My recent hobby project

Hi all,

Since I haven't had any plastic sailing ships to buy for a while, I've put the money into buying plastic with which to make a sailing ship.

To be precise, I've been building a giant model of the sixth-rate frigate HMS Enterprize (1774) out of LEGO bricks! It is scaled to LEGO minifigures (1:38.4), so it measures about 5 feet from bowsprit to spanker boom. One thing I can say definitively is that I learned an awful lot about rigging this way!

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HMS Enterprize

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HMS Enterprize - Gunports Open (Bow Quarter)

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HMS Enterprize - Waterline Stern

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HMS Enterprize - Stern

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HMS Enterprize - Waterline Bow Closeup

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HMS Enterprize - Forecastle

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HMS Enterprize next to the most recent LEGO pirate ship kit (Brick Bounty)

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HMS Enterprize - Crew

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HMS Enterprize - Interior Decks

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HMS Enterprize - Captain's Quarters (removed from hull)

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HMS Enterprize - Captain's Quarters - Great Cabin Interior

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HMS Enterprize - Racing Neck and Neck on the Foremast

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HMS Enterprize - Launching a Cutting-Out Expedition!

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HMS Enterprize - Well Met, Fellow Traveller!

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HMS Enterprize - Into the Sunset

Looks like I did manage to complete my deliverable before Ares :thumbsup:

Little nervous putting it in front of people that know their ships, but I hope you like it!

If you want to see more...
Flickr album: https://www.flickr.com/photos/136587...57665654268670
Flickr collection with even more pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/136587...7664502401642/

Now that this is done, I'm ready for Ares to get the SGN ball rolling again!

This is astounding indeed! Did you do it from scratch? Its incredible! Not normally a fan of most "free - style" lego builds, but this is magnificent!

Holy moly! That is incredible!

Never seen anything like it. Incredible job!

That is a labour of love! - I bet the people at Legoland would be interested in this! Fabulous work.

A work of art in a totally different medium Fred.:clap:
Now all you need is another ship to fight and some giant cards.:happy:
Rob.

Absolutely astonishing, especially the rigging is phenomenal!

unique masterpiece...with your permission I will make LEGO attention to your work. I have been to Legoland a few times and it's obviously great, but I have not seen this before...yet
as a citizen of Legos homeland, I would be proud.
Morten:hatsoff:

Absolutely amazing, Fred. Some well deserved rep on its way to you. When can we expect HMS Victory? :wink:

Nice project. :shock:

This looks like a lot of work but the result is breath taking.

Puts a whole new slant on 'Brickin' it!' :clap:

Thank you all for the very kind words!

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Originally Posted by Clipper1701

Did you do it from scratch?

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Yes all from scratch--but I did work off model plans for HMS Enterprize that I downloaded from http://woodmodelbuilding.blogspot.com/

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Originally Posted by Bligh

Now all you need is another ship to fight and some giant cards.:happy:

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:clap: :clap: I love the giant card idea--I need to start making a deck right away!

Somewhere along the line I thought it would be nice to have an opponent. I found some plans for a mid-eighteenth century British sloop that I thought would make a good USA heavy privateer for a battle diorama. But it may be a while before I have the time, energy and $ to take on another project :happy:

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Originally Posted by Tordenskjold

with your permission I will make LEGO attention to your work.

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By all means--I love LEGO (obviously) and I hope the company would like what I've done with them

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Originally Posted by Nightmoss

When can we expect HMS Victory? :wink:

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:shock: When I first started I was thinking--maybe after this I will work up to USS Constitution. But for the time being this is enough LEGO ship for me :happy:

USS Constitution in LEGO figure-scale would be very interesting indeed!


As for a "worthy opponent": Here you can see another figure-scale ship project, the USS Poseidon (although she might need some reinforcement; after all, she's still American :happy::takecover:):

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A tremendous model, Fred! :clap::clap:

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Originally Posted by Torrence

As for a "worthy opponent": Here you can see another figure-scale ship project, the USS Poseidon

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Yes, I came across Poseidon, it's a very impressive project. There are a few of us crazies around :drinks: Can't wait until it is done!

Email is send to LEGOLAND:happy: In about ten days i get an answer (standart mail told me). Ill be back...
Morten

Got an answer from LEGO. They are very impressed by your very beautiful piece of work and of course they appreciate when "their fans" being creative...then they encourage you to visit the following link:

http://ideas.lego.com/

...and maybe then in the future we can buy your ship in the stores.
Once again Fred, thanks for sharing with us.
Morten:beer:

Good luck with your approach to Lego.
I once did some trials of Lego Technic for them at my school, and they sent me a great big free box of it when it was released.
May you be as lucky as I was.
Rob.

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Originally Posted by Tordenskjold

Got an answer from LEGO. They are very impressed by your very beautiful piece of work and of course they appreciate when "their fans" being creative...then they encourage you to visit the following link:

http://ideas.lego.com/

...and maybe then in the future we can buy your ship in the stores.
Once again Fred, thanks for sharing with us.
Morten:beer:

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Thanks Morten! I will give it a look

(I wonder how big the instruction book would be :question:)

As I continue to wait for wave 3... I broke out the LEGOs again to build a little friend for HMS Enterprize to play with:

Massachusetts privateer Oliver Cromwell :salute:

She's a topsail-cutter rigged sloop, 80 tons, carrying ten 4-pounders and four swivel-guns.

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Three feet long, mostly bowsprit, I love it!

More pics on Flickr and some additional details on MOC Pages

Nice addition to your Squadron Fred.:clap:
Rob.

Brilliant. How long did they take you to make?