[WIP] The Seven Seas Barracuda (East Indiaman Galleon)

[G03sman]

This looks like such an amazing build! Have you had a chance to work on it more? I'd love to see your progress.

[cehnot]

On 9/2/2021 at 8:24 AM, G03sman said:

This looks like such an amazing build! Have you had a chance to work on it more? I'd love to see your progress.

I have most the hull built and the crew assembled. I have all the part, but I began packing and moving to a house we finally was accepted an offer a few months ago. I hope to set up my lego building area in the next month or so so I can finish it. I have all the cannons made, but changed the design so it could use the flat pearl grey steel looking color like the cannons use in the set. 

The ship has walls up until past the cannon ports. I am glad that several parts are now available in dark tan and reddish brown. I hope to have the ship finished in November before thanksgiving since I have a few weeks off. I'll take some photos of the current state when we get internet set up in the house 2 weeks from now. 

[cehnot]

Long overdue progress update:

It took me a long time to collect all the LEGO parts for this build. Work and babies this was difficult to finally get free time to build this. 

Barracuda stand nameplate:
The company I used required 10 printed parts as a minimum requirement for UV printing. If anybody would like to buy some PM me. 

Each nameplate came in separate bags. 

Okay, we all came here to see what I have done with the ship!
I decided not to do a bunch of string custom rigging. Instead I have decided to use LEGO parts. 
I changed parts for structural purposes and realized that the original ship I designed had areas that needed stronger connections to hold up the shear weight where the pins connect to separate all three hull sections. The original thought was to do waht LEGO did, disconnect everything with pins and what I found was that when I lifted it up, the pins snapped off. What I have done was create a series of overlapping decks that help connect it. The decks now serve as the important connection to hold the whole thing up. I also found that there is a specific disassembling process to the whole ship that gives me access to the lower rear hull. The process is 4 steps, but necessary for it to not collapse under its own weight. 

I am working on the front forecastle. 
The string needed to turn the wheel and rudder system will be added later. I also need to add an anchor string to capstan connection for that to work. I have 2 working capstans in the ship A front one which I will use for the anchors and the middle one for other items. The main capstan in the middle of the ship behind the main center mast was used for anchors, but that would interfere with removing the different hull pieces. 

I am fighting with my internal demon on whether to have access to the wheel deck from the captains quarters or just have a container compartment.

I raised the rear poop deck by 1 brick. The original poop deck only existed 2 studs higher than the wheel deck. I also had 2 containers located where you now see a 3stud high set of doors. I wanted a place for the nautical equipment and love the design, but i have this rolling stair case that flips down to the captains quarters. This gives him access to the top deck instead of walking through the other crew quarters to the main door then up the stairs. 

This looks great, but I love the old design file with the black containers. This also gave me a place for the bell. The bell would sit too high up now. 

This is the rolling staircase. There is still a hallway with doors you can close on the main level beneath the stairs. Decisions, decisions. 

 

The captain's quarters is spacious when you lift the stairs. Again, if the containers were here instead of the stairs, then the room si quite large. 

And of course I included a secret storage compartment under the floor for the captain to hide items. Its 4 plates tall in the center. I also made sure that the bed is actually his treasure chest. This contains a bunch of jewels and gold. The chest is removable if you lift up the two pillows. 

 

Main capstan: 2 levels. If you remove the cannons this rotates without hitting the support beams. The upper section has clips to hold the beams when people are using the quarters to sleep. Raising the beds up like this allows people to turn the capstan. The great part about the doors leading to the captain's quarters, they serve as private sleep chamber doors for the quartermaster and first mate. 

 

The second capstan, located near the front. 

 

Each cargo hold does have items in them. Surrounding the capstan under the cannons are about 20 dark brown barrels for their rum. Closer to the back I have about 6 black barrels for gun powder and dark brown 1x3 wand boxes representing smaller ammunition boxes. When the ship is complete I will take lots of photos and a cargo photo of everything that fits inside the galley deck. Its a lot of food, bags, boxes, barrels, and loot. This added weight to the whole ship for sure. 

