HMS Expedition

[Bonaparte]

Very nice Duke! This is turning out really well.

The masts have the right height, the ship has nice colors and a decent size.

The windows at the back are giving the design something extra.

You are right about the main mast. It need to be moved a bit to the back of the ship.

I'm not a fan about those big brown doors to enter the cabin. And two of those for 1 cabin is a bit too much.

[Pirate Maniac]

This looks great! I really love the colour scheme and the stern is fantastic, that's one lucky captain you've got there ;)

[Capn Frank]

It's such a pretty boat(eh ship X-D )

It'll such a pitty to blow it out of the water. :-|

B might be onto something about the doors, maybe have only 1 doorway with the inverted sloped stairs on each side of the ship.

And does look like it needs to be moved back.

That looks like a real comfy couch *y*

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[Dukesc]

Very nice Duke! This is turning out really well.

The masts have the right height, the ship has nice colors and a decent size.

The windows at the back are giving the design something extra.

This looks great! I really love the colour scheme and the stern is fantastic, that's one lucky captain you've got there ;)

It's such a pretty boat(eh ship X-D )

It'll be such a pitty to blow it out of the water. :-|

That looks like a real comfy couch *y*

Thank you for the compliments.

The color scheme is suppose to mimic the black and yellow used by the British.

Phred I don

[Mister Phes]

There's a type of curved piece which I can't seem to find on Peeron since I don't know what its called, but I have some somewhere.

Its like this shape:

Only its 2 x 2 in size. Does anybody know what I'm referring to?

Anyway, the point is it may produce a smoother "curve" between the columns of yellow cylinders.

[Dukesc]

There's a type of curved piece which I can't seem to find on Peeron since I don't know what its called, but I have some somewhere.

Anyway, the point is it may produce a smoother "curve" between the columns of yellow cylinders.

Mister Phez

When the space below the windows is filled in the little corners you see will be covered as they are inside where the windows lower edge will be. None of them will be sticking out. I have also noticed the same thing and if it is still visible with the finished product I was going to use wings, but I am open to new concepts such as the curve you showed me.

Duke

[SkaForHire]

First, this is one of the nicest ships I have scene.... i love the curved idea.

Second I must ask what you mean about the British Yellow and Black design, I was not aware they used yellow paint, I have seen white and "clear" painted on the sides but not so much yellow as per say...

but anyway.... back to mods for the ship.... the way it is built now looks a lot like a 16th or early 17th century ship during the golden age of piracy. however.... the way you curve the back makes me think more late 17th century - early 19th century corvette, and those did not have raised castles to such an extent that your sterncastle is raised. However your forecastle is about the right size for a corvette. as a vessel of the golden age I think the doors are good, though two may be excessive. If you were to change it to be more corvette-ish then i would raise the deck two blocks and make the doors smaller spaces with steps down. But I like how you have it now. I would perhaps raise the forecastle a block, but that would be all i would do to it to keep it in the 16th-17th century.

also, is your cabin accessible? I am not a big on accessibility my self, but on such a beautiful ship I would like to know if it was empty inside or not.

[Bonaparte]

I am currently rebuilding the area where the doors reside and would like some input on what size door/doors I should go with, along with what color to use. Also should the stairs be 2, 3 or 4 studs wide on each side?

I suggest to have a look in the Index:MOC ships to get some idea's.

Lego doesn't have that many suitable doors for a ships cabin. Maybe it's best to keep the one you have, but only have 1 door iso the 2.

[Dukesc]

First, this is one of the nicest ships I have scene.... i love the curved idea.

Second I must ask what you mean about the British Yellow and Black design, I was not aware they used yellow paint, I have seen white and "clear" painted on the sides but not so much yellow as per say...

but anyway.... back to mods for the ship.... the way it is built now looks a lot like a 16th or early 17th century ship during the golden age of piracy. however.... the way you curve the back makes me think more late 17th century - early 19th century corvette, and those did not have raised castles to such an extent that your sterncastle is raised. However your forecastle is about the right size for a corvette. as a vessel of the golden age I think the doors are good, though two may be excessive. If you were to change it to be more corvette-ish then i would raise the deck two blocks and make the doors smaller spaces with steps down. But I like how you have it now. I would perhaps raise the forecastle a block, but that would be all i would do to it to keep it in the 16th-17th century.

also, is your cabin accessible? I am not a big on accessibility my self, but on such a beautiful ship I would like to know if it was empty inside or not.

SkaForHire

Wow! One of the nicest; thank you.

Here are a couple examples of British ships. They both use the black and yellow color coordination.

