Wellington

No, I haven't made neither the Dutchman nor the Endeavour so far. Honestly I never liked the Flying Dutchman's design and thus I'm not keen on building it. But I could image to build the Endeavour in the future (although it should be difficult to downsize a first rate ship of the line so that in terms of size the official Lego sets wouldn't look too ridiculous when standing side by side). Best regards, Wellington

Thank's for your reply. You're right that the ship is a bit out of proportions but it had to match roughly the length of my MOD/MOC of the Lego-BP and thus it had to be at least a bit shorter than the BP. Furthermore both ships are a bit like caricatures of the real ones. Here's an LDD-Image of my beloved BP MOD/MOC (which will be improved in the future). But nevertheless I'm really considering to trade off the lenght difference between the two ships for better balanced proportions of the Interceptor. Best regards, Wellington

Ahoy everyone! I want to show you my version of the HMS Interceptor from POTC. This moc is intended to match in approximate proportions the official Lego-sets (rather than being a MOC in minifig illusion scale). My aim was also to not use a too excessive amount of pieces. Anyway I tried to use some ship-building techniques which can be seen here in the forum and I'm quite satisfied with the result so far. Until now I can only show you the LDD-images, more detailed pictures will follow when the ship is built in real bricks. What would the ship be without a crew. Commodore Norrington is also already aboard. Comments und tips for improvement are always welcome. Kind regards, Wellington

Thank's for all replies. I built the original BP-set with LDD and made comparison-shots. I edited them in my first post. Best regards, Wellington

Changes involve: - curved shape of the ship - new stern design / new design of the galleries - new prow and improoved headrails, authentic positioning of the figurehead - a simple deck has been added to the side of the ship (similar to the BSB) - correct positioning of the mizzen mast Please compare the original to the pictures above. For the original ship see at http://www.geekalerts.com/lego-pirates-of-the-caribbean-black-pearl-4184/ It's hard to make close-up shots with LDD of the particlar sections. I'll give you closer pictures when the real thing is finished Best regards, Wellington

[pid][/pid] LDD 11A Hello everyone! Always when I was looking at my official Lego Black Pearl I got the feeling that I need to rework and change it... although it's a cute ship in some way. I made a MOC of the Black Pearl and used the basic design of the official set but tried to make it more accurate and detailed. I used the official set as the base so that it wouldn't look completely out of place alongside the BB or the IFS. Until now there are only screenshots of the LDD availble but I will start the work on the real thing as soon as I have the pieces. The current piece count is 970. EDIT: I made Comparison-images of the LDD-models of my MOC/MOD and the set before it was modified: old MOC/MOD old MOC/MOD old MOC/MOD Comments and tips for improvements are always welcome! Best regards, Wllington

Thank's for all your kind comments! I've been a bit busy but I promise the Wicked Wench will get her sails soon. So expect some new pictures. Best regards, Wellington

Helle everyone! Thank's for the replies. @Admiral Croissant: Yes, I added catheads but they are maybe hard to see because they're also brown. Now I want to share some new pictures with you. I've updated the stern of the ship and the rigging is now almost completed thus it won't be long until the Wicked Wench can finally set sail. Replies, comments and suggestions for improvement are always welcome! Best regards, Wellington

Hello everyone! Here's an update of the Wicked Wench. I've started to add the rigging and although it's not finished yet I wanted to share some pictures with you: Replies and comments are welcome! Best regards, Wellington

@Thee Pirate: I'm glad you like the ship. In fact the pictures of the videogame-BP were like a pattern/orientation for me in terms of approximate size/shape etc. The Wicked Wench is rather loosely based on the videogame-BP but was heavily inspired by it. Before I started to build the Wicked Wench I read Captain Greenhair's tutorial "Build a frigate" which was extremely helpful. @Perfectionist: Thank's for your advice. I already realized that the masts are too tall (although the picture makes the masts look taller than they actually are). Since I took the last picture I've already shortened the masts but they still are a bit above the ratio you mentioned. It certainly gives me the opportunity to give her a good amount of sails. Best regards, Wellington

Thank's for all the kind words. Currently I'm focused to finish the Wicked Wench but who knows what I'll do after it. We'll see. Best Regards, Wellington

I'm happy that you like the ship. Here are two pictures showing the bow with the masts: Best Regards, Wellington

Hello my friends! I've done some work on the deck and the masts. Now they are at their future position on the deck. Best Regards, Wellington

Hallo maties! I've done some work on the Wicked Wench. I've done some improvements on the ships bow. Hope you like it. Let's take a look at the picture: Best regards, Wellington

Thank's to all for the many positive replies. Currently I'm waiting for my bricklink order to continue the work but I'll keep you all updated. Best regards, Wellington