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im trying to solve this expanded idea. The captains quarters is the most challenging. I extended the quarters by 1 stud so the side profile matches to the cannon placements. The first image shows the idea I am working on for the rear windows.The issue I had with the profile of the windows were the lack of sloping it had forward. The narrower top view of the rear at the window section feels like the models I been looking at. They also are narrower than the belly of the ship which is my goal. I may try to widen the ship towards the main mast area, but for now its looking good. The new length of the ship suggests the widest part of the ship should be about 18 studs. I did this with my Barracuda galleon, and may see how this works, but for now I am hping to keep the ship very similar to the set. The rear windows are not finished. Trying to use a few elements, bars that were recently introduced 2 months ago. The other problem I have is the lack of narrow rear the captains quarters have. I used the same proportions as the model specs. So the rear is 2 studs narrower. Which makes the windows skinnier. Im trying to solve that area. The lantern area also needs to push back to the placeholder slope I put at top. The entire sloping of the rear should line up with the top. The windows stick out about 1 stud further back. The Other part I am struggling with is the design they used for the sloping rear. The technic pins and bricks were hidden behind the cannon port holes. If you look closely you will see I moved the port holes half a stud so they line up better with the bottom port holes. I do need to solve this wall issue because it affects the interior. As mentioned above, the attachment bricks and pins take up too much space. The cannons inside the captains quarters will be too close to the door to make those side bedroom quarters large enough for a minifig to lay down. I shifted the doorway back 1 stud to allow the cannon under the stairs more room. You can also see where I placed the rear mizzen mast inside the cabin. I also think the rudder can use string running to both sides of the walls and merge at the ceiling where the wheel is. This should work well. Otherwise keep the mast post a hole and run the string inside it somehow. I m all for suggestions. The cannons will fit nicely under the stairs. If I lower the door 1 stud and make the floor tiles then the roof would line up with the stairs.

Already working on it. Once you take out the rudder and wheel gears section it opens up the entire area. In the studio file i moved the door further back under the ceiling so the stairs have space for a cannon. There is some space when i gut the sides to place rooms on the sides but not long enough for a bed. The issues im facing are the technic pins and bricks that make the sides angle upward. It takes up so much space.

I did get the parts to build the new expansion, probably premature since i plan on gutting the interior to make a larger cabin and have a string-built wheel and rudder system like my other ships. Based on how tge cabin is built i thibk the string will need to run along the walls and meet up under the wheel. I dont know if there will be room for the 2 bedrooms inside the cabin. The most difficult part is making the taper work. I would like to work the windows so they slope forward not backwards. I also would like to fit a cannon under the stairs. But the length is closer to what i was hoping for with the expansion.

The expanded Black Pearl is now up on rebrickable Shineboi Black Pearl Expansion

Slow Crew (reddit) updated his expansion. Instructions are done and he is adding a few photos to the pdf file to make a few sections clearer. Sounds like we are going to have the first expanded Mod available to the masses. Expansion link i been trying to solve the cabin and wheel to rdder issue.

I have been working on a ship 12 studs longer to represent a better profile. I plan on making the upper deck cannons fit ubder the stairs and open the cabin up with my rope design i used on the barracuda. Somebody sent me a simplified technic design. I think the cabin windows needs to be 2 studs back. The stairs need to start 1 stud forward and the doors need to be pushed back 2 to 3 studs ubder the top. Ill try to refit my sunroof design into the top since i originally moddled it off the Black Pearl. Somebody sent me this reddit user who has been doing a similar idea. Reddit expansion

Glad I saved my 21000 points. Paid around $220usd. I will be on the lookout for a uaed second ship when people start selling the minifigs so i can build a 3 ft one.

The review build on Jays site clearly shows that mods will be way easier than I thought. The ebtire gun desk will be easily visable and modified with beams and proper posts. The captains cabin appears to be a more complicated mod to open the space up, but i think it will be done with some thought. The forecastle and area below seem to be simple to change and make more accurate. Overall I think the way this ship was build will make mods and expansions quite easy without destroying the exterior design.

