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Re: Ships' Boats
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lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats
Date: 
Fri, 11 Mar 2005 22:48:37 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Richie Dulin wrote:

   The Launch. ~ The launch is a large vessel (and rightly so) It ends up being a tad over 8 studs wide, and 30 studs long. It is six wide internally, allowing plenty of room for two men for each of the four oars. A sail can be rigged as the situation requires, and can carry a small gun.


I have to say I like this one the best (although the small swivel gun on the pinnace is particularly nice.). I don’t suppose you have some better pictures of the construction? I am just not seeing in my mind how you connected the bow and stern to the midsection without taking away a lot more room in the middle.

I really need to make sure my marines have proper transport to the beach when they atta... uhm... visit Port Brique sometime in the future. :)



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  Re: Ships' Boats
 
(...) The launch is fairly easier, given the six-wide base. I use 2x plates internally running the length of the keel and boat plates (round 2x2 inverted tiles) underneath to sandwich the six wide plates of the hull and six wide bow plates. The SNOT (...) (20 years ago, 12-Mar-05, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, FTX)

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  Ships' Boats
 
Ahoy, Long time readers of .pirates may remember this (URL) post> from Richard Parsons covering many excellent suggestions for new pirate parts. One of his ideas was for sectional rowboat pieces to mate with existing 6-wide bow pieces, but providing (...) (20 years ago, 7-Mar-05, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, FTX)

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