Sebeus I

I remember looking onto the Jolly Rodger from Disney's Peter Pan movie but found it a bit too cartoonesque to my liking and never gave it a try. I must say I do like your take on it. Love how the galleries portrude from the skull-shaped stern!

I'm going to tear down the old ship, I took some final comparison pictures. They are the same width though due they might not look it. It's remarkable how much the updated relative proportions have changed how its size is perceived. At least from my perspective. I had already taken down most of the starboard side anyway. Crossing bowsprits... I think I might work on the bowsprit next, really need to get that grim reaper on there . Oh yes, I've used 2L bars before on other ships, they are indeed less fragile .

I suppose medium nougat could work on the FD, as the weather deck is already coloured as such 🤔. I had been thinking about different solutions, I would have loved ro get some of these on the inner sides of the ship: However, once the belaying pins are in, it becomes difficult to attach the plate in an elegant manner. On the Spectre, I had tried to fix them in brackets with round plates in them: A rather fragile solution though. I suppose the easiest thing to do, would be to just use a series of 1x2 round plates , where one side is used for attaching to side/pin rack and the other for the belaying pin.

The upper cannon deck is around 18 suds at the widest. It's remarkable how easily it gets cramped though. Grates, staircases and belaying pin racks quickly fill up the space. I've fixed the broadside cannons in their outrun position to optimize space. Those are minifigure legs yes. I had used those on my previous model as well, they're a great help to finish those difficult tumblehome angles.

Update time! Designed new channels, the technic bushings I used on the old model seemed a bit small so I chose these wheels for the purpose. Interesting fact, they're cheaper when you buy them with the tire on it . I've also made a rack for the belaying pins, under the mast. I've used HP wands for the purpose before, on the Spectre and back then I wasn't too fond of it really. But I must say, they suit the Dutchman perfectly. I've made some progress on the forecastle. A while ago I found some of these nice train signal masts (the 1x16 lattice plate), excellent part to provide support while still allowing some see-through.

I've been looking into the Flying Dutchmans' unique gallery turrets. My old model had large cone pieces to serve the purpose. Which I must be able to do better this time. I tried a couple of things, didn't like most of them. Eventually I settled for this one. I'm struggling a bit with the colours though. I'm looking for some consistency and dark green is prooving to make things difficult. It doesn't blend in as well like gray, dark tan, sand green or olive green. If only those quarter dome pieces existed in old dark gray... Yet it does have more advantages in the front of available pieces The rearward turrets have little doors to access the balcony. My previous model had these doors actually connected to the interior. However, since these passages are not shown im any of the interior movie scenes... And I could really use that particular area to place a supporting strut for the superstructure... I've decided to forego the passages alltogether. Instead I intend to put some coloured glass in the doors and have a light behind it. That should look pretty slick. To conclude this update, I've a little something from the other end of the ship; the Grim Reaper's skull. I anticipate redesigning the bowsprit to be another challenging undertaking.

Well, my first one was in 2007 . Thank you, it's going to be tight for sure.

But it's the top part of the round brick that I prefer. With a pin connector the thickness of the barrel seems off. That could be solved by putting in a 1/2 pin. However, neither pin nor connector exist in (old) dark grey. Bredene, yes, the première of the Flying Dutchman, if I don't manage to do a photoshoot before that . And then it's as many events I can handle, hopefully Legoworld as well.

Yes, in the interior scenes, when Davy Jones plays the organ, the window shows coloured panes. From the exterior however, the window appears plain. Since I intend to put lights in the captain's quarters, I figured tge coloured option may work better. I might still replace the pink panes with trans brown or black.

Thank you. Actually I prefer the round bricks over pin connectors, they give that extra bit of texture. Though I do agree that the groove, where two round bricks connect, I could do without . Continuing upwards, drafting the forecastle deck. None of this is final, I just need to get my bearings. I'm going to lower this deck by two plates probably. Need to figure out a good way to attach my cannons to the deck and the staircases will need some modifications. I've replaced the starry blue by coloured bricks in the stern window. It looks a bit too vibrant to my taste but perhaps that will improve once I add everything around the window. The balconies are going to be a challenge, the whole stern for that matter, with the large angled stern window, I'm going to be in dire need of stable anchor points to attach everything to but little room to provide these. I have some ideas though. I've been experimenting with new stern details. The highly decorated stern of the Flying Dutchman will be a highlight of my model. This one is probably a little too big to fit but I'll see. She's becoming an absolute unit! Still much to do... I did set a concrete deadline, the 4th of September.

Those sails are absolutely beautiful! Are they heavy? The booms seem to bend down a little.

That is a very cosy interior! I suppose the cracked bricks are reddish brown ones? .

Thanks, I hope it still works when the ship is complete . Thank you. The motor is very unhappy. Looking back, I might have done better using an XL motor or two. Though that would have brought other challenges for sure.

After many hours of designing, test-building, trouble shooting, optimizing, fine tuning, it is finally done. The Triple Cannon feature is a fact . It's not entirely working as intended. The turning speed of the barrels is a little too high and is not in perfect sequence with the recoil loop. This on itself causes mechanical issues as the friction is rather high when rotating occurs during retracted state. The motor has difficulties handling the variable power curve, which gets very high when running out the starboard gun and very low when both are recoiling (I can smell the motor if I let it run for half a minute)... This was a very ambitious endeavor to begin with. I must say, everything considered, it is quite a neat feature. I will probably leave it like this. Frankly If I want to properly fix these issues, I'd have to start over, the whole thing needs to be redesigned. I want to get this ship finished by summer and there are still many other challenges in prospect.

They are synchronised albeit with an offset of about 1/4 of a sequence. The firing sequence is pretty much like it is in the movies. I did however not include the initial outrunning of the cannons (due to constraints with the visible parts of the forecastle). The sequence goes like this (rotating occurs in pause 1): Sequence: A - B - C - D Cannon 1: Extend - pause 1 - Recoil - pause 2 Cannon 2: pause 2 - Extend - pause 1 - Recoil That means that there is a short interval during phase D, where both cannons are retracted. I decided that was good enough to compensate for the lack of initiation mechanism. I hope to share a video of the thing in work soon . definitely! I might use some door rail plates, brackets and the like to fill those gaps. Since I plan to add a lot more barnacles and other sealife to this deck, I believe I'll have plenty of opportunities to find a solution. My old model actually had those gaps left open, it wasn't that noticable .