I forgot to order some ladders, but here is a great photo of the cook's station. The hatches under the floor where the tables are contain food. 

Let me know what you think on these areas, especially the poop deck. 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 12, 2022 by cehnot

[cehnot]

I was going to share more progress photos, but I am waiting on 3 different orders that I need to make changes to the ship. I expanded the interior of the front arsenal area and moved the ladder leading up to the forecastle. I am also going to remove the new doors on the poop deck. I forgot I purchased a globe and had a few more decorations that I thought in another bin. 

I began working on the masts and bowspirit. 

Lego reviews came in from the new Ideas Globe. They include 2x6 dark tan wedge plates and 1x2 dark tan wedge plates. I will be able to improve the poop deck design. 

I need Lego to get those 2x6 reddish brown wedge plates made and I will have a complete ship. Right now I have black ones as placeholders in the cabin. 

The masts were not as strong as I was hoping so I made some changes to the top platforms that strengthen the whole thing using bars and hoses inside several areas. 

I cannot place them on the ship until I complete the new changes to the forecastle.

The forecastle is changing slightly on the exterior for the better. I already solved a few internal connection issues when I changed the interior design. I need to solve a hose connection to the forecastle so the ship railing in the front bow doesn't pop off. I also changed the bow a bit so the statue is more secure. I'll get more photos uploaded tonight. 

[Mister Phes]

On 1/21/2022 at 5:07 AM, cehnot said:

I was going to share more progress photos, but I am waiting on 3 different orders that I need to make changes to the ship.

When do you anticipate these will arrive?

[cehnot]

On 1/24/2022 at 10:54 AM, Mister Phes said:

When do you anticipate these will arrive?

The orders have shipped so hopefully soon. I had 5 orders placed and 2 came in. These two were parts replacing my placement temporary parts for several sections. One expensive rule I made for myself on this project was all new parts. I bought the Barracuda Bay intending to continue making the enire project using new pieces no matter the cost.

The second rule was use as much LEGO original rigging and string as possible. Instead of doing a realistic rigging system with just string I wanted to combine the system parts and forma happy medium. The stuff minifigs climb are plastic and the rest string. I wish LEGO would do more string with bar end options than the 1 they have. This would solve my rudder issue instantly. I could use the bars to slide through all the technic bricks and plate holes and keep the entire ship easy to access. The string with studs are bulky and would need an alternative option for holes. 

I thought about making my own string with bar using a hose. Slide the string through it and glue it inside then cut the bar to the length I need. I could run the string inside it with those thin blue floss threaders. I only need 1 stud length to go. This would create a great option for future sting connections. I could then 

Let us talk about expensive parts and rare parts for a bit. I love the newer parts released in 2020 - 2022. 2x6 wedge plates will replace the cut parts I did as a temporary fix from 3x12 wedge plates. The new Globe set has the new 2x6 plates in dark tan so that will solve the wheel deck issue, and hoping they do a reddish brown set of these plates to replace my cabin issue. The plates line up to the side walls and create great angled side tables in the captains cabin. I used the new 1 stud wide brackets that are 2 studs tall in 2 areas that I felt needed more strength. I am glad more parts came in reddish brown since I began designing the ship. You can see I did use the other cut parts from my 3x12 to make dark tan 2x6 table tops in the cabin. The new Globe set offers dark tan 2x6 so those will be used on the deck above and here until brown comes available. Because of these parts the walls line up to it without a gap. Perfectly placed tables. The photo on the wall above the door has a 2x2 black bracket. I ordered a dark tan bracket so it looks like the photo frame is thicker rather than a weird black square on the wall.

