Ryan_T Posted March 12, 2009 Posted March 12, 2009 Ok, My grandmother had rented a new house, And it has a pool! And I happened to have a Lego city harbor ship, and a motor. But I don't think it would look to good going around the pool without adding some MOC to it. Any IDEAS? I would like to work on the Front of it, the middle and the back. I think the driver should be in the back, since it is a container ship hull and it wouldn't look good in the front. I would like to somehow incorporate some Pirate stuff into it. >:) if you know me, I like pirates to much! :D Might add some cannons for that tho. But even without the pirate stuff which DOES NOT have to be on the ship. Any Ideas for me? I wouldn't mind it being something other then a container ship, but if it just HAS to be a container ship. then send ideas my way. I just want something Other then the City Lines ship making it's rounds around the pool with the missing containers. LOL So Please help! I also don't have a bunch of bricks, so... yea. Shoot your ideas my way. :) Quote
BlueBard Posted March 12, 2009 Posted March 12, 2009 I think an evident building would be some warehouses (one floor, no many doors or windows..., easy to build ) and for the Pirates stuff (I also used to be a lover so I perfectly undesrtand you... ) I have two ideas for you: first you could put a Pirate or Imperial ship in the harbor and make a touristic attraction of it (adding a ticket stand or a gift-shop in the entrance) and second you could build some kind of harbor bar including pirate elements. Hope it helps! By the way, if you're a Lego Pirate Lover I invite you to check my BS gallery Quote
Captain Zuloo Posted March 12, 2009 Posted March 12, 2009 Davy_Blocks, Firstly, don't take too many ideas out of this or it will become a SOC* rather than a MOC. However... I don't know how well printing pirate ship sides on water-resistant sticker paper would work, but then you could build a pirate ship? Or maybe you could build a cruise ship. On the P&O cruise I went on, there were a couple of 'themed nights' including a piratenight. So that could give you an excuse to have cannons and pirates running around the deck pillaging and plundering. But really, I think LEGO should just make a pirate waterproof hull. Then this would be easy as MOCing up a cabin and some masts onto the hull and sailing it around your Granny's pool! *SOC - Acronym, Someone else's Own Creation Quote
Mocha Posted March 12, 2009 Posted March 12, 2009 or you could make it like the "cargoship operation" level in CoD4 -(sorry i'm obsessed with that game ) Quote
Ryan_T Posted March 12, 2009 Author Posted March 12, 2009 I think an evident building would be some warehouses (one floor, no many doors or windows... I have the Feeling that you are leading more onto the harbor? I am talking about the ship itself. I think LEGO should just make a pirate waterproof hull. Then this would be easy as MOCing up a cabin and some masts onto the hull and sailing it around your Granny's pool! Yes, No see I don't want to add sails onto the ship just in case it tips over and the pool water might mess the sails up? with all it's chlorine and everything? I don't want to harm any sails as they are always good for something. And as for the stickers.. I don't think I will be putting stickers on. :/ I try to keep most LEGO set's the way they are supposed to be all built up. instead of taking off the existing stickers, to put new stickers on. I'd buy a new hull before i did that. As for the Waterproof hull, It would be quite a challenge for lego. if you look at most of the pirate ships out, you can see if it had a floating hull, is the have 2 or more extra studs out to the sides, only because it would tip to the side. But, they would need to work with that for a while. And for the SOC I don't think I will the WHOLE idea, I would most defiantly take off a few minor details or add my own personal touch. (Maybe a FROG???) :D But I think I will be able to do the Cruise ship, If not. I'll be right here waiting for new ideas to Roll in. But this doesn't mean to stop sending in the wonderful ideas! Quote
AgentRick Posted March 12, 2009 Posted March 12, 2009 Simple, make the ship into an oil tanker. Then make a large oil rig with some technic beams for supports and supports that reach down to the bottom of the pool. Have the oil rig at the shallow end of the pool to decrease the amount of bricks on the legs, and build a oil refinery on the deeper end of the pool. Great idea? Quote
Ryan_T Posted March 12, 2009 Author Posted March 12, 2009 Simple, make the ship into an oil tanker. Then make a large oil rig with some technic beams for supports and supports that reach down to the bottom of the pool. Have the oil rig at the shallow end of the pool to decrease the amount of bricks on the legs, and build a oil refinery on the deeper end of the pool. Great idea? seems doable, a whole mess of MOCS, I'll have to check into pictures of them. thanks! Quote
Ryan_T Posted March 13, 2009 Author Posted March 13, 2009 Ok everyone, I've been working on a cruise ship for the past 3 hours. And i've gotten the floor down and the first level. No roof or any control place. sorry for not being so accurate with the name. :P But I have just weighed it because i picked it up and if felt real heavy. so i weighed it, It turned out to be 1 pound. Do you think it will still be able to float? and will the boat motor that comes with the police boat/fire boat, be able to push that boat around? or will it sink to the ocean *pool* floor? I would like to get an answer before i take it out once i finished it, and see it sink, I want to sink it myself. >:D So anyone know what would happen BEFORE I have to dry every brick? Quote
Er!k Posted March 13, 2009 Posted March 13, 2009 Since it has to float you are tied to an existing base... Which one are you going to use? Quote
Ryan_T Posted March 13, 2009 Author Posted March 13, 2009 Since it has to float you are tied to an existing base... Which one are you going to use? the hull that can be found on the Lego City Harbor. the Cargo ship. Quote
brickzone Posted March 13, 2009 Posted March 13, 2009 Is chlorinated water bad for Lego? You might want to check before putting any into the pool. I've been considering options for MOCing my cargo tanker hull too. I did consider a passenger liner of some kind, although I'm not sure how well the hull shape can be used. Nothing for it but to try I guess! I'd like to try out the ship in water - I have the motor from the fireboat (not sure how powerful it is). Quote
BlueBard Posted March 13, 2009 Posted March 13, 2009 (edited) I have the Feeling that you are leading more onto the harbor? I am talking about the ship itself. Sorry! I think I was too enthusiastic about the background Edited March 13, 2009 by BlueBard Quote
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