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Re: Corsair 'Adroit Main'
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Date: 
Wed, 9 May 2007 00:56:41 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Richie Dulin wrote:
   Ahoy!

Another vessel from the current shipbuilding frenzy at Port Brique shipyards, the lateen rigged Adroit Main:



(More pics here post moderation).

The Adroit Main is an experiment in using the ten-wide bow pieces, an exotic rig on a traditionally styled vessel, and, of course, a pair of dragon wings as sails.

Any comments or suggestions most welcome.

(No, this one definitely doesn’t float ;-) )

Cheers

Richie Dulin

Hi Richie,

I like the basic look about this MOC but it seems a little square to me. All of your larger vessels have flared cabins at the rear which I’ve always admired so perhaps you could incorporate something like this here. The large axe looks a little out of place to me too.

Other than that I echo other people’s kudos on the steering wheel.

Tim



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(...) I agree that weapons traditionally considered medieval should be used sparingly in AoS (Age of Sail) MOCs, but they aren't entirely out of period, nor unheard of in Lego® models. Look just above the row boat in this image: (URL) I guess if (...) (18 years ago, 10-May-07, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)

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  Corsair 'Adroit Main'
 
Ahoy! Another vessel from the current shipbuilding frenzy at Port Brique shipyards, the lateen rigged Adroit Main: (URL) (More pics (URL) here> post moderation). The Adroit Main is an experiment in using the ten-wide bow pieces, an exotic rig on a (...) (18 years ago, 8-May-07, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) ! 

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