HMS Surprise

HMS Victory

As far as the era of my ship; I am not quite sure. I was hoping to squeeze it into the late 18th century with the HMS Victory.

I believe a French corvette is the same size as a British sloop.

Yes, everything is accessible and will be. I prefer everything to be that way. I will detail the interior in the future with pictures to follow.

I suggest to have a look in the Index:MOC ships to get some idea's.

Lego doesn't have that many suitable doors for a ships cabin. Maybe it's best to keep the one you have, but only have 1 door iso the 2.

I have decided to use the same size (1x4x5) door you used, only mine will be brown. It will be in the center entrance to the captain

[Dukesc]

Here are some updated pictures of the HMS Expedition. The reason there was such a gap in this work in progress is because those little yellow windows with the white lattice cost about $8 each, and I needed 11 of them. It is not complete yet, as I have some Bricklink orders coming to do so, but it will be soon.

My brother Phred designed the figurehead and I believe it looks fantastic.

The center castle is complete and when finished, the other two will look similar.

Duke

[SlyOwl]

I've missed this so far, but it looks great!

Sort of like a grown-up BSB...

...Without a rudder

As for the curved technique, I'll be racing you

My brother Phred designed the figurehead and I believe it looks fantastic.

I'm surprised there's no plungers on it

[Joey Lock]

Well that is what my Modded BSB looks like! Except I only got 3 Gun ports on each side...

I gotta say that is more well built than mine since I had a Limit of Pieces!

Looks like alot of space!

* I just saw the Pics underneath, BRILLIANT! I love the Way you done the Windows! Thats really Inspired me...

Good Goin'!

Joey

EDIT: That Inspired me to make some more MOCs, I might begin a HMS Victory Project...

Edited April 15, 2008 by Joey Lock

[Capn Frank]

Great work Duke (who is my brother)

I'm glad you're well on your way to finish this ship onto bigger projects.

Those be some nice little cannons ya got there matey.

I'm surprised there's no plungers on it

Duke didn't have any sweet bricks to make a plunger.

So i had to use this black scimitar he had laying around instead.

[Dukesc]

I've missed this so far, but it looks great!

Sort of like a grown-up BSB...

...Without a rudder

As for the curved technique, I'll be racing you

I'm surprised there's no plungers on it

Thanks for the compliment. Like I said though, it isn’t complete which includes the rudder

What do you mean you’ll be racing me.

Well that is what my Modded BSB looks like! Except I only got 3 Gun ports on each side...

I gotta say that is more well built than mine since I had a Limit of Pieces!

Looks like alot of space!

* I just saw the Pics underneath, BRILLIANT! I love the Way you done the Windows! Thats really Inspired me...

Good Goin'!

Joey

EDIT: That Inspired me to make some more MOCs, I might begin a HMS Victory Project...

Thanks for the compliment. Do you have pictures of yours? I too will be making an HMS Victory. That is the ship my brother wants me to work on.

I'm glad you're well on your way to finish this ship onto bigger projects.

Those be some nice little cannons ya got there matey.

If you look closely at the cannons you’ll notice there is a short one, a medium one and a long one. I plan to use the short ones at the rear, long ones up front and medium ones for the middle.

Great work Duke (who is my brother) :thumbup

[Joey Lock]

Thanks for the compliment. Do you have pictures of yours? I too will be making an HMS Victory. That is the ship my brother wants me to work on.

Thats gonna take some time...3 Decks, 104-106 Guns including Carronades up top, 34 Windows curved...But I got some Detailed Plans of the HMS Victory for you, in case you need them!

Hope they Help!

EDIT: I will try to take some pictures of mine, its just Im not a Good Photographer I dont want them to come out Blury.

Joey

Edited April 16, 2008 by Joey Lock

[Dukesc]

Thats gonna take some time...3 Decks, 104-106 Guns including Carronades up top, 34 Windows curved...But I got some Detailed Plans of the HMS Victory for you, in case you need them!

Hope they Help!

EDIT: I will try to take some pictures of mine, its just Im not a Good Photographer I dont want them to come out Blury.

Joey

Thank you kindly for your offer of assisting me in my build of the HMS Victory. I do however have a book that outlines seemingly every detail of the great ship. It includes blueprints of every deck and of the ship from every view imaginable. It also tells in detail about the crew, the different armaments it had over the years, how much of each provision it carried, plus much more. I do have a scanner and if you are interested I could assist you in your build too. I am currently attaining the crew that will be needed to man the ship. It needs 975 (including marines) and I have over 700, to mimic the Battle of Trafalgar. Also, I have plenty of cannons to arm it including the different sizes. When the HMS expedition is complete I will be starting on it.

