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Title: Custom-ships from other people on other forums
Post by: Hadoque on August 27, 2011, 22:59:16: I decided to make a thread about custom-ships made by others, mostly people from the German Playmobil-forums like "Klickywelt" and "Funtasticplastic".

For posting the pics here I haven't asked them permission, but I will mention with each picture their name and I hope they will have no problem with it and that they will appreciate that there work is shown here as well.

Some people here are also member on the German forums, but others perhaps are not because of not speaking/understanding German, and may not have the ability to see the work of these customizers.
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Post by: Hadoque on August 27, 2011, 23:03:49: US Civil War (Confederates) ship by customizer "Dixieman"
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Post by: Hadoque on August 27, 2011, 23:11:44: Hum... with downloading & posting his ship's picture, I just noticed he had the same idea with the flags on the tops of the masts as I with my 5135-based Dutch galleon!! :o Though on his ship the red & blue colors are upside down compared to my Dutch flag...
I didn't steel the idea of using these narrow flags to compose a nation's one, I swear it on all my Playmo!!
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Post by: Hadoque on August 27, 2011, 23:13:41: Another US Civil War ship by "Dixieman" ...
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Post by: Hadoque on August 27, 2011, 23:15:46: A US Civil War early submarine, again by "Dixieman"
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Post by: Hadoque on August 27, 2011, 23:17:33: A 4444-gunboat based sloop, by "Nosferatu"
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Post by: Hadoque on August 27, 2011, 23:21:34: A Chinse junk, by "Jack Sparrow"
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Post by: Hadoque on August 27, 2011, 23:22:49: A 3940/3286-based English ship of the line, by "Mithrandir"
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Post by: Hadoque on August 27, 2011, 23:34:41: The "Dolphin", made of several 3940s, by "Macgayver"
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Post by: bonniebeth on August 27, 2011, 23:37:51: Whoa! :o LOVE the second two especially by dixieman! The chinese junk is very well done, and of course Macgyver's huge ship is AWESOME!!!
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Post by: Hadoque on August 27, 2011, 23:44:41: Yeah, I love these ships too :love:

There are more and bigger ships (though not as big as the "Dolphin"), but I can't find them at the moment and also some older predecessor-forums of Klickywelt and Funtasticplastic no longer exist, so some pics are lost I think, unless the creators themselves repost them...
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Post by: Hadoque on August 27, 2011, 23:48:07: The "Unicorn", by "Macgayver", at my dad's house ...
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Post by: Hadoque on August 27, 2011, 23:52:54: One more... a 4290-based custom pirates' ship by "El Lobo"
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Post by: PrimusPilus on August 28, 2011, 00:00:33: Impossible to say which one I think is the coolest! (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/luwerner/gif/clapping.gif)
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Post by: Ace on August 28, 2011, 00:40:53: All of these ships are wonderful :o! Thanks so much for posting these, Hadoque!! The ship by El Lobo is my favorite, because of all of it's excellent details :wow: :wow:!
Ace :brownhair:
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Post by: cheng on August 28, 2011, 01:01:43: thanks for sharing Hadoque...someday I might build a korean turtle ship but they are not as unique as the steam boat or ACW sub ;)
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Post by: WarriorOfToys on August 28, 2011, 01:04:41: WOW! Thanks for these, I really enjoyed seeing them! :clap:
Magnificent job, all the creators!!! :wow: :wow: :wow:
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Post by: Wolf Knight on August 28, 2011, 06:21:56: Thanks for showing this Hadoque!! Amazing creations!!!
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Post by: tonguello on August 28, 2011, 11:37:02: Amazing, all of them but I specially like the first one and the last one!! amazing works!!!
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Post by: bonniebeth on August 28, 2011, 15:49:38: really nice to see the work of skilled customizers on other forums, whose work some of us would not get a chance to see otherwise! Their work is amazing! Thanks for showing them to us.
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Post by: Luis on August 28, 2011, 15:50:51: all of them are pretty but the Chinese and last one are my favorites! :o :love:
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Post by: cowabounga on August 28, 2011, 19:09:23: Hadoque, those are beautiful. I had already seen the ACW ones, and I think the one you call a submarine is actually the Merrimac, the first armored dreadnought ever. Though the first submarine used for war (hand-propelled) was built by the Confederate too, but I can't remember her name.
Best,
Arnaud
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Post by: Ds dad on August 28, 2011, 23:49:53: Arnaud is right. Technically that is an ironclad not a sub. Love them all and it really shows what you can do when you start with a wonderful platform (and of course you have talent). Love El Lobo's ship most of all.\
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Post by: PrimusPilus on August 29, 2011, 00:09:45: Turtle.
Quote from: cowabounga on August 28, 2011, 19:09:23
Though the first submarine used for war (hand-propelled) was built by the Confederate too, but I can't remember her name.

