Professor Thaum

[MOC] Magnetic North Frigate

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Hi, this the topic dedicated to my last frigate. A 2 years job, with many restart.

These are the final shots, more a coming later on.

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I will post all the pics I took during the whole time of the building later on.

 

Enjoy !

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guns, mortar and caronnades.

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Bottom holds

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the number of prefabs

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The Magnetic North size compared to a coming ship (expect some months though)

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Wow!:pir-love: Great!:pir-wub: Really a very nice color combination, even the sails are the right color. You built a frigate of your own design. The sails are well made and very beautiful. The rigging is complex and precise. You even have your own personal pirate flag. A carronade is even positioned on the ship's deck.

I am particularly pleased that some photos can be seen in a higher resolution when I click on them.

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Wow what a firendsy colour, nearly without brown colour, i like it! :pir-classic: is there some backstory, who is behind the magnetic north?

Do you took some inspiration from MocYourBricks " Grenouille"? The hull looks similar.

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31 minutes ago, Stoertebricker said:

Do you took some inspiration from MocYourBricks " Grenouille"? The hull looks similar.

Indeed, I was very interested by that ship, but I'm afraid this is not my main inspiration. I started from some old pics describing a ship tumblehome - I can't remember who send me those pics ( many years ago )  but with @Maxim I, @Sebeus I or @kurigan I'm probably very close to the origin ( and those pics certainly inspired the Grenouille ).

There are many, many, many tips I borrowed in this ship, from many builders ( too many to remember who ) but there are still many ideas from my own.

To be honest, I have a bigger ship WIP with that kind of hull, and it was started 5 or 6 years ago (so before the Grenouille was posted/created - But sure the Grenouille is a wonderful ship ! No doubt !)

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39 minutes ago, Professor Thaum said:

Indeed, I was very interested by that ship, but I'm afraid this is not my main inspiration. I started from some old pics describing a ship tumblehome - I can't remember who send me those pics ( many years ago )  but with @Maxim I, @Sebeus I or @kurigan I'm probably very close to the origin ( and those pics certainly inspired the Grenouille ).

There are many, many, many tips I borrowed in this ship, from many builders ( too many to remember who ) but there are still many ideas from my own.

To be honest, I have a bigger ship WIP with that kind of hull, and it was started 5 or 6 years ago (so before the Grenouille was posted/created - But sure the Grenouille is a wonderful ship ! No doubt !)

My comment was no criticism, I was just interested in, because I have a white hulll waiting for some building on top of my shelf, too. :pir_laugh2:

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3 hours ago, Professor Thaum said:

Hi, this the topic dedicated to my last frigate. A 2 years job, with many restart.

It was well worth the wait! :pir-stareyes:

This ship is a very unique colour scheme.

It's the perfect experiment for a short-form Blog Post.

 

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7 hours ago, Professor Thaum said:

The colour scheme is my wife's idea/fault...

But what of the sails? What techniques did you use to make those?

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@Mister Phes : for the sails I used those templates (from the frigate Hermione)

 

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I have templates for each sails of the Hermione. Just have to put it on the scale.

The sails are made of white cardstock sheets of paper, 24 x 32 cm sized (I don't know if this match any anglo saxon format).

The lining hemed part is a double layer of paper (one very narrow and carefully cut and pasted on the sail) which is colored in blue with a felt-tip pen.

The sail seams are made with lead pencil and a ruler, so are rows of reefs (but much more thick).

 

The compass rose was printed on the paper by... a PC printer.

And the holes at the corners are made with a single puncher.

 

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1 minute ago, Professor Thaum said:

@Mister Phes : for the sails I used those templates (from the frigate Hermione)

Thank you for the additional information!

Do you happen to post these images to Instagram or Flickr?

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3 minutes ago, Professor Thaum said:

No, you are free to use whatever pics you want to post if you're willing so. I don't use Instagram, Flickr or Facebook.

The Blog Post is almost ready.  You can preview it here but you may need a Classic-Pirates.com account to view the draft version.

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On 10/1/2021 at 2:37 PM, Professor Thaum said:

The colour scheme is my wife's idea/fault...

I received a bunch of "turquoise" lego brick's for our "turquoise wedding" so I had to use them

Well, you certainly made some interesting lemonade out of those lemons!

I'm confused by this one.

I'm pretty sure my only criticism is the lack of a tapered hull, but I can't quite tell because you've gone with such a non-traditional color scheme.  A scheme which I love because it looks great and is rather unique, but I hate because it looks so different form everybody else's work that I have a hard time comparing it to them :-D 

Your captain's cabin is terrific.  I LOVE the map rack that you made.  That is absolutely brilliant.  The sails look terrific as well.  The figurehead is a bit more prominent than I would go with myself, but the concept is great and the execution isn't terrible.  Also, I don't have any suggestions for making it better, and I prefer to only offer criticism or critiques if I can also suggest how to improve it in my estimation.

I'm curious how many mid-sections there are in the hull.  I think I see 7, but I'm not confident of that.  Also, is the foremost gunport a dummy?

Overall, I have to say "well done"!  I'm looking forward to the next one.

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There are no dummy gunport... the foremost is just the most painful to open.

As already displayed, there are 6 midparts :

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4 hours ago, Cousarmy0001 said:

 because you've gone with such a non-traditional color scheme.  A scheme which I love because it looks great and is rather unique, but I hate because it looks so different form everybody else's work that I have a hard time comparing it to them :-D 

Your captain's cabin is terrific.  I LOVE the map rack that you made.  That is absolutely brilliant.  The sails look terrific as well. 

I would have been scolded by my wife if I didn't use those medium blue bricks... so it was almost mandatory :tongue:

Thanks for the cabin

 

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On 10/2/2021 at 3:23 AM, Professor Thaum said:

Hi, this the topic dedicated to my last frigate.

Professor, do you post MOC photos to any social media profiles like Instagram, Flickr, etc?

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