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Ahoy all, A little advanced technology from the shipwrights of Port Brique, the Guerre de Roue: (URL) More pics (URL) here>, post moderation. The Guerre de Roue was built out of parts on hand, and you can probably tell a few areas where I was (...) (17 years ago, 14-May-07, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Corsair 'Adroit Main'
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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 (...) (17 years ago, 10-May-07, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | Re: Corsair 'Adroit Main'
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(...) 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 (...) (17 years ago, 9-May-07, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | Re: Corsair 'Adroit Main'
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(...) Avast you scurvy bilge rat! Uh, I mean... I like the simplicity of the design, clean white stripe, simple sail configuration. I've been planning to use the larger bow pieces for a pirate ship myself, so it's nice to see that it can work. Oh I (...) (17 years ago, 9-May-07, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | Re: Corsair 'Adroit Main'
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A very nice little ship. The sterncastle and rudder assembly has very nice lines and those swivel guns amidships are well done. The masts and sails are also well done. I do think the catheads seem a little too long but such a minor nit, not really (...) (17 years ago, 8-May-07, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | Corsair 'Adroit Main'
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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 (...) (17 years ago, 8-May-07, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Re: Merchant Brig 'Nonlibre Billet'
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I like it just because of the unorthodox color and plate-built masts. David (17 years ago, 8-May-07, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | Re: New Ship for His Majesty's Navy
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(...) Hi Christopher! Some good work here. I like the lookout, and especially love the different custom designs you used for the cannon and carronades. Also, thank you for the historical write up. I always enjoy that sort of supplement. Thanks for (...) (17 years ago, 8-May-07, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | Re: HMS Inevitable
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(...) Yeah, I've been out of the loop, but I do get the impression that my old lugnet haunts get a lot less traffic these days, now that theme-focused forums are on other sites too. (I personally still like it here; maybe it's a generation gap (...) (17 years ago, 8-May-07, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, FTX)
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| | Re: HMS Inevitable
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(...) Holy moley--five months without a comment?!? Outrageous! I'm always impressed by Pirate-era MOCs, in large part because I have close to zero skill when it comes to building boats. The Inevitable is a fine looking vessel with a lot of (...) (17 years ago, 7-May-07, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Merchant Brig 'Nonlibre Billet'
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Nice little ship. I assume they are carrying the finest wines and cheeses. I like the lines of the bow. There is something charming about the forecastle. Although when looking at the bow-on view I was reminded of the sloping front of CSS Virginia (...) (17 years ago, 7-May-07, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) They got rid of my 26 lb of Hg that I had at work...apparently, it is toxic or some such? (...) Several train weights...or rolls of Pennies. Speaking as one with experience of boats floating the wrong way up... James Powell (17 years ago, 7-May-07, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | Re: Merchant Brig 'Nonlibre Billet'
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--snip-- (...) Maybe you need to install a mercury bath. It may be viscous and dense enough to support the boat. (...) Perhaps a train weight would help. (...) Well it seemed more apt than portside. (...) Perhaps you could try a sailing vessel of a (...) (17 years ago, 6-May-07, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) It probably depends on the liquid on which one tries to float it. Though I haven't tested it on water, I am pretty sure that it won't float, unless one broadens the definition of float to include 'sinking more slowly than expected'. But even (...) (17 years ago, 6-May-07, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) Hi Richie, Am I currect in thinking this can float? If so I think a lot of leeway can be given for the rest of it. I agree it's not quite up to your usual high standard but I'm sure the version 2 will do justice to your aims and goals. (...) (17 years ago, 6-May-07, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | Merchant Brig 'Nonlibre Billet'
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Ahoy, Something different from the shipyards of Port Brique (and something that didn't work out quite as well as planned either), the merchant brig Nonlibre Billet. (URL) More pics are (URL) here>, post moderation. It'll probably get a rebuild at (...) (17 years ago, 6-May-07, to lugnet.pirates, FTX) !
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| | New Ship for His Majesty's Navy
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Folks, While waiting for enough capital to finish the main deck of the Surprise, I decided to retool an old set and build a two masted sloop of war. The photos can be view at the following link. (URL) sloops could range from one to three masts and (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-07, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Bilges
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Folks, I am still diligently working on my HMS Surprise, and have reached a quandry. How to make the bilges. I have a few ideas that I was thinking of making up and posting if I have time. If anyone has any suggestions, I would be endebted. (...) (18 years ago, 22-Feb-07, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: New Member Intro and Gunboat
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(...) Look really good. The lantern is a nice touch. (18 years ago, 16-Feb-07, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | Re: New Member Intro and Gunboat
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Folks, I have modified my gunboat by taking your suggestions and expanding her a little bit. I placed a larger gun on her bow, raised the Coxswain up so he is a little taller than the oarsmen and I added a lantern off of the mast like one I saw in a (...) (18 years ago, 13-Feb-07, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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