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| (...) Interesting. (thanks for the "stupid" question, Mark. I was wondering too.) I've felt funny planning a prominant "front end" to my boat because I read that they made them to travel in either direction (hence the mast being positioned dead (...) (19 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, FTX)
| | | | | those crazy Vikings (Was: Viking Longship)
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| (...) I read that the Vikings didn't use saws to make their boats. That's pretty amazing. (...) Ha! Well, you know I'd love to, but I'd take flak from the masses for being even more of a compartmentalized dork, right? ;-) In my own defense, here's (...) (19 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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| In lugnet.pirates, Suzanne Rich wrote: <SNIP> (...) Agreed! I have to chuckle, too, as I've got a half completed rework of my own long ship sitting on my work bench. I hope to complete this week to also share. SNIP (...) The set's scale is close, (...) (19 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle)
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| (...) SNIP (...) Well done, Richie! It looks great with all those oars. My own longship project is limited to 4 oars per side because..it's all I have. :) (...) They look great; I'd love to pick up a couple more copies of this set to fill out my (...) (19 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| (...) All the references that I've seen have awnings like that used whilst at anchor... there are probably exceptions, though. The awning would be in the way for any sailhandling, and I wonder if the arm wasn't used to support the ridge of the (...) (19 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.boats, FTX)
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| (...) Stupid question - why not? Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (19 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, FTX)
| | | | | More information about viking ships (Was: Viking Longship)
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| (...) (URL) well, Jacob PS: Any chance we'll get a "lugnet.vikings" group? (19 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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| (...) Here are some links for more info: Intact viking ship with data and links to other ships (Swedish site): (URL) (new and ancient) and pictures of newly made ships (also in Swedish, with part ot the text in english): (URL) collection with many (...) (19 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Fabulous! This is funny timing because I'm in the middle of researching Viking ships now for a BrikWars game. (In fact, If you could recommend good links to Viking info online, I'd really appreciate it.) (...) [snip] Really? cool. I was (...) (19 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Thanks, Mark! I've done a few vessels with real cloth sails, and I have to say that the paper is better looking, easier to work with, and holds its shape better. (...) Absolutely! Probably not while under sail though. ;-) Cheers Richie Dulin (19 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| (...) snip (...) Nice! And the parchment paper is a great idea... I'm already stealing one of your tricks for a boat I'm working on, and this makes two. One of those (URL) striped canopies> would look good - are those historically accurate? Marc (...) (19 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, FTX)
| | | | | Viking Longship
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| Ahoy pirate fans and well met castle fans, The Vikings sets are vool, but after visiting the Vikings Exhibition at the Australian National Maritime Museum in January, I decided to experiment with building some more accurate (after a fashion), viking (...) (19 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.boats, FTX) !!
| | | | | Re: "Izanami's Revenge" - space pirate vessel
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| (...) I would beg to disagree with richie on this one (URL) you wish to read it from the start (yes above is the final part:P ) oceans unmoving. part 1 (URL) 2 (URL) Bun-bun's back Aaron (19 years ago, 27-Mar-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| Thanks Allister and Richie. I do appreciate the replies. (...) Richie, thanks for pointing out my ignorance of real world piracy. I know.. this is what I get for cross-posting to lugnet.pirates. But seriously, this is good feedback. I've gotten a (...) (19 years ago, 26-Mar-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| (...) Nice space ship! But I'm not getting the pirate part of it. Besides saying "This is a space pirate ship" and "Arr! This be a space pirate ship!" what is it about this vessel that makes it a pirate ship? I don't think traditional piracy would (...) (19 years ago, 25-Mar-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| (2 URLs) Brickshelf> (URL) MOCPages> This is a space pirate ship, inspired by the menacing, spiky ships from Harlock and other anime. I started working on this back in December but didn't have time to finish it. After sitting in a box for three (...) (19 years ago, 24-Mar-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, lugnet.pirates, FTX) !!
| | | | | Re: IndyLUG's Castle layout @ C&P Expo
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| Where is the chicken from? (URL) like the elves. And the little MOCs like the cart. And the chicken. (19 years ago, 4-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
| | | | | IndyLUG's Castle layout @ C&P Expo
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| On the weekend of February 25 & 26, IndyLUG displayed at the Child and Parent Expo at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis. Half of the layout was Castle/medieval themed. Thanks to Matt Bieda, Jeramy Spurgeon, David Gregory, John Kyle, Alex (...) (19 years ago, 4-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
| | | | | Announcing Brickvention 2006!
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| Well folks, it's finally here! The first all-Australian public LEGO fan expo, Brickvention 2006! To be held in Melbourne, Australia, on June 10-11 2006, Brickvention is still in the planning stages, but we are currently working on: Presentations (...) (19 years ago, 1-Mar-06, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX) !
| | | | | Condor Re: MINI LEGO Event in San Diego, CA March 3rd to 5th
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| A reminder about Condor this coming weekend. (...) One of the prizes will be the snack sized version of Serenity: (URL). (...) We're still on track for this. We'll have gaming most of the day Saturday and Sunday, and possibly some Friday night. (...) (19 years ago, 28-Feb-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.org.us.sandlug, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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