Captain Green Hair

I thought you were leaving the site when i read the title... Have a nice trip man!

Vikings of the Carribean?

Some parts will be used in my new ship, and there is some contest going on somewhere were i desperatly needed the bowpiece for Thanks for giving her her last honours matey's!

53d Ahoy matey's, I've updated my original frigate with a few changes. Biggest change is the two extra guns in the front: Second i've made some ''arms'' to lower the sloop: I've made her 2 studs smaller, so the tumlehome is much better: I made the headrails a bit shorter: And i made a little sign below the stern were i could have put her name: I regret to say that she didn''t survive my hunger for bricks, i hope you enjoyed these final shots! I have some large pixel shots, if you would like these for inspirational purpouses send me a PM. Cheers, Captain green hair

Thank you all for your nice replies, this encourages me to build even faster! I've just ordered about 5.000 white pieces, hopefully they are in next week. I'll keep you guys up to date Correct, the capstan brings in the anchor. But i could also be used to lift heavy stuff aboard from the main sail yard. The thing i like best about my version is that the rods aren't placed at the same hight, just like in real

Jep, Flickr works the same

Way to go Jessica, nice pics and a nice build up to a great story!

With the dollar value at the moment i buy most from the U.S. and i live in Holland. Shipment is usually pretty fast and i've had no problems so far If only i could get my Ebay account to work...

I think they were Al Qaida warriors... Oooh the Squeeky scene...?

A chick building an army, you're cool in my book!

Ouch, all that yellow hurts my eyes, or was it the flash? Nice work Sinner, i saw the dumper back in the PAB at the event and i wondered if it even was lego...

Wow nice work Ralph, i love all the little detail on it! May i ask what type of windows you have used to make the white ones?

Welcome Josh, i hope you have a pleasant journey through our topic ocean!

OOOh the Iluminum Falcom pilote!

Thanks guys , i'm building inverted to keep it as smooth as possible. When the white underwater part is done, i'll start building upwards again.

Hello Matey's! I've been planning this project for some months now and last saturday i started construction on the Dutch VOC ship the Prins Willim. Measuring a stunning 68 meters length overall she was the largest ship ever build by the VOC. I'm building in a 1:40 scale, meaning my model will be 1.70 meters long when done. The ship was build in 1649 and completed in 1651. More detailed information can be found here and in Dutch here. After her first voyage to the east, she was commisioned in 1652 by the Dutch admirality because off the outbreak of the first war with England. It was then when she was fitted with 16 extra guns and for a short period she served as the flagship of Admiral Witte de With. After she was heavily battledamaged in the battle of Duins she was returned to the VOC. She was refitted by the VOC and sailed out to the east again. It is this 40 gun version i'm building. The admiral had a model build of the ship, it can be seen in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. And here's a picture of it, note the 40 guns: Ofcourse the replica that has been build and that i recently visited is another source of inspiration: There were no plans available, so i had to make my own complex plans The main body structure has been build: The beginning of the stern and rudder are made: Another shot of the stern, you can see how it will be connected to the widest part: And a shot from the bow: Here you can see the position of the main mast, my width tool (the blue plates) and a certain pirate trying to stop her from ever setting sail Ofcourse i need some specialist tools, here you can see my height tool: And my curve tool: Last but not least i already designed the capstan, here you can also see how i plan to make the decks, a technique i saw on this beautiful steamship. Another great source of inspiration is this ship the Vasa, being build by our member Vasa. That's it for now, stay tuned!

Driver: Oooh ze have a great doctor! (read with german accent) Gunner: but not great enough! *starts shooting*

Cannons are indeed hard to find, let me know if you see any at a good prize! The hull pieces can be found on BL and auctions. A 5$ per piece prize is about average, large mid sections can be a bit more expensive in old brown, but in rown they are about 3$ i believe. (i used them on my flagship and it isn't that destracting). Good luck!

You're on the right track with this ship joey! As some already said i would make the white stripe thicker and a bit higher, and the window could be placed a bit more to the back. Keep it up!

On a ship like this approx. 2 to 3 hours.... After you've doen it a few time's you'll get faster!

This looks like your best ship yet Axle, the shape and colors work pretty well! Is it not possible to make some rigging out of string? Keep it up!

Uh oh, Doris has landed..... So wat theme's are you into Doris? Do you have a BS folder or something?

Welcome aboard our spacey group Jessica, have fun here! Interesting that you write novels, i hope you get one published soon! *fingers crossed smilie*

So, you turned to the darkside and gave up on pirates.... Nice work Z! Are you planning on adding some stuff around it?

Welcome Steven, i hope you get those boxes soon!