Saltys Pirate Ship Project
We had at first desired to go traditional, but decided steampunk would be a Lot more Fun and use up more stuff already in stock.
SteamPunk it Is !
The Story So Far
We started with a 1950s wooden sailboat that had been build in England, the tout vabien, sailed the world, and ended up her ocean voyages in the CA Bay Area, sinking at the Napa Marina in 2008.Soon after she was raised, she became the Rusty Dragon, Saltys Pirate Ship.
RustyDragon Photo Gallery
We got an engine and some gizmos !
the engine is an old Hardie orchard sprayer pump, 2 cylinders and wore out 50 years ago.
I scrapped out some old electrical boxes and got what will be the control knife switches.
and why, you may ask do we need switches ?
Well, to Control all the various gizmos I been cobbling together !
Like the LED sparks in that hole in the bow, where we took that death ray shot.
That shot has caused all manner of trouble on the ship, from the green glow in the cabin to the to the weird little sparks that happen at random.
Its all MadBoy Stuff !
a pile of gizmos !
there just has to be some good steampunk pirate ship stuff in this pile ! quartz crystal gizmo test
Rustydragons new quartz transdimensional motation crystal
the Rustydragons new quartz transdimensional motation crystal replacement, cobbled togoether from found terrestrial objects and put into use using technology not much farther along than bearskins and obsidian. but hey, as long as it gets us thru the dimensions, who cares, right !!!
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Gizmo Gallery
the brass and copper parts for the dashboard knife switches cleaned up nicely
Great Stuff on Amazon
The Great Ships - The Pirate Ships (History Channel)
Amazon Price: $22.49 (as of 12/04/2009) 
Steampunk
Amazon Price: $10.17 (as of 12/04/2009)
Extraordinary Engines: The Definitive Steampunk Anthology
Amazon Price: $13.38 (as of 12/04/2009)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Widescreen Edition)
Amazon Price: $12.49 (as of 12/04/2009)
Wild Wild West
Amazon Price: (as of 12/04/2009)
Steampunk Around the World
DiHydrogen Monoxide Blasters
Before and After
I been playing with DiHydrogen Monoxide Blasters the past month or so too.
the RustyDragon Chicken Cam
Watch live video from rustydragon on Justin.tv
Arrrrrr Matey
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Do You Squidoo ?
Handy Dandy Weather Widget
related links
- Saltys pirate den
- Saltys Pirate Den is populated by a small group of artists working in and around the maritime genre, one of our group even lives on a sloop in the Bay Area.
Rum, treasure, all manner of pirates both historical and fantastical, we like it all ! - Human Powered Hovercraft :: Steam Boat Willy
- Human Powered Hovercraft :: Steam Boat Willy :: News, Images, Film Clips, Events, Technical Data, Contact Info
- the Rusty Dragon, Part One
- The beginning of the story about Saltys Pirate Ship, the Rustydragon.
Girl Genius !
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