The first was Turtle, but that was in the American Revolutionary War.
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Post by: Jimbo on August 29, 2011, 00:28:01: Great ships! Thanks for posting. :)9

I think the Confederate sub was the Hunley....
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Post by: BlackPearl2006 on August 29, 2011, 00:48:45: Quote from: Hadoque on August 27, 2011, 23:52:54
One more... a 4290-based custom pirates' ship by "El Lobo"

are there more pics of this ship? I'm very interested in the custom fo'cstle. I really love this one.
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Post by: tahra on August 29, 2011, 07:47:47: Wow, they're all so great :love:
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Post by: Hadoque on September 01, 2011, 21:29:50: Quote from: BlackPearl2006 on August 29, 2011, 00:48:45
are there more pics of this ship? I'm very interested in the custom fo'cstle. I really love this one.

No, not yet...

Yes, the "submarine" is rather a Ironclad.
Today the 3 "Zumwalt"-destroyers the US Navy is getting look a bit similar in shape ;D

The first handpropelled Confederate "sub" was indeed the "Hunley".
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Post by: Wesley Myers on September 04, 2011, 19:11:41: Quote from: PrimusPilus on August 29, 2011, 00:09:45
Turtle.
The first was Turtle, but that was in the American Revolutionary War.

And it used a drill to make holes in British ships below their water lines as they were docked in port. It was pretty cool.
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Post by: cachalote on September 04, 2011, 19:31:15: :love: what great customs hadoque.
:thanks: thank you for "collecting" them for us.
:yup: wikipedia has a rather fine article about submarines - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine.
if you all don't mind the correction, the first submarine seems to have been the "drebbel" instead of the "turtle".
the "hunley" was the first successful military sub, sinking a ship and sinking itself afterwards.
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Post by: cachalote on September 04, 2011, 19:35:26: :love: i also love ironclads - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironclad - specially the americal civil war ones.
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Post by: customklick on September 08, 2011, 17:57:01: Thanks for the post Hadoque. I did not know macgayver work, and I really love all of them! :o
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Post by: PrimusPilus on September 08, 2011, 18:17:13: And of course there is the biggest of them all, RMS Titanic.
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Post by: Emma.J on September 09, 2011, 23:18:36: Thanks very much Hadoque, a great collection of ships. I too would love to see more of El Lobo's ship.
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Post by: Hadoque on September 11, 2011, 01:54:35: Link to another thread, started by Customizer about RC-equipped playmo-shipcustoms;

http://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=1986.0
Title: Re: Custom-ships from other people on other forums
Post by: Hadoque on September 11, 2011, 16:43:47: Here a trimaster with double gundeck in late 18th/early 19th century English Navy colours, made by Klickywelt-member "Graf Georg" from several 3940s. He builded the ship before Macgayver finished the "Unicorn" and "Dolphin", and it seems he now updated the ship with 4290-masts & sails.
The picture was posted on Klickywelt, and was taken at the "Luxplaymodays"-exhibition a week or 2 ago, were the ship was part of a big pirates' display were also Macgayver's "Dolphin" was to be seen.

