Franco Clarke

If this set does turn out to be real, no matter what form it ends up being, it should inject more useful shipbuilding parts into the market, which is always a good thing. Will certainly be interesting to see what Lego does with a presumably large budget to create an age of sail ship.

If you are not already aware of it, I would recommend the Studio virtual Lego program. This is a great tool as it allows you to experiment with lots of different parts without having to buy any. I presume this Boat, Hull Brick 16 x 10 x 3 : Part 64645 | BrickLink is the part you have? This is a good place to start as it can be form the basis of medium-large sized ships, depending on what you're planning to build. This is a relatively small ship using that part, with around 700 parts total. Here [MOC] 64 gun 3rd rate ship of the line. The lobster - Pirate MOCs - Eurobricks Forums is a good example of a large ship using that bow part. Finally the Build-a-frigate tutorial is always a great way to learn ship construction: Build a frigate with Captain Green Hair - Pirate MOCs - Eurobricks Forums. Good luck with your build.

This is the technique I prefer for building ships that are larger than the prefabricated hull parts. Using technique pieces with 1/2 stud offsets (i.e. 6541 and 3700) allows you to widen or narrow the hull in 1/2 stud increments, without loosing too much structural integrity. This has the added bonus of allowing the ship to split into sections if you so desire. This particular example uses the prefabricated upper bow part at the front, but for larger vessels, using hinge part 2429 as per Captain Green Hair's instructions can work. Hope this helps.

Awesome build, I'm not familiar with the original source material, but this is a spot-on recreation. The heavy use of dark brown is not a common choice, but fits will here.

That's a great improvement in such a short space of time too. I like how you've retained the design style, whilst thoroughly upgrading the build throughout. The amount of interior space you've achieved, within a realistic hull is commendable, and there's plenty of room for more detail in there.

Thank you for all the kind replies and that you like the colour balance too. I know very little Spanish either, but as the real ships often quite extravagant names, I thought an overly important title was appropriate here, The Most Holy Delayed Duck being the English translation. Thank you very much!

Great to have two superb depictions of the Constitution so soon after one another. I like how detailed and smooth this version is, I look forward to seeing your Guerriere.

It looks a very nice model, but for the price tag, I'd rather just get more parts for my own builds. That said, it is good to have some new colours and more parts in the ecosystem.

I don't think I have posted this build here yet, my Armada-inspired galleon. The Armada always had great figures and styling, but 6280 certainly didn't feel worthy of the title of flagship. With the release of the white hull parts in the Friends boat, there was at last a good basis for an enlarged Armada ship. Thus I set about building a galleon, using the Armada's unique colourscheme. The unique spectrum of shades used in the original set made the build especially awkward, and it too many iterations, both physical and digital to come up with the final design. Naturally this ended up being the largest and most parts intensive. Taking inspiration from the iconic Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion for shaping and building techniques, El Pato Santisimo Retrasado was finally launched. A few quarter views, showing an overview of the ship. Due to my inability to recreate the blue striping, I dropped the brightly coloured sails of the original, but retained the Royal crest to preserve the linage. In the end, the more muted sails probably help counteract the bolder colours of the hull. Whilst not carrying the most cannons, her high gunwhales and castles should stall any pirates or Drakes attempts at boarding. Now a quick tour, starting at the front. Here is the beak, quite literally, with the figurehead which provided the ship's name. Also shown here are the four forward firing guns, a feature many larger ships would struggle to match. The ship's boat sits in the usual position, with access to the forecastle also visible here. A similar hatch leads to the sterncastle, under the sloping poop deck. Finally right aft there is a balcony, a distinctive feature of this era's ships. This is where the tour ends, as like most of my ships, there's no interior worth seeing. Not visible in the photographs, but this ship was my first to be designed with transport to conventions as a specific design criteria. Hence she can split in two, just forward of the main mast. Unfortunately this had the side effect of making the ship less rigid, so bricks work apart as she flexes, which can be seen in some pictures.

This is a great looking frigate, the details around the beak look exquisite, have you got any closer or lower angle photographs?

Glad you like it, we ran the display again this past weekend in Coventry, and have a couple more photographs from it. A slight variation from the previous iteration, I brought along a Spanish frigate, whilst Berninhr provided a brig to burn. Massed ranks of Bluecoats storm the fort. A wider view of the assault. The last Redcoats cling on in the tower. Gunner's view of the action. Barges haul the Agamemnon out the line of fire. One final shot from the other side. We're planning on taking this to the Swindon show in a couple of weeks, if anyone's in the vicinity.

Got a few more shots showing a few other details, glad that you liked the guillotinemobile. An overview looking North. Sailors hard at working warping HMS Agamemnon out of the line of fire. Smaller vessels burn under revolutionary mortar fire. Bluecoats storm the batteries atop the fort, scaling the walls and climbing up inside. If you want any other specific views, we intend to take this to some shows later in the year, and should be able to take more then.

Looks like she is shaping up nicely, I like the choice of grey decking, very suitable for a vessel crewed with the old guard. Are you planning to add any further colours to the ship, I find small amounts of blue or red can really help bring together a Nelson chequer. Looking forward to see how it continues to grow, however long that takes.

Thank you, I'm pretty sure that lower one is what I was thinking of, the arched windows pair nicely with it.

What a pretty little vessel, crammed with great details. The guns are novel, I like the little stairs/ladders, and the brown thread gives a unique effect compared with the more common black. The black table and 'impressionist' sea frame it nicely. Not sure about the red belaying pins though, perhaps dark brown would be less obtrusive?