Marooned Marin

Truly a wonderful MOC with so many great curves, lines and numerous little details which all deserve closer inspection. In other word, it is GREAT, and well done

Hello all, I'm happy to share with you my first ''Train'' based MOC named Electric Tram. Let's start with some images, and then I'll give more details. INSPIRED BY In the mid-19th century, the world started to become urban for the first time. The industrial revolution turned towns and cities into sprawling metropolises. It was clear that the old horse-drawn hackney cabs could not keep up. Traffic planners needed new ideas. Among these new ideas was the electric tram. As a climate-friendly, traffic-jam-free alternative to the car, today electric trams come in all shapes, colours and sizes. Each different in its own unique way, but all same in their magical, almost childlike, charm. This design was based on one such tram which operated in Dubrovnik, Southeast Europe, from 1910. until 1970., and which is now permanently on display at the Zagreb Technical Museum, Croatia. ABOUT THE DESIGN As kid I was lucky to get 'Freight Train Runner' somewhere in 1994. or 95., so I decided to put in good use an old electric train motor 9V, with a train speed regulator, both still work after all these years. I understand that these motors are now rare, so I made a version without a motor with a large black rail-base underneath to serve more as a display set - see the first render image on top for the black base. Piece count (with motor and 9V rails): 960 pcz Piece count (with rail-base - no motor): 1148 pcz TRAM IN ACTION

Fantastic build, I love it! You got my support.

As a fellow ship lover, you got my support for both ships. They both have great curves, the right amount of seriousness and plenty of playability packed inside. Best of luck!

I'm interested to see that, but I'm not able to find that topic on Eurobricks, perhaps you could share the link? @The Undo @GeoBrick Thank you both for compliments, and yes I agree, the central staircase turned out really good. Thank you @Pirate_King_1982 , I'm indeed proud and have mixed emotions which one I prefer better of the two. You know, now several people, including you, suggested Queen Anne’s Revenge. I never paid much attention to that ship, never had one, but now I will look into it deeply and consider it a possible future project. Regarding your question, I avoided real firing cannons because they are bulkier and longer, and mounting them would require a redesign of the gun deck floor. It could be done, but at the price of sacrificing more space in an already cramped deck. ------- Here I made s a short video of the interior and possible playability.

Indeed, we do not. I was really under impression that he made instructions, now I see I was mistaken. I will consider your suggestion and add the beloved ship on my project list. I never owned BSB as a kid, but I did get Caribbean Clipper instead, I still have it dismantled. Currently I'm in the early phase of designing quite another ship. This will probably take several months which will give me enough time to play around with ideas fo CC. Thank you, I'm honoured You spy correct. Yes, to implement all interior and larger fire power (more cannons) I decided to make it longer and more formidable which led to addition of another mast, the mizzen mast. I'm glad you like it, and thank you for your feedback. No, you were right, some galleons did have suggested arrangement of the sails. I used this because it worked well on my previous design (The Pearl), so I never gave it much thought. At the present I will retain the sails as they are, but on my next ship I will probably go with only one big triangular mizzen sail as you suggested.

Great use of the old-masts! Seeing them I get overflowed with nostalgia. Add some life inside the cabin, a map, compass, bottle of rum.

Enormous amount of fine little details can be found in every part of the ship. Those I like the most about this upgrade. Well done!

Simply cute and adorable build!

Thank me? Nay, thank you! I'm deeply touched by your kind words and will aspire to maintain and improve my building skills in the future. When I think about it, it seems to me that has been already covered by Babyteeth HERE Thank yee Captain, thank yee! I learned much from studying your galleons and I'm happy now it turned out so well. Thank yee! Thank you kind Sir! Thank your for feedback! I see your point and will try that and see how it feels.

THE LEGEND IS BACK! In the early 2020., while traversing the Brick Seas, Black Seas Barracuda was hit by a tempest and broken to pieces on the sharp razor rocks of the Barracuda Bay. Then, using all of their wits and everything at their disposal, it took nearly four years for Redbeard’s crew to rebuild the infamous ship. When finished, Captain and the crew were so amazed by the fruit of their labour that they unanimously voted for the ship to be renamed simply Barracuda. Now the legend is back, the flag is hoisted and the course is set for the new El Dorado fortress where the treasure awaits the return of the Classic-Pirates. DESCRIPTION Barracuda is a three-masted galleon, easily recognised by a set of distinctive red and white striped sails. Specially built for pillage and plunder, she is fast and nimble, even when overloaded with stolen cargo. Equipped with 18 deadly cannons, a well trained gun-crew and one cunning captain, she is a dread to all who dare to traverse the Brick Seas. To maximise playability and allow easy access to the ship interior, this up-to-date remake features a removable quarter-deck, fully furnished captain’s cabin, spacious crew quarter, kitchen with a rat, and one deadly gun deck. WHY BARRACUDA? Barracuda is based on the LEGO 6285 Black Seas Barracuda, arguably the most beloved LEGO ship ever made which I never had a pleasure to own. When earlier this year TLG announced the Re-Make of Eldorardo fortress, I knew what my next project will be, a ship which will supplement the fortress and give my tribute back to the Classic-Pirates theme. BUILDING INSTRUCTIONS AVAILABLE Instructions are available on Rebrickable. As always, there is a 25% discount code for all Classic-Pirates fans: CP25 LINK to Rebrickable SAILS by TIM BEGOVIC Sails were made by Tim Begovic, also known as @custombrickstim . I have only a highest praise for Tim’s work and quality of the sails. I should point out that sails are not stiff and sturdy, but this can be easily fixed with the use of some hair lacquer. I used Schwarzkopf hair lacquer, applied it on both sides and left it to dry on a curved surface. Thirty minutes later, the sails were dry and stiff in a desired puffy shape, and the smell now is quite nice. Get in touch with Tim via email: tim@begovic.co, or via Instagram account: @custombrickstim where you can see some of his skilfully crafted magic. The price for the Barracuda set of sails is: €62 (shipping costs included). NOT FINISHED YET Still here? Great! Let’s end with a quick build animation where you can clearly see all the ship's curves and lines, after which I invite you to give me your two pieces of eight what do you think about this Re-make.

