Magnificient hull! I love orange bricks and 1x1 slopes... Can't wait to see the next step! I have to say I'm not a fan of LDD, so I find this creation your best one for now.

Thanks, I have added some data in the posting.

Oh, WOW! I´m really excited to see you finally going PLASTIC on your constructions! Looks excellent so far. Is that "sand brown" for the lower hull¿? -How many cheese slopes do do you actually need for this part¿? More data please!

Thanks, I have tried to register a couple of times, but there is something wrong when I try to validate. The closest explanation of the problem, I could find is this: Quote the registration help on eurobricks: "You may be registered and logged straight in, or you may have to verify your email address by clicking a link in an email that we will send you. If this is the case, a screen will now appear with further instructions." when I use the links on the validation mail.(any of them) I get to the frontpage where there is no appropiate places to enter either a member Id or a validation key. And no instructions for that matter. Then I don't know what to do. I have tried it a couple of times, but no one have given me any useful answers on what to do.(though Nykle Dijkstra did do a tremdous effort) Quite frustrating.

Fantastic! It is amazing seeing a ship with this particular shape being turned into reality! I must say something though. Through my discovery of the Lego world I have come to found that Eurobricks is possibly the best Lego site in the Internet, much better than MOCPages. I recommend you join; it does have a huge pirate forum where you get to know a lot of techniques and receive feedback by the best ship-buiders. I'm currently building a ship using this technique: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=55172 which I think you may find interesting. Take a look at the forum (http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showforum=56) and keep working! ;)

Thanks man, I will get bakc to you when its time.

Beautifully crafted !>....well done

Hello! I'll join your group with a lot of pleasure, my friend! =)

Great to see one of your ships taking shape in real form! Not to sound like a purist, but you're right, there's nothing like real bricks. LDD just feels less detailed than the real deal and doesn't give a decent representation of size. We're still waiting for a Constitution frigate! This is an odd way to request it, but I'd like to "apply" to join your group. We aren't as great of builders as you and the others in your group, nor have we built creations of such impressive size, but I feel that we would be able to share some of our techniques in building micro ships from WWI through the modern day. Also, it'd be some good inspiration to take photos of many of our unposted creations, primarily modern ships in 12.5 feet-per-stud scale :P

Yeah, I know, but I always just thought of the LDD as a way of getting in to some real building again. With danger of sounding like a purist: There is just nothing like the real bricks.

Yes, sorry I didn’t think of mentioning this, it’ clearly not an obvious thing. The process is kind of tedious, and I doubt it is the best way, but here it goes: My main issue with the LDD building guide is that I can’t seem to find a complete parts list in the html-file, it seems inaccurate. Quite early I decided to go another way,- There is another set of design programs LDcad or LDdraw http://www.ldraw.org/GetStarted-Win.html These programs also have the feature of making a parts list. However there is a difference between the bricks available in LDdraw and LDD, so I had to go through the lists a couple of times and add some bricks. This is a bit complicated to explain, but the programme and linked page explains what to do in the initial phase. ...and then there is the process of ordering through Pickabrick and Bricklink.

Looking forward to seeing this come to life, but watch out for mice - that's a lot of cheese ;)

So you never use mounting instructions?!? How do you proceed to obtain the correct number of bricks? Some software? The ordering process must be very long! Could you exactly explain me how to convert my Poseidon file into something I can use to order my parts(pick a brick or bricklink). I'm very curious on how you proceed! Thanking you in advance for your reply. Regards. Jay

Thanks, My hopes are up! Now to your questions. -Its about 9200 parts, including the stand that I plan to build for it. -Most of the bricks is bought through Pickabrick, but a few of them is bought through Bricklink this brings the pricetag to just above 1000$. -Thanks for saying "ship of the line" but this is actually a very small ship: Navy brig. I hope to build something much bigger in the future. Btw. A technical note: I too have the problem of the computer using endless time to calculate the instructions, so I never use this feature. I find that looking at the LDD pictures works just fine.

I'm really happy to see it now inot flesh and A.B.S.!!! I can already swear you'll have a very nice masterpiece in your restroom! Could you tell me how many parts? How did you buy the parts? Design by me? Bricklink? other? I'm quite jealous of your future stunning ship of the line, my friend! I'm actually still calculating the mounting intruction for my Poseidon's Hull(my laptop has been running non stop for more than one week now... I've sent the file to Lego's team to check if they can calulate faster than me. I can't wait to know if my big ship will exist one day! Regards - Jay Regards. Jay

Thanks for the feedback, Even though I'm working from a good starting point (my LDD file) it's quite the challenge. Now I really understand why this kind of hull is rare. About the cheese: There is almost 1500 yellow, black and orange of them. The orange ones alone is 1302.

Btw, I love the cheeze slope cartoon, I didn't notice it the first time because that is hull is so spectacular it draws all attention ;)

Awesome! Can't wait to see the whole thing =)

Incredible!!!! You're great!!!!

I think I'd cry if a had to put that many cheese plates on ... anything.

Looking brilliant! :D Cheese. :)

Oh, this is looking fantastic already, I'm glad you're using the real brick on this one :)

Juhu endnu en Dansker på denne side, sjældent syn.-) Virkelig et spændende skib og fine bygge teknikker du har gang i. glæder mig til at se det færdigt. Velkommen på siden:-) Hilsen Søren, Roskilde.

Genialt glæder mig virkelig til at se den færdig. Dine skibe er nogen af de bedste jeg har set

Can't wait to see the final model! How many slopes did you use?

Oh my gosh. That is a LOT of cheese slopes. I love that idea for the keel. I can't wait to see more!

Great to see you get to build one of your ships in real life! How much did it set you back haha? Too bad they just stopped taking LDD orders.