Austin Overboard

Such a nice sunny MOC to see on a cold grey Copenhagen day. :-) Really like the diamond bubble bath and palm roof details.

Doh! Sorry, found the pic of the ship on Google and the link led me here. Hadn't noticed the thread date until after I posted the question. Great guide to get that slope though thanks. :-) I'll be using that on my next build for sure. 2x2x2 slope bricks look a bit clumsy compared to this way. I'd used a similar technique to make the main window on the Cap'n's cabin slope out over the stern already, but with 2x1x1 hinge bricks, but those used in the guide would have been better I can see now. Especially as I have loads of them after one of many raids to the Pick a brick wall here in Copenhagen's Lego shop! Dammit, I guess I've done gone bumped it again. I'll get my plank walking trousers on. :-D

Great looking ship yo! :-) I'm about half-ish way through my first ship MOC which has grown bigger than I first planned/expected (about the same size as yours but only a single gun deck, built on the Friends hull parts donated to me from a friend-no pun intended, For the greater good. :-D). But I have to ask, how did you get her sides to slope in like that? I'm guessing some kind of hinge pieces hidden away, but are they strong enough for a 10 year old to handle the model or is it just a display build? I'm trying to make my ship strong enough for my missis' daughter to play with-carefully. :-D Build it like you'd just broken it, Austin. :-)