Many parts were too rare and expensive in 2019 and now easy to get. The 2x3 container doors in black are hard to find as new. Only in Europe and Asia. I went back to the poop deck with the container design I originally did in the Studio program because I lost so much space in the cabin for the stairs. Lego just released a new container drawer in black so I'll check out those, order them and see if I like them over the door. I like the container idea because they fit a map inside and a sextant.

I am not sure if I like Iike the compartment I created at the back of the poop deck since I lowered the deck back down. It flips up and you can put a bunch of items in it. It allows the minifigs to use it as a platform to stand on. This idea was used in an earlier concept I did on studio file. 

Non compartment idea on the ship below. The floor is raised in the photo because the stairs wee inside that idea. But i can do the same black cheese slopes but lower to the floor at the same height then add a platform on top to stand.

In the image below you can see the doors to stairs leading down to the cabin vs the digital file containers opttion. 

 

I am waiting for the rare black container doors and old 90s/2000s 4x4 45 degree wedge plates I found on a Europe bricklink store in New condition. I currently have old scratched and dented ones on the bow and clearly noticeable. I look forward to seeing the new parts from Europe. Cost about 2.50 each plus shipping so I made sure the order had the doors and other various island building parts as I could afford. 

Other rare items, the 14 stud yellow flex hose for the bow. The set uses 12 stud hoses. The change isn't noticed too much since the effect is similar to the set, but this project needed a longer bow spirit. 

I built the bottom hull frame for the ship and reworked the inside structure with technic bricks since it fell apart. The whole ship surprisingly didn't cause the stand to buckle under its significant weight. 

The temporary grey neck brackets will be replaced with black ones. They are my solution to rigging with LEGO string with studs. I wish we had more length options than 11, 31, and 41 studs. 31L is hard to find and I am waiting for them to arrive.

The rudder and wheel mechanism. Check the link for a 10 second video showing the rudder working only using 1 piece of string method. No gears. 

https://bricksafe.com/files/cehnot/pirates/barracuda-galleon/20220128_1351391.mp4

I currently am using a cotton waxed string from a craft store for the rudder. I want to do a string with stud option. I would need a connection solution for the rudder that would not detach. I did a test run with two 41L string and when the wheel turned the string detached from the rudder causing me to take off the 2 floors to fix it. The waxed string option holds up well and gives me the ability to use technic bricks and plates to run the string through the ship. The stud option forces me to run it against studs and make the studs round so they don't catch. 

The smaller 12 lb cannons are connected to the floor using 1x1 dark bluish grey brackets. The larger cannons on the ship are held in under the wheels. I did not use the lego wheels for the cannon because I wanted them stationary and a narrower width. Those use the same sort of brackets in black with the grey round tiles you see above. The other reason for this is I can use the plates underneath and grab them with bricks to lift up the removable flooring to expose the galley level with all those neat storage areas for food, loot, crates, magazine, and rum barrels. 

Since taking these photos I realized I didn't finish some of the side brown hull curved slopes near the ladder. Easy fix. 

I modified the stand to raise the ship up higher on it by a stud or so. After resting it on the stand it hid the nice compass in the center. The image below is a studio rendering. Do you think it's too low? 

 

The last decision for this is cutting rigging. Right now the ship photos you see use a shorter front set of rigging. I cut the tops off to shorten the rigging. The digital files I proposed taking the stort rigging and cut it in half to only have 2 vertical rigs for the top of the ship and back towards the missed mast. I don't mind them on top of the masts anymore. I still don't like how it looks connecting to the mizzen mast. You can see the old digital file with cut mast design. It looks great. 

 

Edited January 28, 2022 by cehnot

[Professor Thaum]

What a lovely ship !

 

Can't wait to see the full job done !

And EB is waiting for this too

[cehnot]

On 1/28/2022 at 4:25 PM, Professor Thaum said:

What a lovely ship !

 

Can't wait to see the full job done !

