TLV Posted February 17, 2009 Looking good so far! Can't wait to see more of this famous ship! Correct me if I'm wrong, but I do believe this will be one of first ship-of-the-line I've seen around here. It totally dwarfs majority of the lego ships out there! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Blackmoor Posted February 17, 2009 Stunning update! I love the tiled deck, a thing I might try myself too. But I thought Nelson was shot at the Poop deck by a sniper from the Redoutable and that he died in the Sickbay. Or didn't he. Lookin' forward to see the next update! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Teddy Posted February 17, 2009 Stunning update! I love the tiled deck, a thing I might try myself too.But I thought Nelson was shot at the Poop deck by a sniper from the Redoutable and that he died in the Sickbay. Or didn't he. Lookin' forward to see the next update! Hi TLV and Cap'n Blackmoor, Thanks for your replies. You are right about the sniper and sickbay. The sickbay was arranged on the orlop in times of battle. Hope this answers your question. Kind regards, Teddy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Blackmoor Posted February 17, 2009 Hi TLV and Cap'n Blackmoor,Thanks for your replies. You are right about the sniper and sickbay. The sickbay was arranged on the orlop in times of battle. Hope this answers your question. Kind regards, Teddy Ah, I didn't know that. But now I do! That's were you are the History Professor for anyway! It certainly answers my question. It would be cool if you make a custom Nelson minifigure and place it at the spot where he died when your ship is finished. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Blackmoor Posted February 17, 2009 Nelson was shot through the spine, he didn't died at the same moment when he get shot. He was taken to the sickbay but they couldn't help him anymore. Nelson lived long enough to hear he had won the battle. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Teddy Posted February 17, 2009 Yep that is true. Here is a wiki link: here Kind regards, Teddy BTW. I'm not a real history professor. It is a nickname I got on the Forum. In real life I'm working on my PhD as an electrical engineer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Blackmoor Posted February 17, 2009 BTW. I'm not a real history professor. It is a nickname I got on the Forum. I know that. Nice title to have though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Errorist Posted February 18, 2009 Amazing work you did there Teddy. The deck looks really cool and I can see you're following the plans of the ship very meticulously. I recognize many of the cabins from my own visit. It's always great to see this much historical accuracy in someones project Keep up the good work Errorist Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Teddy Posted February 23, 2009 Amazing work you did there Teddy.The deck looks really cool and I can see you're following the plans of the ship very meticulously. I recognize many of the cabins from my own visit. It's always great to see this much historical accuracy in someones project Keep up the good work Errorist Thanks for the compliment! I'm trying to do the interior and planking as accurately as I can, so its nice you noticed. Kind regards, Teddy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Teddy Posted February 24, 2009 (edited) Dear all, CGH inspired me to lift my boat and proof it is sturdy. Apperently there was some doubt although I did not see it on the forum. Therefore I decided to let my girlfriend fotograph me with the HMS Victory. Kind regards, Teddy P.S. I did most of the guns for the first gun deck which will be on top of the orlop. Artistic photo made by a visiting friend of the hold without the new orlop parts : Edited February 24, 2009 by Teddy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Zuloo Posted February 24, 2009 You were so trembling in that first photo. Looks great Teddy, your cannons lined up as they are reminds me of the real Victory with all the guns on the outside as they are too heavy to leave in the ship. The structure of the hull looks very sturdy, and I really, really can't wait to see this baby complete. Keep up the brilliant work mate! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JadeIceGreen Posted February 25, 2009 (edited) My goodness, that is just so awesome, the scale of that is incredible. I can't wait to see it finish! Edited February 25, 2009 by JadeIceGreen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Blackmoor Posted February 25, 2009 Yeah, I can imagine how big it really is now... An amazing piece of work so far Ted! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Teddy Posted February 25, 2009 Dear all, thanks for all the nice comments. To put it into even more perspective. I'm about 6 feet 2 inches (1,88 meter according my passport) tall and weigh around 200 pounds (90 kilos). And yes the beast is heavy to lift. I started work on this project in early January 2006. First contemplating the technique, and collecting the first bricks. Back then there was no-one building up-side-down to make a tiled SNOT hull, so I had to find out most myself. I'll just dig into my archive to find the first photos. Kind regards, Teddy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Teddy Posted February 25, 2009 (edited) Dear all, lately I managed to repair an old laptop which contained my older progress Photos. Therefore I decided to show the building process as it developed during the last 3 years. I shared many of these photos with Dutch lego fans via email during the building process. But I never posted them on this Forum before. Back then nobody was building a complete tiled SNOT hull (at least that I was aware of), so I had to find out most myself. Which was quite a steep learning curve. Now for the building process: First I started drawing plans and getting ideas in early 2006. Here is a photo of an early test version. You can see the remains of the previous test version around it. All these photos are from my old student room. This photo is from August 2006: After this testversion I rebuild the entire ship to the next version in early september 2006. In an attempt to smoothen the hull and dont have such dominant lines running over it: After beying satisfied with several new updates I turned the hull around and started work on a test version of the first gun deck: Back then I wanted to build the structure above the waterline in a conventional manner with studs up. Only making the hull below the waterline in SNOT. Her i experimented with double walling to make a white interior for the first gun deck: In 2007 I started experimentinfg with the side walls and had to rebuild large chunks of the hull to make lines flowing smoothly: Late in 2007 I finally got a first version of a complete hull with reasonably smooth lines: Two months after this Photo was taken I moved to my current house to life with my girlfriend. I moved the beast by ducktaping it to a black table surface. (Ofcourse without the table legs attached). Here it is in February 2008 after arrival at its new home late in 2007: After this version I rebuild the stern several times and made several test versions for the interior. I did not make photos again untill July 2008 which I posted on this forum in this topic. Hopefully you all find this interesting, but I agree it might be a little picture heavy. Kind regards, Teddy Edited February 25, 2009 by Teddy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Green Hair Posted February 25, 2009 Wonderful to see some history on your ship Teddy, this shows how hard it really is to make such a beast of a beauty! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zorro Posted February 25, 2009 ALL I have to say is WOW, man that's huge, you and CGH are breaking records for sure! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Blackmoor Posted February 25, 2009 It is very interesting to see the building process from the beginning. My ship was hard to build, imagine building a ship more then five times larger! This ship is gonna be awesome! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Legoking Posted February 25, 2009 Wow, these are some nice improvements. That is the biggest pirate ship I have ever seen. I wish you the best of luck! LegoKing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
General Armendariz Posted February 25, 2009 Wow amazing! 3 years in process this is the hugest ever tiying with CGH Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mocha Posted February 25, 2009 (edited) Wow! how long did that take you? How much did it cost? Amazing work! edit: 3 years :0 Edited February 25, 2009 by Mocha Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lego12 Posted February 26, 2009 Lovely ship! This must have taken lots of hard work and patience. Great job. I didn't realize it was so big until you held it. Great Pirate collection as well! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JadeIceGreen Posted February 26, 2009 I just realized how big the ship is really going to be. The hull is already super amazing, but the structure on top of it is going to be even bigger and the mast, oh my goodness, how are you going to make that? This ship deserves to be traveling the world when its done, I really admire building skills like yourself and CGH has. Fantastic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Natman8000 Posted February 26, 2009 Holy smokes! Yours and CGH's projects are so huge! Very impressive! One question. If this ship has sails. how will you make them? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
