Assault Cruiser "Morningstar's Lament"

Post by **Natalya** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 5:32 pm

Not Leg-Ore ABS. It tends to sink.

Post by **james+burgundy** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 5:57 pm

... Think last time I put lego in water it floated

Post by **All-Bricks United** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 5:58 pm

Some of it might, but not well enough, or consistently enough, to have a floating "ship" without something more.

Which is why my (eventual) plans involve building the "ship" around something that does float consistently - like one of those kick-boards for children, or something. Preferably flat, wide, and thin - enough so that it can be encased without wasting too much space.

Post by **OneEye589** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 6:33 pm

It depends on the amount of porous space in the plastic, too. The Lego boats that are actually made for floating (they made a couple speedboats and some coast guard boats) with the giant ship POOPs could float because the black plastic on the bottom wasn't the same plastic as regular Lego and also it had a large air pocket. If you put just a regular brick in water I'm pretty sure it sinks, I dunno, it seems pretty dense.

Post by **warman45** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 10:56 pm

just to remind you you don't need a material that floats to create a floating ship (in case you didn't know battleships are made of steel and they most definitely float)

all you need to do is seal the joints with a thin layer of glue or silicone.

Post by **Pvt Expendable** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 11:14 pm

ooooo off topic,

just commeting that the design provided me with some resemblance to an old wooden shipp,.... from ther i was curious,....

Post by **OneEye589** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 9:41 am

warman45 wrote:just to remind you you don't need a material that floats to create a floating ship (in case you didn't know battleships are made of steel and they most definitely float)

all you need to do is seal the joints with a thin layer of glue or silicone.

That's why I said it depends on the amount of porous space, too.

Post by **Pvt Expendable** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 9:46 am

That's why I said it depends on the amount of porous space, too.

wha just make a "bucket"

Post by **Strana** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 4:34 pm

if you build a platofm out of 2x4 bloks that is significantly wide you can use the air trapped in between the bricks to effectively float a model, however what you build on top of that platform is limited to the amount of boyancy below

Post by **All-Bricks United** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 5:49 pm

See, I don't want to glue my legos, and the amount you can float on just legos just isn't enough for a real "ship" for me. Hence wanting to build around something that does float good enough.

Oh, and to be more on topic, I love all of Roc's ship designs, so very much. The all-gray look is just awesome (I love consistency!).

Post by **james+burgundy** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 9:26 pm

james+burgundy wrote:

hahahahaha (laugh) hahahaha

Post by **Strana** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 10:36 pm

lego bouyancy is at about 1 to 5 for every 5 bricks floatin your creation you can have a mass equivalent of 1 on top

Post by **Ranger S2H** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 5:58 am

did J+B just quote himself and laugh himself to death?

inside joke?

Post by **james+burgundy** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 3:11 pm

I got the thread off topic

Post by **Warhead** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 3:17 pm

Pvt Expendable wrote:aftr a second look just wondering

is thes for space or water?

Um... sure you did. What ever keeps you sane.