x2 round bricks.
Finally I found a bunch on eBay and snatched them right up right away.
I finally decided to make two cannons because hey, two is always better than
one, especially when it comes to cannons.
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Absolutely!
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So I then started searching for silver belville buckets.
I could not find any bricklink store that sold more than one, and I never saw
any on eBay ever.
Finally, a little more than a month ago, I found a store which sold two, and
bought them right away.
I took Tom’s idea a little further, and instead of having grey pieces on the
back of it, I was determined to find a way to make it completely silver.
Here’s what I came up with. I’m very happy with it...
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/DYuhas/Pirates/Misc/SilverCannons/01silver.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/DYuhas/Pirates/Misc/SilverCannons/02silver.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/DYuhas/Pirates/Misc/SilverCannons/03silver.jpg
I know the base for it doesn’t look great, but there’s a reason I made it like
that, which you will see when I make the ship. It has it’s purpose.
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I would have said that the base is too far toward the breech... there’s a lot of
weight in front... but if it has a purpose, then it’s cool.
I’m looking forward to seeing these two in the context of a ship.
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Now, you’re probably wondering how I made the back all silver.
What I did was take a lightsaber, with the blade in the small x-shaped end,
and put two of those chrome pieces often used as headlights over it, then slid
a 2x2 chrome radar dish over the blade. Then I put a chrome 2x2 round brick
over that, built the base part and then added the rest of the chrome bricks
and bucket with a technic bar piece going through the middle of it all, which
makes it very very strong.
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/DYuhas/Pirates/Misc/SilverCannons/04silver.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/DYuhas/Pirates/Misc/SilverCannons/05silver.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/DYuhas/Pirates/Misc/SilverCannons/06silver.jpg
I can hold onto the end and hit the cannon against my mousepad and nothing
comes loose or breaks off at all.
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That’s a great durability test! More mocs should be tested that way ;-)
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After there was success with the first I made the second one.
So now they’re just sitting around my room until I start the ship...
Let me know what you think.
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Well done on improving an already very good idea!
Cheers
Richie Dulin
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| (...) I made the basic base for the cannon now. It's not very realistic at all, but good for playability. There is support for the front of the cannon too. It's very hard to explain how they will be on the ship without pictures, so I guess you'll (...) (20 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| I have finally finished my silver cannons for a ship I am planning to make in the future. It was not my idea, I was inspired by Tom Reed's creation "Booming Betty": (URL) as soon as I saw his cannon, I wanted to make one too. I searched for months (...) (20 years ago, 17-Oct-04, to lugnet.pirates) !
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