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Hi again, I've been busy for the end of the month! For my first plantation I've gone for what I think may be a slightly different approach. Tiberia is outside of the tropical zone and the information we have says that it is not suitable for typical cash crops. Being more temperate I've gone for a more traditional 'old world' type farm with a twist. The farmer's name is a nod to 18th century Swiss naturalist François Huber who pioneered our modern understanding of bees. Hope you enjoy! Also this is my third freebuild for February, so if you are not from Corrington, please feel free to show your approval!!! Dirk Allcock's third and final investment in Arlinsport is also his proudest. During his short stay he meet a very interesting character named Frank Huber. Frank and his young daughter had recently arrived in Arlinsport hoping for a better life after Frank's wife died in childbirth. Frank had it in his head to buy a small plot of land and farm lavender. He was convinced that there was a market for the dried flowers and oil amongst rich Corlanders to alleviate some of the awful smells of day to day life. While this idea held a certain appeal for Dirk, it was in fact Frank's ideas on bee keeping that made Dirk secure a small property just outside Arlinsport for the Huber family. Frank had a new design for a portable beehive that he believed would allow him to collect honey without destroying the bee hive and most importantly, the queen bee. Hopefully the combination of honey and lavender would make a wise investment.

The Captain's Daughter Tavern | Ayrlego | Corrington Lavender Patch and Apiary | Ayrlego | Corrington

Hello everyone, a small artesian build and my first property. I was very impressed by Mike S's modular style Amelia Street buildings and have attempted another in the same style. While his are obviously from the more wealthy and tidier part of town, I wanted a darker feel for what is supposed to be an (ever so slightly) seedy tavern! Not entirely happy with the result, but here it is. Oh, and in an unrelated note, this is my 100th post, and so I reach the dizzying heights of Eurobricks Citizen!!! Dirk Allcock's second investment in Arlinsport was a small tavern named 'The Captain's Daughter'. Some describe Tiberia as a gloomy place, but one thing is sure, it is full of sailors, soldiers, smugglers and adventurers, all of whom have a reputation as liking a good drink (or two... or four....). Surely investing in a tavern is a sure thing right?!!!

A well executed and humorous little build. I like how you were inspired by a historical reference. Good job!

A very grand looking plantation! The statue is particularly nice. I approve!

Very nice looking ship! The dark red goes well and the detail on the stern is very nice. I personally do not like those LOTR sails, but you've used them well here.

Great concept and good excellent minifig posing. I approve

Such a beautiful, sleek looking vessel - fantastic job. I approve!

A really nice build! As already mentioned, the sandbar is particularly well done. The jellyfish are a great detail, what piece is that?

So much detail! The house, working process and landscape all blend effortlessly! Another awesome build!

Again, thank you everybody for your comments! Kurigan, here are the requested detail shots. The square spars are indeed made using 4081, with a 87994 (Bar 3L) attaching them to the round 1 x 1 mast. The rudder does indeed function, I liked the way yours looked, especially the tiller, but I decided that as this vessel was from an earlier period the simplified version might be more appropriate. The underside is much the same as the Bumblebee, I think my hull is 4 studs (two 2x4 plate sections) longer. Attaching the two sides was.... well fun! I couldn't work you how you attached the front with what appears to be bars and clips. In the end I used an old hinge piece like in the picture below, which held it together nicely. Then clips and a bar were used to make the bow piece so that there wasn't a huge gap at the front. Hope these images help anyone else wanting to try this technique, thank you Kurigan for orignally sharing your detail shots! Without them I doubt Saucy Gibbon would have been possible!!! As for what's next, nothing too exciting, on the ship front I have two pre-built hull vessels to finish in Captain Green Hair style, one a 20-30 gun frigate and one Xebec. Thanks for indexing Maxim!

Based on my shaky understanding, I'd like to register the Saucy Gibbon for route 2A (I believe this is the only route suitable for her based on the fact she only has a speed of 2?). Thanks!

The raft is really very nice with lots of great details, but the landscaping really makes this MOC!! Fantastic job all-round!

A very nice and very clean build! Like Bregir mentioned it looks especially good combined with your other 2 buildings. The Lego rolling pin is probably one of my favourite details of this build, very clever! Arlinsport is growing quite rapidly!