I don’t know how big you plan on making it, but to minifig scale would require it to be about 7 feet long without the bowsprit.

It also was outfitted with as many as 108 guns (1780-1802) and as few as 21 (1823).

To get better at photography, all you have to do is practice. Oh, and having a nice camera helps too.

[Joey Lock]

Thank you kindly for your offer of assisting me in my build of the HMS Victory. I do however have a book that outlines seemingly every detail of the great ship. It includes blueprints of every deck and of the ship from every view imaginable. It also tells in detail about the crew, the different armaments it had over the years, how much of each provision it carried, plus much more. I do have a scanner and if you are interested I could assist you in your build too. I am currently attaining the crew that will be needed to man the ship. It needs 975 (including marines) and I have over 700, to mimic the Battle of Trafalgar. Also, I have plenty of cannons to arm it including the different sizes. When the HMS expedition is complete I will be starting on it.

I don’t know how big you plan on making it, but to minifig scale would require it to be about 7 feet long without the bowsprit.

It also was outfitted with as many as 108 guns (1780-1802) and as few as 21 (1823).

To get better at photography, all you have to do is practice. Oh, and having a nice camera helps too.

I think Ill just stick with creating my own ships, seems alot of stuff in there. To much for me.

Where do you get all the Troops, and the money for them!

[Capn Frank]

I do however have a book that outlines seemingly every detail of the great ship. It includes blueprints of every deck and of the ship from every view imaginable. It also tells in detail about the crew, the different armaments it had over the years, how much of each provision it carried, plus much more. I do have a scanner and if you are interested I could assist you in your build too.

Arrgh!

It may be helpful if Mr. Lock knew which this book this be matey.

It's called The 100-Gun Ship Victory (Anatomy of the Ship Series)

Here's an Amazon link with a pic of the cover:

[Bonaparte]

I was afraid you had abandoned this project.

Happy to see you are still working on it.

The ship looks already fantastic. The round cabin is really something special.

I can't wait to see it with sails and a crew.

I just love this picture:

[Dukesc]

I think Ill just stick with creating my own ships, seems alot of stuff in there. To much for me.

Where do you get all the Troops, and the money for them!

I get my troops mostly from Bricklink and Ebay. I “try” to span it out over periods of time, but sometimes opportunities come and I have to take them. That makes it easier to swallow the large price to be had for the Imperial Guards.

If you’d like to know what I do for a living; I am a member of management at one of the largest retail stores in the world. (I think it is in the top 20 or something like that.)

Arrgh!

It may be helpful if Mr. Lock knew which this book this be matey.

It's called The 100-Gun Ship Victory (Anatomy of the Ship Series)

Here's an Amazon link with a pic of the cover:

Thanks bro!

I was afraid you had abandoned this project.

Happy to see you are still working on it.

The ship looks already fantastic. The round cabin is really something special.

I can't wait to see it with sails and a crew.

I just love this picture:

Thank you for the compliment.

I never abandoned it. The $8 price per window (11 were needed) temporarily put the brakes on it. I also had a lot going on within the build time, including getting married, having a baby, being promoted and buying a nicer vehicle.

Don’t worry, I will show it ready for sea when it is finished.

I like the way the rear looks, but I think it may need more yellow. What do you guys think.

[Captain Green Hair]

Wow nice work Dukeschunke, that round stern is simply awesome!

Some subtle yellow ornaments on the stern might make it prettyer indeed..

Looking forward to the result of this fantastic ship!

[Captain Dreadbrix]

The stern might benefit from a bit more yellow. You have to experiment.

[Captain Zuloo]

A very good ship. I think it would be best if there were a yellow railing running the length of the ship to make it look balanced out. Well done anyway.

Regards, Captain Zuloo

[Dukesc]

I just got home from taking my wife to see the new POTC and was reading this thread I started a little while ago. I was shocked to see 3 guests were reading it. I am sure all the members lost faith in my finishing of this vessel some time ago. I just took all of my Legos out of boxes and bags, and just put this ship back together the way you saw it previously.

Does anyone think I should make the spacing between cannons be 6 studs instead of 4, or should I use the small cannons that are about 2 studs wide? I tried putting non-moc cannons in it and there isn't any room to move around for the men.

I am aware that old threads shouldn't be brought back unless something new and/or extreme is added, but don't shoot me down as I have gotten somewhat excited about finishing this and want a touch of input.

Duke

[Captain Green Hair]

I like to use the real Lego cannons in ships, in the new colour they simply look awesome.

Apart from that you might want to widen the sides a bit and make them slightly higher to have a more realistic look to it. And it allows you to move the cannons around a bit better.

Good luck with it!