There were better pics of this ship available on the old German predecessor-forum of Klickywelt, but I can't find them anymore... :-\
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Post by: Hadoque on September 11, 2011, 16:48:42: Another beauty; a 1900-era steamship named "Nomadic" made by Klickywelt-member "Victorian".

More pics available on Klickywelt:
http://www.klickywelt.de/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=42158
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Post by: Hadoque on September 11, 2011, 16:50:25: 2 more views of this steamship...
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Post by: stadswache on September 12, 2011, 05:11:31: i love the submarine

to bad it isn't yellow 8} 8} 8}
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Post by: BlackPearl2006 on September 12, 2011, 17:05:05: Hadoque, I was wondering, for you proud owners of trimaster ships, about the masts:

with the masts stacked atop each other like that, are they prone to being wobbly if you pick the ship up and move it? Real masts as you know go through the deck and are seated all the way at the bottom of the ship at the keel, whereas stock playmobil masts rest in a hole less than 2cm deep on the deck itself. How are the top masts mounted to the course masts? And does it involve functional standing rigging (like back stays) to brace it on the toy so it doesn't topple over easily? Or are they just glued in place?

That british ship is awesome looking. I've always wanted to do a double decker multi-hull like that, or at least a single-level multi-hull like your unicorn. I think the spanker from a "schooner" (sloop) would look good on a ship that has multi-level masts, since the sloop spanker is bigger than the regular 3050/3940/4290 ones.

I'm jealous of you multi-hull ship owners!
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Post by: Hadoque on September 12, 2011, 19:55:45: Well, like Macgayver did on the midmast of the "Unicorn", I prolonged the frontmast the same way, as I also do on some of my standard 3940's:

I use the old tanbrown knifethrower-disc (comes in a set from the '80s) as mastplatform. As base to put it on, I use a standard ship's crownest's baseplate: the sides are sawn off. In the middle of the knifethrower's disc I drill a hole. The thingies to hold the klicky-acrobat on the disc are sawn off as well, and the holes where the knifes are to be put in are a bit enlarged and rounded to hold riggings for the uppermast.
Then I glue the disc (with or without some paintwork) on the crownest-basis. The crownest gets a hole in the center and is placed on a mast as usual. Then I take a stadard aft-mast and make it a bit shorter. I glue a piece of a mastspar inside the uppermast's back, the underside of this spar (or another long small piece of plastic or wood can be used as well) sticks some cm's (inches) out off the underside of the mastprolongation, and is then inserted through the disc with crownest-basis into the upperpart of the standard lower mast. The standard lower mast is open at the back, and it's top is closed only about half an inch, so you saw off about that much of the standardmast to insert the custom-uppermast...
On top of the mastprolongation you put a standard masttop or crownest, and then add the upper riggings. For this I use 3-way riggings, thus from a ship's aft mast or from a schooner (= sloop/cutter ;) ) The riggings are shortened on the bottom by sawing off the attachment-points (used normally to attach the riggings to a ship's hull), so that you have pointy but sturdy "strings" to put throught the knife-holes of the disc.
If done well, all this is quite sturdy and not wobly or anything. In case the uppermast is a bit wobly, then you just fix that with some additional ropes.

I hope this explanation makes some sense? :uhoh:
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Post by: tahra on September 12, 2011, 20:16:23: Quote from: Hadoque on September 12, 2011, 19:55:45
I use the old tanbrown knifethrower-disc (comes in a set from the '80s) as mastplatform. (...) In the middle of the knifethrower's disc I drill a hole.

YOU DO WHAT TO WHAT!?