And EB is waiting for this too

I decided to have custom sails made. Working with OkBrickWorks on modified Barracuda Sails. Jib sails, mizzen sails, taller main mast sails, and a bow spirit sail. I also want them double sided stripe printing. 

Edited January 29, 2022 by cehnot

[cehnot]

I am also learning quite a bit about rigging. The various rigging I am doing helps keep the masts vertical, straight, and seem to work like real ships. I doubt I will add as many lines as a normal ship should have, but I want it to blend the system set with real rigging and that compliment will happen when I find a balance that seems to be easy to take off to remove panels, floors etc. Right now I can remove most the floors without touching the rigging and only need to separate some rigging strings to separate then ship into 3 parts. 

[cehnot]

Custom Sails:
The more I keep putting on the Barracuda sails I felt it would be wise to design new sails that family well with the current Barracuda Bay sails. I want to keep the ship using 2 sails per Mast like the set, but the Main Mast has too much of a gap from the gun deck to the bottom of the sail. I looked at the sail designs for the San Francisco II galleon model and love the taller main mast sail shapes so I modified the Barracuda sails to fit that shape. 

I asked for quotes for double sided printing. 
Sails:
Top Left: 
Forecastle Top Sail (Same as Barracuda Bay set)
Forecastle Bottom Sail (Same as Barracuda Bay Set)

Bottom Left:
Spirit Sail (about 3.5 inches tall)
Jib Sail (Barracuda Bay Set NOT USED IN PROJECT, JUST FOR SIZE COMPARISON)

Top Right:
Main Mast Top Sail (About 1.5 inches taller)
Main Mast Bottom Sail (About 1.5 inches taller)

Bottom Right:
Mizzen Mast Sail (about 2.25 inches longer than the Barracuda Bay Jib Sail)

Bottom Center:
2 Flying Jib Sails (shorter at bottom than Barracuda Bay set)



 

[cehnot]

LEGO Globe parts are now available on Bricks and Pieces, but the 2 stud wedge plate is already sold out. I need a few 2x6 wedge plates for the ship in dark tan and reddish brown. I also need a set of 1x2 dark tan wedge plates for stairs to the poop deck. 

Other orders are arriving this week. The old 4x4 45 degree wedge plates with 1x1 notched out corner arrived. They came from Europe and in New condition which was a bit costly (over $2 per piece). I use 2 of each in the bow and I'm extremely happy they came as ordered. I can swap out the old parts with teeth marks I can only guess since we didn't have separators in the 80s and 90s. 

The 2x3 container doors came and I'm happy they also were new like the store advertised. The black doors are not available in USA as new, and I ordered them from Canada. 

I think the sails and wedge plates will be the last to get done for the ship. The other parts come later this week and I think I can finally finish the rigging and rudder idea. I didn't realize there were newer wrench systems for string with a stud. I bought a few different parts to see which works best for the wheel. The great part they fit within the 2 stud width a d one firs inside a 1 stud width so maybe I'll solve my issue with the wheel turning. 

When the MOC is done should I create a new list or modify the first page with new photos?

Edited February 1, 2022 by cehnot

[Professor Thaum]

19 minutes ago, cehnot said:

When the MOC is done should I create a new list or modify the first page with new photos?

Just modify the first page with the new pics and remove the WIP by COMPLETED

[cehnot]

On 2/1/2022 at 1:18 PM, Professor Thaum said:

Just modify the first page with the new pics and remove the WIP by COMPLETED

Thank you. 

[cehnot]

Question on dusting. I forgot to cover the ship the last few months and it has collected a lot of dust in the basement. I am seeking advice on what to use. I plan on buying a custom display case from wicked brick, but do need help since a duster will not get between the cracks and smaller areas. 

Update on Sails:

OKBrickWorks are printing the last of my custom sails and mailing them out later this week. I got the last of my lego orders in and finishing up the ship. I hope the spring weather will play nice when the sails arrive so I can take photos of the finished ship and crew. 

Island Hideout or pier harbor?

