Sebeus I

Thank you, It's not only to avoid the rigging itself but the stays need to be pretty well anchored in the walls, which in turn requires the walls to be very sturdy themselves. Having a large opening in there could jeopardize that structural integrity. It's not impossible though, I'm certain a solution may be found to reinforce the walls in some other way. Nevertheless, given the short timespan in which the largest part of the ship was built, we cut some corners there I guess . Oh, I certainly agree, if it can be done, legal connections, without compromise, I will .

Thank you, "Legal" is a matter of perspective (as a pirate would say ) When not considering the rigging (which I guess counts as not legal as a whole), I'd say the only debatable connections would be a couple on the upper side walls, where different angles connect. There's no excessive stress or anything like that though, they're more like incomplete connections where plates are not clutched into each other completely and are held in place by other features. Now that I think about it, those plates could have been replaced by tiles and it would be completely legal, though less sturdy.

Thanks 😊 I think I've built ships on most colour prefab hull now.

This is a collaboration between me and @Legostone . We present: The Inferno! Soon after 71391 Bowser Airship was released, I collected enough medium nougat coloured hull pieces to build a ship. Initially my intention was to build a replica of the famous Inferno, as seen in the move The Goonies. However, upon closer inspection of the reference material, we eventually decided to deviate and add some more interesting features. David came over to my place for a Ship Building Weekend, we had done one of those before, resulting in the creation of the Revenant. This is what we started from, on a Friday evening: (I typically collect potential useful parts in the hull of a WIP ship, that's just my process ) And this is what we had at the end of the weekend. Needless to say, we had been quite productive. One might even call this speed-building. From there on I continued on my own to finish this beauty. Though we continued to discuss solutions via whatsapp. I had never built a ship with a sprit topmast before, for a more classic galleon rig. It's more tricky than a modern bowsprit, meant for jibs, but I think it works. Some things we didn't like about the Goonies' Inferno are: the not so glorious stern (we wanted galleries!), the odd position of the main mast and the lack of fire power (Our ship now runs a compliment of 18 12-pounder guns on a dedicated gun deck and we left some room on the upper deck for additional 3 pounder guns, though I've only placed two near the capstan. The colour scheme is one I am very happy with, On top of the medium nougat hull sit the walls, which are made out of (old) dark grey. It more brownish tone, compared to the newer Bluish Grey, works great on a "wooden" ship. David and I had collected just enough rust-coloured gunport flaps, before Bricklink decided that Rust is not an official colour . To be fair it's not that different from regular red but still, regular red might have been too bright to play nice with the rest of this particular colour palette. Above the main gun deck, we have a splendid marriage of dark orange and dark red, continuing all the way up to the beakhead. On top of the stern medium nougat makes a return. I find that the reuse of the hull colour elsewhere on the ship often works well to bring some balance in the colour scheme. Pearl gold serves as decorations, ornamenting the prow and stern. I've taken some pictures before I added the sails, as it is often easier to see more of the ship itself that way. The deck is made entirely of dark tan. I personally find that reddish brown is easily overused so I've tried to limit it for little details on deck only. I had these printed tiles from the Snow White set, which goes well on the binnacle. Concerning the helm, a ship like this really isn't supposed to have a steering wheel. A whipstaff would have been more appropriate There is no interior, on a fully rigged ship it doesn't make much sense investing time in details into an interior that can never be accessed anyway. I'm very happy with these grates, I had these built already for another ship but it just felt right to use them on this one. (It's going to hurt collecting more reddish brown fences, they're quite expensive ) I think medium nougat would work well for the masts, instead of the current tan. Unfortunately I only considered that when the standing rigging had already been applied. Captain William B. Pordobel, can't forget about him. And that concludes our business, let me know if you like it. David and I are already discussing a new ship to build on another ship-building weekend .

That's some excellent part usage right there! I like the use of these classical/vintage parts, the cannon wells work quite well.

Thanks. After all it was designed to be a set, since that was the objective of the contest. Another castle-themed boat did make the cut though. Sea Serpent. LEGO© typically does their own thing with these designs so I'm curious to what that one will turn into.

Thanks, I've been designing many more of such small boats.

I can't say I'm very happy with how the balrog looks. But I've got to say, the booknook concept is pretty brilliant. The use of colour to show where the fire is bright is pretty cool too, I saw that before on a balrog MOC a couple of years ago though. I'll probably end up buying ot, perhaps I can use some of it to enhance my own balrog, which is a bit rough around the edges . https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/forums/topic/194398-moc-lotr-the-balrog-of-moria/

I originally built this for an Ideas contest. Find free building instructions at ReBrickable! A modern version of the original set 6049 Viking Voyager A comparison with the original Viking Voyager set I hope you like it.

Thanks, those were the first parts I designed.

Lovely models, I particularly like the colours on the tractor.

I tried my hand at Volvo's construction truck, the FMX. This time I went for a smaller scale, 1:45 which should be around minifigure scale. The model features articulated suspension, allowing for some excellent posing and the bucket can be raised. For the rest it is really a display model. Note the detailed exhaust aftertreatment system closely resembling the real thing. I'm considering building some other Volvo models in this scale though I anticipate an FH to be quite the challenge. I've uploaded building instructions at ReBrickable.

Broadsides' bed is truly the highlight for me, nicely done!

Nice going! I've been wanting to do some more Aquazone since forever. I particularly like your rockwork, splendid job! My last Aquazone MOC was some time ago. Although I did do some other underwater themed MOCs. Makes me want to upgrade my rockwork to your standard .

Beautiful model, great job on the bodywork. That custom windshield looks to be a perfect match for the Stratos.

Oh what an interesting project! Are you considering using the programmable features of PoweredUp hardware?

Nicely done! Big fan of the oval door windows!

Absolutely love it! Excellent choice of parts. The wheels are custom I presume?

Thank you. I suppose dark blueish gray is really the best colour for rails. Although I imagine they would look pretty nice in Pearl Dark Gray .

Well done, given such a limited number of parts. It would be nice to see a version without the set-restriction i think.

What a cannon! Lovely rounded shape.

A splendid modern version of the classic set. Well done!

Also, I've been looking for alternatives for Brickshelf, to host images, and Bricksafe seemed like a good candidate. However it seems Bricksafe isn't accepting any new users .

This is bad, what about all the old archived MOCs here at EB? I imagine a lof of those depend on Brickshelf for pictures...

That small bridge to the tower is an excellent feature, adds a lot to the atmosphere of the model.