Can't believe it :'( I love the knife wheels. For some odd reason. Another ebay PHASE.
Title: Re: Custom-ships from other people on other forums
Post by: Hadoque on September 12, 2011, 20:20:20: Yes, I do THAT to THIS one... :P

http://www.playmobil.de/on/demandware.store/Sites-DE-Site/de_DE/Product-Show?pid=3545-A&cgid=1981

I've meanwhile bought more then a dozen of knife-thrower discs on ebay for mast-prolongations... :-[
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Post by: tahra on September 12, 2011, 20:28:38: Gods.

It shoud be forbidden. Forbidden I SAY! :hissyfit:
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Post by: Baron Marshall on September 12, 2011, 20:41:29: i concur... at least until i get one :lol:
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Post by: Hadoque on September 13, 2011, 00:33:11: I shall not buy any discs I'd encounter from now on! 0) ;)

"And now for some more of the same": more ships!
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Post by: Hadoque on September 13, 2011, 00:34:42: First another creation by all-forums-member "Macgayver"; a medieval (or rather Renaissance; ca. AD 1492 I'd say) merchant vessel made of the 4806 Ghostpirate ship...
It could be Christopher ~~Columbo's~~ Colombus' "Santa Maria"! :love:
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Post by: Hadoque on September 13, 2011, 00:45:11: And now for something a bit smaller....

2 extended rowboats (sloops we call them here) based on the Spanish rowboat in set 4295, by Klickywelt/Funtastic-plastic member "Jack Sparrow":
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Post by: Hadoque on September 13, 2011, 00:48:58: Now we go HUGE again ;D

A work still in progress, but I want to show how impressive it looks.
It is a doublegundeck-trimaster made of several 3940/US-3286's by Klickywelt/Funtastic-plastic member "Dixieman":
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Post by: Hadoque on September 13, 2011, 00:52:46: Back to "normal"...

A trimaster made of 3050/3750's again by "Jack Sparrow":
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Post by: Hadoque on September 13, 2011, 00:56:01: Last one for today, another trimaster by "Jack Sparrow"...
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Post by: tahra on September 13, 2011, 07:26:15: My sister ADORES the ghost ship, if ity wasn't all wrecked..
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Post by: Wolf Knight on September 13, 2011, 07:39:02: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: These last three projects are soooo awesome!! the ghost ship conveted!! the double gundeck I am sure will be most impressive.... :lens:
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Post by: BlackPearl2006 on September 13, 2011, 07:53:03: that trimaster appears to be using the hull of the fishing troller? cool. If they had added an extra mast, the modern steel hull design would have made it into a perfect 20th century bark. And the sails appear to be the white sails from the 3050 style "skull ship".
btw, thanks hadoque for your explanation of the mast customs. Very awesome :)

I'm curious if any of these customs might still float. I'd wager your unicorn could be made to float if she had enough ballast. :D
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Post by: tonguello on September 13, 2011, 11:41:28: I love the reinassence one!! :love: :love: Is that exactly the ghost pirate ship painted? mmm interesting... I never really notice the ghost ship but it is really cute! :love:
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Post by: WarriorOfToys on September 13, 2011, 14:18:39: I am a big fan of Dixieman's work! :o :wow:
But the others look super impressive as well! :clap:
I really want to make my own trimaster! ;D
Title: Re: Custom-ships from other people on other forums
Post by: Hadoque on September 16, 2011, 00:25:47: Dixieman has finished his doublegundeck-trimaster, which I showed above still in it's original unpainted colours...

Here is the result of his project! :clap: :clap: :clap:

more picturers on www.funtastic-plastic.de !
http://funtastic-plastic.de/forum/index.php
(you've to be registered)
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Post by: BlackPearl2006 on September 16, 2011, 00:45:41: interesting he chose to use the 4290 plastic rigging.

nice choice of using the anchors from the ghost pirate ship; I've been wanting those anchors for my Pearl, actually, but short of buying 2 ships just for the anchor (it only comes with one), I dunno how else to get it :(
Title: Re: Custom-ships from other people on other forums
Post by: WarriorOfToys on September 16, 2011, 02:03:33: Quote from: BlackPearl2006 on September 16, 2011, 00:45:41
interesting he chose to use the 4290 plastic rigging.

nice choice of using the anchors from the ghost pirate ship; I've been wanting those anchors for my Pearl, actually, but short of buying 2 ships just for the anchor (it only comes with one), I dunno how else to get it :(

DS?