With all the extra lego part orders I should have enough to make a wonderful island hideout for the crew. 

Cargo:

The shipment has grown quite a bit since I began the journey. I purchased more barrels, food, bags, and boxes in various colors than the ship will hold. Looks like the island will have plenty of loot and supplies. 

I think I'll do a variety of ship photos with and without the crew. I think I'll take better interior photos with and without all the supplies loaded on the ship so you can see how much cargo it holds. 

I placed 2 sail orders. The first order came and I needed to adjust some of the files and currently waiting for the new sails to arrive. The taller sails for the main mast are about 1.5 inches taller than the sails in the set. The rear mizzen mast sail is about 10.5 inches long. It's huge when you compare it to the front triangle jib sail the set comes with. The other sails I do have are the front jib sails. These all are a bit tricky trying to attach to the ship. The thicker material helps keep their shapes. 

Basically I have the sails that match the 2 large sails that came with the set. I also ha e both front jib sails and the mizzen sail. I am waiting on the corrected main mast sails and spirit sail. 

 

Edited April 17, 2022 by cehnot

[Jack Sassy]

10 hours ago, cehnot said:

Question on dusting. I forgot to cover the ship the last few months and it has collected a lot of dust in the basement. I am seeking advice on what to use. I plan on buying a custom display case from wicked brick, but do need help since a duster will not get between the cracks and smaller areas. 

I usually use a simple soft brush, it gets in smaller areas rather well. It would take time in yer case, but I suppose it is worth it.

[PxChris]

I use a combination of tools for dusting depending on what I'm trying to dust - soft bristle paint brushes are my most common go-to. I use a variety of sizes of them. I also use a small "keyboard" vacuum which is really useful. Canned air can also be really useful in some areas.

[RacingDuck82]

Hi Cehnot!

Whatever happened with this project? Did it ever get completed? It's been a long time since the last update.

Great stuff by the way!

[Lalib99]

Very very very cooool!!!

[Pirate_King_1982]

Could you see yourself making instructions available for this wonderful ship? I for one would buy them with the intention of building the ship.

Edited January 29 by Pirate_King_1982

[cehnot]

On 1/29/2024 at 5:46 AM, RacingDuck82 said:

Hi Cehnot!

Whatever happened with this project? Did it ever get completed? It's been a long time since the last update.

Great stuff by the way!

I reworked the entire structual shape over the last year. I took the ship to Brick Fest Live Cleveland in July 2023 with a basic mast setup without sails.

 

 

Since then I began my massive island expansion project. The sails I had ordered last year were larger custom designed sails based on the Barracuda set sails and rigging design. I didnt like how they looked. 

New Sail designs

The newly designed sails are proportional to the ship and now fit over pins with ball tops. I like how they hang over the gallant yards. This makes it a a nice compromise between custom rigging and lego set rigging. 

Masts and Rigging

starting in June 2023 i began to rework the entire mast and rigging. The idea was to make this a larger set that would be able to exist with LEGO parts without custom rigging with cut string. I used a combination of string and newer flexible hoseswith those clips and holes at the end in Reddish Brown.  

Mast Design

I also disliked the original 2 mast design. Instead of making it with 2 sails per mast  like i tried to do for 2 to 3 months in the summer of 2023 I have built a 3 mast galleon with 3 sails per front and middle mast with a top sail over the mizzen sail. The original goal like page 1 and 2 of this thread shared a mast base that was going to combine the set masts into the newer ship, but once i placed them on it I felt that they were out of place. I ordered 3 rounds of various custom printed sails between August and November. I tried making the ship appear to have a Spanish Galleon set of sails. The top sails were almost 2/3 longer than the bottom and frankly the Barracuda's shape didnt look right either. I tried to keep the sameamount  of sails on the ship, but like several people mentioned on page 2 the entire height of the masts were too short. I ordered several books about sailmaking, 16th-18th century ships and model ship making books to help me along the way. With that research and knowledge about the various pully systems, rigging lines and how each rope were used for support, keeping the yard masts straight, keeping the masts from breaking, and such i felt that the various strings with studs on the ends would help do those jobs. The great part is LEGO has 11, 22, 30, and 41 stud length string options so I was able to do the rigging without cutting.