Captain Braunsfeld has built this fortress which was inspired by a MOC he saw on a brick-event. Set sail inside the LEGO Pirates Forum.and find more pictures of this eye catching build!

Always nice to see your work, even if it's somewhat older build. I already told you how I admire the clever technique you employed on the stern. Add more images inside the first post, only one cannot capture all the brilliance of this vessel.

Looks good! Does it come with interior, and is the back side open to allow easy access or you made the tower modular?

Very beautiful ship with nice curves and lines, and with many beautiful details. Hope you'll be able to rebuild it as it was before disaster.

Amazing work! Really well done

You have created a mighty fine vessel and you got my vote on BDP! Good luck Lets also add that shiny red button to your submission. VOTE NOW

Yes, I used the same idea from POBB, and then using bracket and tile I hid the less visually appealing part.

Building instructions are available on the ReBrickable. For all the Classic-Pirates fans there is, as before, 25% discount code: CP25 And now, couple of images of the finished real build.

I have some experience with third-party bricks and pieces, and the one I use they do have hull pieces - LINK For instance, here is the black bow used on the LEGO Black Pearl, which is now rare and expensive on BrickLink. These big pieces usually come with several scratches, but they are compatible with the rest of LEGO bricks and I find them quite good for test-building a design with real bricks. I often get black masts also with scratches. Bricks, plates and tiles are great, no problem there, they connect easily and stay connected. Beside obvious cons of not being a LEGO quality, there are few pros: - they are cheap - free shipping to Europe, and hand delivery to home by DPD service - customs tax for importing Chines goods into EU-zone is covered by them, not by a customer - if the package arrives with missing parts, after informing them they will send extra package with those parts free of charge If you are interested, prepare an excel part list (exported from Studio) and send it to service@medievalbrick.com. They will give you a reply with the price offer, or will inform you if the desired part is not available in colour you wanted and offer colours they do have. Last advice, using Studio 2.0 Instruction maker, make a simple Bill-of-Materials list where they can see parts with images. They use this for quality check before shipping out goods. Hope this helps

Hello. I've never used Pick a Brick service, so I really do not know anything about their ID codes. Studio 2.0 uses Bricklink database, but I have exported CSV part-list and added it on Rebrickable. Hope this helps. --------- I received the package with needed pars to assemble little sloop out of the real bricks. Imperial flag is missing, I lost it somewhere, so here I temporary used solid blue flag. For sails I used some leftovers from Triton, and in the process I established that the first template-for-sails in the instructions needs correction. I plan to fix that soon and replace old instructions on Rebrickable with new tested version. Also, the piece of rope works much better for mounting the front sail then the original idea of technic balls and holes.

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Dear @F1stzz I firmly hold that you are reasonable individual. I hold that many other members who shared their thoughts for the improvement are likewise reasonable. Your suggestion, as all other suggestions, are all good and well intended. Mister Phes did not choose this one-man approach to this contest because he likes to micromanage things, nor because he thought he could manage all this by himself. Far from it. He is the happiest person in delegating work and tasks to others. Believe me. The trouble is, there was no one to delegate tasks to. Allow me to shed some light on that matter. The topic for organising the Pirate Contest was created in the early months of 2023 where all staff working behind the Pirate scene (known as The Shipyard) was invited to chip in their thoughts. Month after month passed with not a single constructive comment. Why? Simple. The backstage of this beloved Pirate community is run and maintained by a few overstretched volunteers. Two moderators are heavily involved and oversee BoBS, LEGO Pirates and Pirate-MOC forum. One of them is also overseeing the C-P Flickr group and Discord section. We have few outstanding members moderating the C-P Facebook group which surpassed 10,000 members not so long ago. Two thumbs up for them. The amount of spam is kept at minimum there thanks to these fine Facebook pirates. One fantastic individual posts week after week Pirate-MOCs on the Frontpage, for I think 18 months, without missing one week. And I will not even start going into details of Mister Phes role and work he does, which is absolutely staggering by any chart. And that's about it. That's all of us. With the regular influx of tasks and responsibilities to keep the show running, nobody showed any initiative to make the contest happen. When the deadline rang, Mister Phes decided to single-handedly make things happen, even at the risk of his health and mind. Then he had that 7-country voyage thing - I believe we all here know that story, which left us where we are. And where are we? Name of this topic is How can we make future contests bigger...better...exciting Plenty was said in this topic, but we are approaching the point when someone needs to execute all of that good advice, do some heavy lifting, and make things happen. Who? Mister Phes? One conclusion we can all agree on is: we need to have more people helping out anyway they can. Not only during the contest, but all the time. This topic proves there is a number of people who care and support the Pirate theme, have good intentions and would like to help. Moreover, there are several individuals capable of writing their thoughts in a clear and constructive manner, and their names pop-up regularly. These are the most wanted. It's never late to join the adventure and help make things happen, and what better time then now.

@Brickshipyard My overly sarcastic written comment was intended to highlight problems and loopholes which someone could take as an advantage if division occurs, which would be shame for future contest. I'm truly sorry if I have offended you, or any other forum member, because I could have presented the problem in a much lighter tone, touch crucial points, and spare everyone reading this discussion of unnecessary philosophy. Sadly, I do not have a sassy reply for you, nor anything in spades.