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Re: The Fighting Iron-Top {Monsoon}
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lugnet.pirates
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Tue, 15 Mar 2005 02:38:15 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Peter Blencowe wrote:
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Well it’s my lunch break so it thought I would introduce my Sunday afternoon
project the Fighting Iron-top Monsoon :
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/oranges/Monsoon/monsoon_002.jpg
I know this strays fairly far into the realm of phantasy. Move the thread if
it’s wandering out of place.
Please critique for what it is.
The Monsoon is meant to be the first Imperial armored steamer. The paddle
wheel is housed internally (there is actually a housing for it inside so I
know where I can put other stuff) you can see there is a raised section on
the upper deck to protect it.
I was inspired to make this after seeing Stephen Gabriel’s Paddle Wheeler
on his Pirate Gaming page.
The Monsoon started as an idea in my mind a sort of hybrid between an early
Union iron-clad like the Monitor and Captain Nemo’s Nautilus (of which
Stephen Gabriel also has a very nice rendition). At first, it was only the
size of launch but as I built it just kept getting larger and larger until I
could not avoid using standard ship parts.
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Nice execution. I think if you could use angled plates for the topsides, rather
than staggered bricks, it would look better. Using sloped bricks would also look
good, I think.
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I am pleased with what emerged but its still not quite done. It needs
interior details all that’s in there now is the paddle wheel housing and the
cannon. And speaking of cannon, I still need to add at least two more to make
it a finished product.
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Cannon in those pre-made gun ports is always a plus! Well done.
A nice touch!
Those pics are *very* large... Nice and clear, but too big, I think.
Cheers
Richie Dulin
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| (...) Thanks! You are right about the sloped bricks but I don't have enough of the longer kind. But I may still include slopes into the final version in some way since I think that I may add a partial middle deck for mounting cannon thus requiring (...) (20 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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