I think I would very much like to have one of those anchors as well! :D

MAGNIFICENT SHIP! :o
I love the paint job! :wow: :love:
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Post by: BlackPearl2006 on September 16, 2011, 03:20:59: Quote from: Hadoque on September 16, 2011, 00:25:47
Dixieman has finished his doublegundeck-trimaster, which I showed above still in it's original unpainted colours...

Here is the result of his project! :clap: :clap: :clap:

more picturers on www.funtastic-plastic.de !
http://funtastic-plastic.de/forum/index.php
(you've to be registered)

Actually, had I not been short on funds (or lazy) I would have preferred to have made the Pearl in this exact set-up (though I would sealed the lower gundeck off and used it as an extended hull below the waterline.) I had 4 ships I was planning to attempt this with, but then I cheaped out and just used one. Now I wish I had hacked them up like this one. Well done.
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Post by: zugpferdchen on September 16, 2011, 12:12:56: A swedish Shooner Ship, made of 3860, the »Blixten« (english: »Flash«)
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Post by: zugpferdchen on September 16, 2011, 12:13:58: :arrr:
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Post by: zugpferdchen on September 16, 2011, 12:15:08: :captain:
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Post by: tonguello on September 16, 2011, 12:42:23: WOW!!! I love this one! The colors are soooooooooooooooooooo great! :love:
The last pic effect is really cool too!!
Who did this? was it you Zug? :love: :love:
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Post by: zugpferdchen on September 16, 2011, 12:44:10: Quote from: tonguello on September 16, 2011, 12:42:23
Who did this? was it you Zug? :love: :love:
Yes (It was for the birthday of my son), thank you!
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Post by: PrimusPilus on September 16, 2011, 12:46:26: Beautiful, zug! (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/luwerner/gif/clapping.gif)
The colors are fantastic, and the cables and ropes make it look VERY good!
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Post by: tonguello on September 16, 2011, 12:48:45: Quote from: PrimusPilus on September 16, 2011, 12:46:26
Beautiful, zug! (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/luwerner/gif/clapping.gif)
The colors are fantastic, and the cables and ropes make it look VERY good!

yep, wow... I think I like it better than the original schooner :lol: :lol:
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Post by: Wolf Knight on September 16, 2011, 13:12:46: WOWWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW!!!!! :love: :love: :love: :love:

Zug this is amazing!!! she is soooo beautiful!!!!! Well done!!!

What material did you use for the sails?
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Post by: WarriorOfToys on September 16, 2011, 13:51:15: Incredible! :clap: :clap: :clap:
That is superbly done! It looks magnificent! :wow:
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Post by: zugpferdchen on September 16, 2011, 19:51:28: Thank you all!

Quote from: Wolf Knight on September 16, 2011, 13:12:46
What material did you use for the sails?
2x 110-g-papers with canvas structure. So I could make a reinforcement (Tesafilm) inside around the holes.
Outside printed with Color Laser Printer (Konica Minolta Magicolor 4650 EN).
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Post by: BlackPearl2006 on September 17, 2011, 05:06:30: Custom trimaster based off the 3050 style body. I saved these pics off the old playmoboards, so it might be one of yours! Chime in if it is! Awesome ship! (yukky swamp)

