legopirate83

hmmmm....... lots of 2x10 brown plate a bunch more cannons, and a hand full of pirates.... oh oh and a parrot ok i buy lego, to sell lego, to buy more lego, to sell more lego, to support my lego habbit its a vicious never ending cycle..... i think im adicted to lego 8-|

sorry all for not posting for a bit work schedule....... arg! with the arrival of my order of 1000 old brown 2x10 plates, i was able to get the main frame done!! (this is which all the slide out parts come from) will start on masts after the next order i need about 1000 jumpers in old brown bricklink here i come! more picts to my brickshelf account tomorrow or next day work schedule permitting ha ha enjoy all

well my answer is in two words TO MUCH !! last Bricklink order was over 400 dollars george

WOW!!!! fantastic help more picts to come soon!!! yay

*sweet* i started the copying of the otherside of the boat my stern is almost finished being designed waiting on another order of 2x10 old brown plates ive used so many of those so far probably close to 1500 and im not even completly done with the decking, only half way piece count is going to be alot

your moc looks great i love your color scheme

hope to see more picts soon !

Wow simply the best ive seen!!

wow that list really helps thanks

Forbidden Cove was the best !!! i got it for easter one year and ran around the house jumping up and down

great moc willy i wanta see pictures of whats on the small island baseplate in the background ooooo more mocs

i guess you could say i do have "special connections" ;-) i have many friends who work there in the legoland model shop i can also come and go as i please there..... but the case that i have at legoland was just a bonus, the shop's boss allowed me to have their Pick-A-Brick is pretty good i have cleaned them out of most of their old brown to build me ships *sweet* (the discount is a great thing to have) speaking of PAB i just got some more yellow and black windows for the stern of me boat anybody got any name ideas ye can suggest? im leaning toward something spanish-ishy? also how can i get more uploading space so i can post more picts? the last one used almost all me space ha ha ha george

ok i got the image sizing down i think X-D

thanks i hope i will be able to put it on display at Legoland California when im all done i have all the stuff in my pirates folder on BS on display at legoland california and as for using parts from me other ships that us just not right all are still intact i just buy more lego the only part that gets moved is my captain he gets moved from ship to ship i think that he is an admiral at this point starting with isabelle the smallest of the fleet moving him on to erreka the medium boat and now the great Man o War (ive not settled on a name yet) the largest and grandest has to be the admirals ship cant get pictures to be resized my computer at home it wont let me, so ill try tomorrow at work but check out me progress at http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=209149 enjoy george

Okay (not ok-ey) dokey so much done tonite X-D pictures will be up on BS in the morning and i will post some in the thread at 800x600 thanks phes! mmmmm...... lego *sweet*

*sweet* looking good keep it up

another great book the world of jack aubrey by David Miller i forgot i had this one its full of pretty pictures its available on amazon

sounds like a great book! does it have lots of pretty pictures pictures ar always a good thing

pictures..... what size do i need to scale them down to measurements are somewhere between 200-250 studs long 52 studs across masts are still being determined but im to use a sphere idea coined by bruce lowell (heres his BS account) http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=44794 this is a studs on all sides sphere it will 10 studs across and maybe if i can do math at all, about 125 bricks high but those measurement are subject to change with the design bricklink.com has been a great place to find parts

hey i know that design!! i helped make it for legoland california ambassador pass holders classes i dont think that they are allowed to sell it uh-oh ha ha ha george

yes, i own them i aquired them from amazon.com they had the best prices they are used but i couldnt tell when i got them because they were in such great condition the first book i beilive i got it for under 9 bucks and the second i got for about 12 bucks they are well worth the cash also another great website is one that admiral starwind has mentioned http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sail-plan thats a great reference as well enjoy

wow great help thanks willy george

as for the marker its sharpie its not comming off but its only lego and it was a prototype i have a plethera of old brown and some other colors but when i prototype something out i generally use just one color and go back and write on the bricks it helps me see what im doing got some more done on the bow more picts to come soon

ahoy these books have proove very helpful in my quests incredible cross sections Man of War by stephen biesty and the visual dictionary of Ships and Sailing by eye witness visual dictionarys these are work the reading or looking at all the pretty pictures which there are a plethera of enjoy captain

java script:emoticon('*pirate*', 'smid_6') *pirate* slow process to build a boat got just a small section done tonite mainly designing the figurehead which is to be a mermaid looking for some ideas to furnish the inside any help mmmmm.......... lego