New sail design

I incorporated a spirit sail with 2 jib sails. I also created a set of 2 mast jib sails in-between the front and middle mast. 

I did not want to update the project until I felt the newly designed ship works with the 7-8lb ship when you pick it up from the center without it breaking apart. 

As for photos. I am setting up a nice white backdrop next week and taking photos with my slr camera with the finished project. 

The ship separates into 3 sections but the floors overlap each one of the other sections to keep it sturdy enough and not come apart when lifted up by 1 hand. The photo below is from November before I separated it and began expanding the island. 

On 1/29/2024 at 5:29 PM, Pirate_King_1982 said:

Could you see yourself making instructions available for this wonderful ship? I for one would buy them with the intention of building the ship.

I draw comics for a living so it's been tough finding time to do updates to this project. I have purchased the parts to build a sister ship for the Imperials and call it Camilla. 

Studio rendering below. This ship is a modified version of The Seven Seas Barracuda. The ship parts were time co suming to order over the winter. Looking forward to building it soon. As for instructions. I will say that the newer files with Camilla are updated with the 2023 parts I used in the new Barracuda.  I need to convert the colors back to the ones in my ship since the Camilla uses white interiors instead of reddish brown and black. I guess it really depends on preference. Brittle brown plagued my ordering process over the last few years. The ship is about 6000 pieces and the rigging in the photo above jas over 30-50 various string parts. I may just give people the file to use to create it. I may do it, but it would be later in 2024. 

 

UCS Barracuda Bay photos coming soon 

The New Stand.

I reworked the stand. I will share phots of it next week I hope. The new stand is about 2 bricks taller and is built to the lower hull now. It is held on by 8 studs and supports all 8lbs without a lot of stress. 

The Island

What made my updates get lost is because I spent 6 months dismantling and rethinking what the Barracuda Bay could be if built to support and add on the design of my new ship. The great part of my ship it only takes about 10 to 15 minutes to disassemble and reassemble the ship. The separated parts and such are reconfigured into the new island. The island is roughly 4000 parts. I won't know until I rebuild it in Studio. I found it easier to buy way more parts for rocks and structures around the island rather than in the Studio file. 

The island is about 70x76 studs and separates into 4 assymetical sections. 

The additional 8 studs added to the front section doesn't make sense to have it angled upward. I wanted a practical island with living quarters. It now sits flat on using the same ball joints, but included a wall with a door and windows to enclose it.

The stern is also 8 studs wider so the sheer weight doesn't securely keep it on top. It doesn't have a door like the set does. It's a brick built stern that rese.bles the original molded stern. Instead the entire rear section is flipped 180 degrees around and now has a similar wall, window, door structure as the entrance to Jose's Inn. It sits about 5 studs higher as well. 

The middle section is also 8 studs longer so it felt best to make the front of the island walkways 4 to 6 studs longer. 

The original rear section of the island had stairs going down to the water with a wooden structure holding the stern up on top. The new island is basically 1 large rock structure with a massive cave the wraps around 3 of the 4 sections. To justify a shipwreck I designed the entire island to be a massive Skull Island set. 

The front two sections house the 3 ship parts. The stern sits on top of the island rock cave which I think is about 12 to 13 studs tall. The rocks wrap around d the shape of the stern in a way like it's nested between rocks. The rear of the stern where the captains quarters are. The stern around the rudder is enclosed with a door and windows that makes a nice large living quarters for people. The entrance to the cave is below the stern where the front wooden dock is like the set. Instead of gijg. Down the stairs to am open area behind the stern like the set, it actually is a wooden house structure with 2 windows on the side where the middle section sits up against. It becomes a storage room that is built in front of the cave entrance. 