(http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/BlackPearl2006_album/Playmobil/3Master_1.jpg)
(http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/BlackPearl2006_album/Playmobil/3Master_compare.jpg)
(http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/BlackPearl2006_album/Playmobil/pirates_boarding.jpg)
(http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/BlackPearl2006_album/Playmobil/P1000870.jpg)
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Post by: BlackPearl2006 on September 17, 2011, 05:09:26: I also know not to whom this belongs, so please claim it if it is! I LOVE the paintwork on this hull! Too bad it isn't rigged yet in these pics. It seems to be venetian IMO in its decor:

(http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/BlackPearl2006_album/Playmobil/ship1-general.jpg)
(http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/BlackPearl2006_album/Playmobil/ship2-thebow.jpg)
(http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/BlackPearl2006_album/Playmobil/ship5-thedeck.jpg)
(http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/BlackPearl2006_album/Playmobil/ship4-thestern.jpg)
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Post by: BlackPearl2006 on September 17, 2011, 05:16:48: This is DeadEye Dick's Punisher, I believe. I know he's a member on here already, but I haven't seen him online in a LONG TIME (what happened to you? come back!) and his original thread's images don't exist anymore. These pics I took when he posted them on the old playmoboards:

(http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/BlackPearl2006_album/Playmobil/dc104.jpg)
(http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/BlackPearl2006_album/Playmobil/dc103.jpg)
(http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/BlackPearl2006_album/Playmobil/dc102.jpg)
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Post by: BlackPearl2006 on September 17, 2011, 05:21:24: These may have been Deadeye's too, or someone else's on here. It's a "schooner"-styled 3050 ship! Well done!

(http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/BlackPearl2006_album/Playmobil/Schoner_2a.jpg)
(http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/BlackPearl2006_album/Playmobil/Schoner_1a.jpg)
(http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/BlackPearl2006_album/Playmobil/Father_and_Son_a.jpg)
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Post by: BlackPearl2006 on September 17, 2011, 05:25:33: I think this was Deadeye's for sure, because he and I were talking, at one point, about how to add a longboat at the stern of the ship, and he also had cut gunports in the lower deck of this 3050 style (BlackBeard's Ship in USA) ship. Awesome!

(http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/BlackPearl2006_album/Playmobil/DSCF0059.jpg)
(http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/BlackPearl2006_album/Playmobil/DSCF0081.jpg)
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Post by: Wolf Knight on September 17, 2011, 06:07:10: These are all so beautiful Atto!!! :o :o :love: :love:
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Post by: BlackPearl2006 on September 17, 2011, 08:18:26: Dunno if this was DeadEye Dicks too or not, or perhaps someone on here, but the pic was titled "Navy Pirate Hunters" when I downloaded it back in 2006:

(http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/BlackPearl2006_album/Playmobil/navypiratehunters.jpg)
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Post by: BlackPearl2006 on September 17, 2011, 08:19:48: This one (also unknown owner) was titled "Coral Star"
(http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/BlackPearl2006_album/Playmobil/coralstar.jpg)
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Post by: BlackPearl2006 on September 17, 2011, 08:22:34: One last one, reminds me of skywalkers work (unless it is!) (sorry skywalker if this is yours...please claim your credit if it is!)

This was titled (in French) : "Attaque Pieuvre" (Octopus Attack)
(http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/BlackPearl2006_album/Playmobil/attaquepieuvre.jpg)
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Post by: BlackPearl2006 on September 17, 2011, 08:41:24: I found more pics of Lobo's "Umgebaute" ("converted, customized") Pirateship:

(http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/BlackPearl2006_album/Playmobil/umgebaute_de_lobo1.jpg)
(http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/BlackPearl2006_album/Playmobil/umgebaute_de_lobo4.jpg)
(http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/BlackPearl2006_album/Playmobil/umgebaute_de_lobo3.jpg)

I can't seem to find the same one Hadoque posted, so that must mean there are more than what I found. I wish I could get a better look at the focastle and the main deck. In the german forum he mentions he plans to make the sails able to be removed and exchanged for furled versions, depending on which sails the captain wants set or doused, and he has yet to add more rigging and longboats and swivel cannons. I can't wait to see more pics.

