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Amazing job on that stern you got there *wub* i also like the way you made round shape of the bow area really great job ;-)

Unfortunately no :-$ i've been far too busy lately with school and stuff so did'nt get the chance of actually designing ships anymore. However i did buy my first two legosets in 8 or 9 years which are the vader tie advanced and the technic towtruck *sweet* But now i want to focus on ships again and maybe even design one which is "affordable" and isn't too large :-P

4 purely for nostalgic reasons though as this was one of the first pirate sets i got when i was a kid. beeing crtical though the set itself would get a 2 because it's way to simple en the raft is horrible :-P

Ah very nice *sweet* Ingenious mast design really cool 8-

This is cool *sweet* i love it. very nice find ;-)

Thanks you guys :-$ i'll be getting lots of legos for my birthday but they still have to arrive. and then i can finally start the construction of my ship *sweet* best birthdaypresent i ever got.

That's why i always design my ships in LDD first. I know which blocks i will be needing and the plans well LDD makes em for me after i am finished. the design itself is done mostly off the top of my head though ( is this the correct way of saying that? :-P)

there are some straight lines in a ship but almost 70% of a ship's hull (be it a frigate or a 1st class ship of the line) is curved even the decks have a curve. the only thing that is about straight in a ship is the position of the gunports those are alligned like this as you can see : hope this helps ;-)

I think it is just a little to small to be in real minifig scale. but i could be wrong :-P What are the dimensions of the 74 gunner ?

I really like the Bellona. I tried to design her myself once but it was too much for the program :-P and that was without the underwater part :o impressive stuff.I also love those gun carriages. However i do think she needs heavier guns on the lower gundeck. But that's just me *sweet* really nice ship.keep up the good work.

No unfortunatly putting th masts on the ship causes the LDDprogram to overload and crash. You will have to wait until the real ship is built before you can see any masts on it :-/ sucks doesn't it :-P

Well the design is final now *sweet* finally!!!! :-P took me tons of rebuilds but now it's finished. So Here are the rest of the pictures tell me what you think Phredit: Added resized img to post

Argh double posted again :-$ After some extensive remoddeling on the topside of the ship i came to this .I personally think this looks 10 times better than the original. Let me know what you guys think of it :-$

Too bad the denise has sunk :'-) she was one of the best ships my brother and me ever saw in lego. But if there are other ships on the way ,well then we are looking forward to seeing pictures of them *sweet*

What kind of stern are you talking about? A realistic one or a fantasy one One for a ship of the line or one for a frigate?

Yes the high price tag is a bit of a bummer but its what i had ecxpected and what i can afford. About those headrails i'll make a sort of pictorial when i'm at home so i can show it. they are quite simple once you get used to the construction method ;-) I don't think my acheron is superior to yours Mr Tiber definetly not Yours is beautiful and she is made on a standard hull *y* something i wouldn't even know how to start a frigate with i love those kind of ships that are build on the standard lego hulls *wub*

Ah yes the catalogues now those were fun aaagh times gone by :'-) Geuss it's time to bring those times back!!! *sweet*

That x wing engine idea is a good one. I never would have thought of that. maybe i could use it on my ship. *sweet*

I would hope not X-O I think that if i were to do it now i think i would have just as much (if not more) fun than i did when i was a kid and you would too ;-) you know i'm right

Well it was the same story over here but we just didn't listen to our parents (Hairy Ruben and myself) It was fun though building 3-4 feet long battleships with watertight compartments just to watch them sink. Ah those were the days *sweet*

Now this is nice. I really like your bandits and their hideout *sweet*

Hull and guns are finished so now the only thing that remains are the masts.After that i can buy it at an estimated cost of around 1200

I like this ship but it would look so much better with more slender and longer bowsprit and masts ;-) just a suggestion though the ship looks good the way it s now ;-)

now this is really impressive *sweet* btw are there more pictures of that fierce battle between the Black Seas Barracuda and your Hms Repulse? i always loved those kind of pictures Keep up the good work

I am very happy to be here too *sweet* this is really one of the best forums i know on the net :-$