After seeing thw official reveal i am more convinced of buying the set and modifying it with 1 to 2 more center hull pieces. The Mod Your Bricks design figured out the profile proportions nicely and I think qe could all make a great mod combining the two designs. I am looking at widening the ship by 2 studs, but keep a similar profile shape closer to what MYB design did. Adding 2 more hulls will make it too narrow, but using my Barracuda hull design to widen it will make up for it. The key to the stern design is to lower it. Its too tall, but i think its possible and still retain the rudder function, even if its a different design. That way you can retain the long captain cabin interior. I think its best to design it in Studio and plan on that as my new winter project. The forecastle needs a longer Bowspirit, about 3 to 4 inches. With these changes the new ship should be about 34 inches long. The goals for the project: 1. Retain the rudder/wheel function. Maybe using string like my barracuda 2. Retain cannon open function, maybe relocate play function from rear to quarter deck. I think you could turn the rotating function 90 degrees and make them barrels or even bilge pumps which exist near the main mast. 3. Open up the cabin. Clearly they use that space to keep angled walls up, but there has to be a better deaign like MYB did. 4. Make the gun deck accessable. 5. Open up the forecastle and make an interior.

The 35 inch long barracuda I designed a few years ago uses a custom sail design that i moddled off the Black Pear hoping someday i could build a similar sized ship. Since the files to the sails are based on my mast design, this should be an easy mod to this new ship. The new Black Pear uses 5 hulls. If you add 1 hull and widen it by 2 studs towards the front then it should be able to taper like the Barracuda in the rear based on the great cabin design the new set has. I think ill tale final photos and post the Barracuda Bay remastered sometime soon. The final ship i build will be a great starting reference for tackling The Black Pearl. I think the ship could be about 35 inches long and 33 to 34 inches tall. Its not far off from the new set. The ship needs a proper interior and maybe easy to fix or gut it entirely and make it 6000-7000 pieces like the ship sitting on my shelf. The design is great and plenty of room to use as a guide. I was saving points for Rivendell and now i think ill use them to get the ship half off. The design team did great making it bigger, just needs some love to make it an UCS model.

New leaked photos of the ship, displayed on a desk, high res figures, the front and back box design. The cannon level opens and there is an area for the treasure hold which also was their jail cell area in the movie. The profile photo showing off the display stand being removed really shows off a very similar design as the real ship. The shaping is awesome. The rudder is controlled by the wheel. Im loving the design. The captain quarters are small and brightly colored. I see how i could modify to make the masts more accurate. Man this set has a great design and plenty of space for mods.

I think they are plabning on doing ahips in the scale and give us minifigures for each set. This woyld be the best solution for getting the main cast fir each series. I look forward to them doing TOS Enterprise and somehow modify it into the SNW version. There are only two nice large scale versions of it. I know that is too early to discuss. I think what Trekyards did was great. As for TNG enterprise. The saucer is difficult to reproduce and frankly i was hoping they would have ibtroduces a new series of curved wedges. They need to introduce the wedges with a 6 stud slope. This would ve an easier trabsition for doing the saucer and offer new landscape pieces. I loved seeing them as sand in The Barracuda set and would like to see a longer slope because it would actually help do ships with the saucer designs. I would also like to see them offer more wedge designs in tile form. The recent curved slopes and wedges they introduced in speed champions are going to help craft hulls easier.

How likely do you think LEGO will show off the set next 2 weeks? It seems like its always 2 weeks before release and i cannot imagine they would wait too long. It surprises me nothibg else has been revealed. Seems like LEGO loves to leak just enough blury stuff.

Are those new Black 2x2 thick mast bottoms? I do not know if the part already exists, but this would greatly improve the structure of pirate ship masts since they only have 32 stud long axles. My custom ship would be better if it had 40-44 inch axles. But, I wonder if these new parts would benefit all ship builders.