Oh, and I was in Toys R Us just yesterday and found this non-playmobil ship which I believe Lobo used to customize his 4290:
(http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/BlackPearl2006_album/Playmobil/IMG_2750.jpg)

I was thinking about buying it actually, and I knew I recognized parts of it before (in Lobo's) but I just didn't know where exactly until I really looked at his pics :). I find it interesting how he chopped off the stern of the donor pirate ship and added it to become a prominent fo'castle at the bow of the ship. My current knowledge of ships currently makes me unaware of any ship that had a higher fo'castle than stern castle. And I love how he extended the stern with extra 4290 stern gallery parts so that it hangs over the rudder (and then he transplanted the donor ship's rudder over the playmobil one. It's VERY interesting! Historically, some pirates (including BlackBeard) really did take conventional ships and would customize them beyond normal specs. The real BlackBeard chopped OFF the fo'castle so he could install bow cannons, and then he built a dutch-style grand stern castle atop the low-profile one (so he'd have nice grande captain's quarters to enjoy all his booty in I suppose). I am now interested to look up any records of highly-modified pirate ships in real history. I find these oddball ships quite intriguing!
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Post by: Wolf Knight on September 17, 2011, 09:49:22: That coral star is a beauty :inlove: :inlove: :inlove:
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Post by: PrimusPilus on September 17, 2011, 12:33:40: The ships with white hull look fantastic. Geobra should issue a white-hulled version.
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Post by: BlackPearl2006 on September 18, 2011, 01:37:47: Found this by chance: someone converted a playmobil schooner into a REALISTIC sloop:

(http://pirateshold.buccaneersoft.com/images/ships/sloop.jpg)

You can't tell it's playmobil anymore!
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Post by: WarriorOfToys on September 18, 2011, 04:16:19: :o
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Post by: Ds dad on September 19, 2011, 16:54:13: I'm in love with El Lobo's ship. Atto, can you provide info on the non-PM ship you saw at TRU? I'm feeling inspired and may take a shot a customizing a ship of my own soon.
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Post by: BlackPearl2006 on September 19, 2011, 17:44:20: Quote from: Ds dad on September 19, 2011, 16:54:13
I'm in love with El Lobo's ship. Atto, can you provide info on the non-PM ship you saw at TRU? I'm feeling inspired and may take a shot a customizing a ship of my own soon.

Are you in USA? If so, you should just be able to walk into any Toys R Us and find it for around $30-$40. It is under the brand title name "True Heroes" manuafactured by Chap Mei Toys. go to the following link for more info, or I think you can buy it online from toysrus.com:

http://www.chapmeitoys.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=lookout&action=display&thread=1980 (http://www.chapmeitoys.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=lookout&action=display&thread=1980)
(http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k83/frankaidenryan/KGrHqJmIE1F3u9CJjBNdclOe7g0_12.jpg)
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Post by: Ds dad on September 19, 2011, 17:58:56: I'm in Canada but I have seen that box at TRU just never paid any attention to it (until now...). Thanks.
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Post by: Hadoque on September 19, 2011, 18:02:20: Some marvellous additions to the thread, thanks Atto! :)
That last schooner/sloop is really unrecognisable as Playmo (I think the bowshape gives away it's origins), but it looks great!
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Post by: Hadoque on September 02, 2012, 01:57:45: Time to resurrect this thread! ;) :captain:

First I'd like to add:
Version of Hergé's (author of Tintin) "LICORNE" :love: :love: ("UNICORN" in English) by customizer & my friend"NP PLAYMO" (from the french forums)
(this beautifully, very accurately painted ship has a separate thread as well, with title like "Super Unicorn" or "Unicorn II")
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Post by: Hadoque on September 02, 2012, 02:02:08: A few more (smaller) pics of the " LICORNE" by NP PLAYMO ...
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Post by: Hadoque on September 02, 2012, 02:04:58: Another ship by NP PLAYMO; his version of the "BLACK PEARL":
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Post by: Hadoque on September 02, 2012, 02:06:15: Some more pics of NP Playmo's "Black Pearl" ...
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Post by: Hadoque on September 02, 2012, 02:10:50: And now, a ship I just discovered on facebook:

