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Re: The Fighting Iron-Top {Monsoon}
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lugnet.pirates
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Tue, 15 Mar 2005 12:53:39 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Richie Dulin wrote:
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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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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 firing ports in the armour.
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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.
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I do like them there but I wish I could get them to face either foward or to the
side rather than Tilted. internal space is an issue though so they may stay that
way.
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A nice touch!
Those pics are *very* large... Nice and clear, but too big, I think.
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Shooting out side is almost a must with my camera. The flash inside makes stuff
look like it was taken at night with a spotlight on it. I should just adjust the
size setting on my camera but I’m usualy rushing to post so I forget. More
pictures after I work on the new version!
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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. (...) Cannon in those pre-made gun ports is always a plus! Well (...) (20 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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