The inside of the cave has 4 different piers where you can unload cargo and use it as a large secure bunker. 

The front of Barracuda Bay set has stair case that leads up to the stern. Because of the way my floors overlay the front and middle section to keep it locked together I created a rock archway between the front section and the dock. It also supports the top floor resting above it. That long deck leads to the stern and a fun angle. The since my shop has 4 floors the front of the new expanbed set has an awesome combination of stairs scattered on each level to get you access to each of the 4 floors. I cannot wait to share how much this island easily looks like a well lived in used shipwreck home. 

Joses Inn. Similar entrance as the set, but due to my extra cargo floor you enter and go up 2 steps to the room.

My ship is 4 bricks tall in the cannon level, but because I removed the floors in various sections like the middle section. I created removable roofs that make the Canon room now 6 studs high and easier to walk around towards the front half of that middle section. This gives it a proper touch to help make the interior feel like it's a new bar/kitchen area. 

2 Rear sections

These were by far my favorite parts to develop. SKULL ISLAND

THE LEFT SIDE

32x32 stud space with my version of an UCS skull island that is about just as tall as the stern sitting on top of the cave system. That makes the 32x32 skull island remake about a 15 or so inches tall. The entrance to skull island is through the mouth. You can fit a row boat with people on it in the mouth  

The skull entrance is actually 45 degrees. I didn't want the island to be entirely based on perpendicular architecture. The e trance is set at. 45 degree angle. The water line level has 2 piers inside. 1 to the left and on in the back with stairs leading up to the middle section with a cave exit. The rear of the middle section sits up against the cave. The cave continues to the right into the right island section. It contains s Nother pier on the far right wall, but also the cave curves slightly left to the pier that leads up the stairs to the front dock below the stern. 

Rear island second level. Behind the eyes to the skupp shaped cve has an aged dark red/dark blue throne caved into the skull. The skull is removable with 3 technic pins. That level also is a wooden/rock combination area that you can see down to the water level below. It is currently the pirates storage room. There is cave exit leading towards the front section on the left side. There is also a right cave entrance that wrps the island with a wooden and rock carved path that leads to the rudder area that was converted into a cabin like structure. 

From the middle section you can access the deck level from a bridge from the stern section and front section. The deck above joses inn is the last piece I'm still finishing. It's going to be another small apartment built behind the Canon. On the back half of the middle ship section deck level is stairs that lead to to the skull island 2bd level. That enters a door to a Aston built cabin on top of skull island. That cabin has 2 rooms. The first room has 2 door. 1 leads to the rest of the cabin and the other enders the wooden shipwreck entrance to the captains quarters. Seems odd to enter where the side window is, but the removal shop sections I built actually include a removable side walls on those angled walls that taper to the cabin. Thos was replaced with another wooden structure that lines up to the skull island cabin making it one large housing area. I wanted a secure entrance for the captain and first mate, quartermaster quarters. Nobody can access that deck without entering the 2 doors in the stone cabin. This makes the top of the stern. The second room in the stone cabin is about 11 8 studs and supports a bunk bed for more officers. The officers cabin also has a door that leads to the top of skull island where they can a cess the large wooden crane to house heavy supplies off row boats. 

Forgot to mention that the second level of skull island where the throne room is location leads outside to the stone cabins basement door where they keep food. 

There is a prison built into the side of the island between the stern and front ship section under the rock archway. 

The stone cabin where the officers quarters also has a ladder leading up to the roof. This also accesss the poop deck above the stern.

The 4 quarters of the island attach like the new Eldorado set using those clips. 

The point of this delay was the island. Once I built the ship i felt that the island needed to be equally impressive. 

The project isn't complete. Maybe in a week I will have the final structure finished and take photos of the massive island. 

 

Edited February 5 by cehnot