By "Amclicks Playmobil", the heavily armed "Española" ! :love:
I've never seen a playmobil-ship with so many canons, I think it carries almost 50 artillery-pieces, most of them on 2 decks below the maindeck! :o

edit: If right, I'm counting 23 guns on each side !!
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Post by: Pynedor on September 02, 2012, 02:59:20: Wow, those are incredible! :o
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Post by: Georgeag1972 on September 02, 2012, 23:39:00: Amazing customs-ships. :love:

George.
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Post by: Wolf Knight on September 03, 2012, 05:53:46: Wow!!! The Espanola is soooooo beautiful!!! I want one !!!!!
And the unicorn is brilliant, very elegant ship!!!
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Post by: Jrodmobil on October 02, 2012, 00:29:08: I tip my hat to everyone here, amazing ships!

Jarred
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Post by: BlackPearl2006 on November 22, 2012, 20:30:22: Nice Black Pearl. Very cleanly done. (unlike mine, which is pretty beat up looking). He used the same Megabloks parts as I did too, but still kept the ship looking more "playmobil" (especially with a clicky as the bow sprite). Very nice.

Admittedly, mine leans more towards realism than remaining true to clicky aesthetic, though i did so on purpose since I'm a huge fan of the actual ship. I have to admit i am a little jealous though, lol. I wonder if his is also seaworthy? I had to do a lot of science experiments with stability to get mine to stay afloat and get the rigging to work properly with the sails.
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Post by: WarriorOfToys on November 26, 2012, 14:57:11: WOW! I have been bitten by the "trimast bug" again! ;D
I want to make my own, alas... no money, no time. :lol:
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Post by: Hadoque on November 27, 2012, 04:59:47: Here is the biggest Playmobil custom-trimaster I've seen sofar: "HMS VICTORY" by Nicolas Dufaye.
It is as wide as two 3940 (US 3286) or 5135 ships, it has 3 gundecks and almost 50 cannons in total.
The ship was on public display for the first time at the exhibition in Templeuve (France) a few weeks ago.

for more & bigger pics of this ship: have a look at my FB-page or my PCC-page
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Post by: BlackPearl2006 on May 24, 2013, 20:28:30: wow, I've been gone for months, and everything seems to be exactly how I left it, at least on the Ship front. Save for Ms. Emma's steampunk sub! I miss it here! Been so busy with work and growing fam! I have some playmobil sailing pics to post soon that I haven't uploaded yet though. I hope everyone's been doing well! -Atto
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Post by: el jefe on May 24, 2013, 20:45:02: Welcome back Atto. :wave: Looking forward to seeing some of your sailing pics.
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Post by: hauden_lukas on May 25, 2013, 04:31:58: I think the "Espanola" has the right proportions - I would wish for a ship like that released by Playmobil. The one shown after is more a floating cube...pretty ugly. Big but no flair.
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Post by: Hadoque on May 25, 2013, 22:34:11: Quote from: hauden_lukas on May 25, 2013, 04:31:58
I think the "Espanola" has the right proportions - I would wish for a ship like that released by Playmobil.

:yup: :prays:
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Post by: larryhohoho on June 14, 2013, 05:34:09: Wow... Where the hell have I been all this while...
Amazing job with the Black Pearl Dude!
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Post by: BlackPearl2006 on May 22, 2015, 20:41:55: no custom ships since i last logged in?
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Post by: Hadoque on May 23, 2015, 06:06:09: Sure, but the ships get bigger and bigger and max. attachment-size for pics is only 100kb here... ;D