matt22hew

Some further progress. About to start with the bow. Which should prove quite interesting and tedious!

Hello all, Thanks you all for the replies and suggestions! Regarding the masts, I have since made them the smaller. I was just starting to incorporate them into the project when I posted the pics and they did look quite silly! Also for the gun ports I will try and post another few screenshots of the ship at direct broadside. They are staggered by a single brick but perhaps making them a full two brick offset would look nicer. As far as the shape goes I would love to get the perfect "Flask" look but I think I will have to stick with the current side design. If and when I order bricks I might try and work something a bit different and experiment however. I would love to make here a bit wider as someone mentioned but I want to try and keep it slightly smaller for placement in my house if it ever becomes real brick! And yeah my little laptop starts to bog a bit if I do anything like move joints so I think after the mid section is built I will simply create the bow and stern on a seperate file. More pics to come soon!!! Best, Matt

Hello all, New member but have always had a personal affection for legos. Had the coastal clipper and a few other ships when I was very young and was always jealous of my friend who had a BSB. Fast forward 20 or so years and I saw the Imperial Flagship being touted as the largest lego ship. Went out and bought it and the madness began. I was at first going to buy another IFS and simply make a large one out of two. But I recently took a trip to Europe on business and went to the Netherlands and stayed in Valkenburg (NICE TOWN!) Then I was off to london where I had an extra day to travel to Portsmouth. I went there exclusivley to see the victory as I always admired the ship. Needless to say she is my inspiration. I lurked around these forums for about a month checking out some designs and I must say I never knew there was such a big following for this! Anywaythis is a works in progress. The ship will be three modules with the bow, center and stern being detachable. Also the center section's side panels are completely detachable with the infrastructer being the meat and potatoes of the ridgitity. I hope you like it so far and I am of course open to suggestions and will try to answer all questions.