Bart

Nice job, it would be great if it somehow retained the nob on the back and would release it when fully extended so it shoots :D Bart

Hello peoples, Last week I was fooling around in LDD, and tried to (not for the first time) to make a dragon. Unlike most others this attempt didn't look that horrible. Finally proportions of the head seemed to match up. The jaw is locked it isn't put on hinges but is angled via studs. It cannot close any further because of the teeth. it can open one or two millimetres more at most. After I extend the head to wards were it connects to the neck I had a good look at a lot of pictures on the web. And found that the connection is shielded by flaps (ears?) working as a sort of collar. So I added those to hide the difficult part of head-neck attachment. As for the neck I want it to be able to move. Or fixate in a pose. So thats not very easy. My first attempt came up with this; As you can see the neck is way to thin. So that has to change. But that may not certainly be a bad thing because when its bigger you have more options to make a scale look. Not quit thought of how to do that though. I am aware of the fact that in real live I might have some gravity problems with my design, but there is not much I can do about it at the moment. If there in the future is a change to build this in real bricks that are problems for that time. thank you, Bart PS: are there any other moc dragons around? I can't seem to find them, and I could use something to have a spy on to see how others worked around some problems.

I really like it, all parts of it. great details, and a nice internal layout. also the facade is instant town hall look for me. Bart

Great looking ship, I love the use of the flexible Technic gold parts. And the way you did the sails Bart

If you would do that I would extend the rudder up so it still comes out of the water. Usually the top of the rudder would even stick up trough the 'Counter' (hollow arced part below the lights) where inside the rudder would connect to the tiller. Imo this is not correctly drawn in the 'Vertical Section of the Frigate "Novara"' Image above, the whole tiller (or Helm) is missing. Bart

I thought the French 'Sapeurs' were the ones with beards and hatchets, not the British. Bart

I would definitely go with the blue baseplate. It makes it look more alive. It is also something I haven't seen done much or even at all in Lego, while I have seen this some times in 'real' ship models (made of wood e.g.) Going with the blue baseplate also is a bit easier then making the complex shape of the under water part of the ship. Or if you have time and effort to spare you could make them both. A full hull model which can be placed on a base which makes the model appear to be in the water. Bart

Actually looks pretty good, nice lock, and the ventilation thingies. But if you didn't stated it was Davy Jones his, then I woudn't have guest it. and I can't help but wondering what is in the lower part Bart

Is it me or is Brickshelf down again? Bart

Do you mean military navy or merchant navy? Anyhow I think the old pirate torso's with the striped shirts, not the modern ones with holes in it. And a normal face not an evil grin makes perfect sailors and deck-hands. Because the lower ranks didn't wear any kind of uniforms. Pirates were usually merchants gone bad or military gone privateering. So clothing should be exchange-able. Bart

And there lies the big problem how do you compare ships and especially moc's, there is a discussion about that in the rocks and shoals topic, link above. Bart

I love the historically looking crane on the dock :D and the whole fort is coming along great :D Bart

wow fantastic build. I especially like the moc doors and the hinges, very good idea there. Bart

Just showed my sister the picture of the Fellowship, almost the first thing she said "Where is Sméagol?" And indeed where is he? He could be both in the Moria and the Shelob set. Bart

When I looked at the thumbnails I thought; wow that is huge. then I clicked it and realized it was small scale, which only made it more amazing to me. Great Job Bart

That is not entirely true, there are some people here building full scale ship of the lines. I know Captain Green Hair is building the Prins Willem and Tedie is building the Victory and there are some others which I can't think of right now. And if I'm speaking for myself I'm always interested in this kind of things :D Bart

I thought they were there to give the ship extra strength when in battle or when under sail because then you do not use the capstan. You only use it to lift the anchor or to deploy launches or barges. Then the capstan is only used when the ship is dead in the water i.d. not moving. But that is just a thought Bart

My link Scroll down there is a thing about the capstan on the middle gun deck. And a part about the posts surrounding it. Posts being the vertical suports for the deck above. Bart

The English name for 'snauwmast' is indeed spanker mast, it is a second mast directly behind the mizzen mast and is used to connect the Spanker sail to. When I searched the Dutch I came across quit a view examples. but searching for English examples I only came by this one; Click This man is building a model of the USS Constellation and it uses a Spanker mast. clearly visible on the picture when you click the link. And on this page he is actually calling it a spanker mast, on the bottom part. Here is a picture of the real constellation seen from behind. I just noticed the previus post got edited while I was searching for information and making my post. And not for the first time Foremast Jack is right, snow mast it is. (but apparently spanker mast is used to) Bart

8,8% all acquired after the release of the '09 pirates The most I have is town 29,1% followed by city and techinic both 12,6% And those are all from my childhood time. Bart

Just so you know the "raised eye brow pieces" are not there to keep the ropes of the paint work but they are for the rain and water flowing down along the hull, they direct the water to the sides so it doesn't get in the gun ports. and I believe they are called "rain diverters" Bart

I had two idea's LXF Bart

I know cb4 used 1 stud wide prows. Here and here. But those are brick build hulls, If you are looking for a single stud prow on a prefab I wouldn't know. Bart

I don't think your stern is over-done at all, I love it. Definiatly what I would expect with an Flying Dutchman. Also the style of your galleries pleases me, I'm looking forward to see both levels. I also admire your skills to make something that at first sight looks like a bunch of random bricks look very good, the stove is just great. Bart

Okay thanks, Didn't know that Skipper did that his work is not yet visible for us. Bart