Impressive sails and rigging (After having attempted it for the first time I now have an newfound respect for how difficult it its!) A very nice vessel indeed.

Thank you everyone for your comments. Thanks Bregir. I'll change the first post to reflect she is a sloop - Thanks for the correction, I know very little about sailing vessels - my experience is almost entirely in much larger, more modern vessels painted grey with big guns (upon which I have spent far too much time)!! In retrospect I agree with you on the mainsail. If I can undo everything without it all falling apart I might try making it bigger. I can't claim the shutters as a hatch as my idea, they are copied from the Bumblebee, although mine are bigger to try and represent a small cargo hold. Thanks Dr Spock, I've seen that great resouce before and I should have referenced it before I embarrassed myself with my lack of ship knowledge! I'll be sure to in the future!! Thanks Mike, you're right and I agree with you and Bregir here. I have licensed her as a 1F.

The Saucy Gibbon | Ayrlego | Corrington The Captain's Daughter Tavern | Ayrlego | Corrington Lavender Patch and Apiary | Ayrlego | Corrington

Greetings fellow Corlanders! After some minor setbacks I have completed my first vessel for BoBS! Topic can be found here I will be licensing her, any suggestions on Class type would be most welcome in her thread - I was thinking 2F but fear she might be a bit small, although too big for a 1F?

So last week I started building a small vessel for my free licence. Currently that 'small' Xebec is probably around a Class 5F... so fail!!! Then I saw Kurigan's superb Bumblebee and read his challenge. I decided that whilst I probably won't be inventing any ground breaking new techniques anytime soon, I'd set myself a challenge. Build a small brick built hull vessel I could licence for free, before the end of the month, with only pieces I have on hand (no Bricklink orders!). I have never attempted a brick built hull before, nor sails, nor rigging. The Saucy Gibbon is the result. Built and photographed over the last 2 nights after work, she is heavily influenced by the Bumblebee, although a seriously 'dumbed down' version. Light Bley is not the colour I would have chosen for my vessel, but was the only colour I had enough 2x2 tiles for! I had in mind to licence her as a Class 2F, although looking at some of the examples in the Ship Index I feel she may be a bit small? Any opinions? Anyway without further ado, here she is: During his brief stopover in Arlinsport, Dirk Allcock made a number of small investments. The rumours amongst his regiment were indeed true, Dirk had financed this expedition out of his own pocket. While his family is quite wealthy, Dirk realises that he must build his own income to finance further voyages of discovery. His first investment is the small sloop 'The Saucy Gibbon'. Owned and crewed by three brothers, The Saucy Gibbon is a fast little sloop used for trading runs. Her owners had fallen on hard times however, after their last three cargos of illicit sugar from LeBellan had to be dumped to avoid Olean customs vessels. Having met and assessed the brothers, Dirk bailed them out by paying off their creditors in return for a silent partnership in the vessel. He hopes this small investment will pay off, and that he can open new doors and opportunities for his new partners.

This is a really great build. As others have mentioned, the stand out feature would have to be the walls. The colours work really well and the texture is just right - all over beautiful! Great job!

Opps! - I should have seen that!

Very nice little ship Legostone, I quite like the hull technique for a ship of that size, I'm thinking to try it out myself. Nice to see the dark green epaulettes making another appearence for Corrington - I love them! Also I've never seen the medium blue parrot before, it looks good as your figure head. Are the masts quite fragile? Or have you run something down the centre of the 1x1 round bricks to make them more stable? Anyway great job, and hopefully you have a profitable first voyage!

Nice scene and great story! Good to see Susieh reclaiming her ship!

I like this plantation very much. The cart is very well done and as mentioned the fence gives the build extra character. If you are not a purist, altbricks do tan and what they call 'medium tan' stem pieces - might be another option? I have some of their leaf pieces -the plastic is more brittle than real lego, but other than that I have no complaints and they do a variety of colours available in large quanties (something that is sometimes rare in any one bricklink store). Anyhow, plus one approval from Corrington

Nice effort! Shame about the Appleseed - hopefully your new vessel will be luckier! Fair winds and following seas Senor de la Manzana! PS. Oh and 1 approval from Corrington