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Ship hull?
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:58 pm
by Lewa Rocks
Hi I need some help.... I can't make good ships (pirate/castle ships) because I don't have hull pieces........ anyone know any good techniques that work for the hull of a ship? If yes can you provide a picture. Thanks!
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:25 pm
by timber_wolf899
It can be done but is very parts intensive.
Easier to get some hulls from BL
Or from me! I have sections from viking ship!
sorry couldnt resist the plug.
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:29 pm
by Username
timber_wolf899 wrote:
I have sections from viking ship!
O-rly?
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:15 pm
by plums_deify
Ships don't have to be built from hull pieces.
Case in point.
Just use your imagination!
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:25 pm
by Lewa Rocks
Thanks! I might try making a hull with that design.
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 4:42 am
by LEGOFREAK
how big a ship are you making? I made a hull from
these by putting them sideway using SNOT technique. SNOT is a very very effective way of building a boat/ship... I've also used
these
And Ben E here had some plans for a cute little ship only using one hull piece.
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 5:21 am
by gambort
Darkie wrote:Ships don't have to be built from hull pieces.
Case in point.
Just use your imagination!
That's oddly convenient timing.
That hull is not terribly parts intensive either. A hollow core with the side panels hinged on with click hinges and ball rotation hinges. Very cheap as an added bonus.
Tim
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 8:59 am
by Lewa Rocks
Thanks for the cool ideas! oh and LEGOFREAK I'm shooting for about the size of the skeleton's ship.
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 2:22 pm
by plums_deify
gambort wrote:That's oddly convenient timing.
That hull is not terribly parts intensive either. A hollow core with the side panels hinged on with click hinges and ball rotation hinges. Very cheap as an added bonus.
Tim
What can I say? I browse my Flickr contacts and CC often at the same time.
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 4:47 pm
by Bruce N H
Hey,
Some other instances of ships built without the prefab hull pieces (drawn from previous CCC's):
Hippotam's Last Journey (note the "making of" folder) 
Lomero's sampam 
DARKspawn's seahound 
BohuslavIII's cog 
(using these
boat bricks)
Lomero's cog 
K1089's fishing boat 
Cnelson's cog 
Update - not from a CCC, but I just noticed this great MOC by DARKspawn, the
Black Meg 
Probably a lot of other good examples can be found over on our sister-site,
Forbidden Cove. I don't read those forums as religiously as these.
Bruce
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 4:56 pm
by Crusader
The Fire Nation ship in the very brief Avatar line of 2006 had a nice brick built hull. A little digging on Lego's site would probably find the instructions.