THE BLACK PEARL (Pirates of the Caribbean) aka Playmobil 3286 / 3940 custom

[BlackPearl2006]

You've seen the Making of the Black Pearl....
now here it is in all its glory.  99% complete

View a short video (sorry the audio is gone for some reason).  I'll be making a better one later.  Just watch her in motion!
http://youtu.be/8uGn-QrMzEc (grr, from 3:23 to 4:43 there's a weird black gap, so fast forward past it cuz there's more footage!!! sorry!!) 

My customized Black Pearl Toy/ Model from Pirates of the Caribbean.

Really floats!
Unsinkable!
Stable! (Will NEVER capsize!) (SEE FLOAT TEST / STABILITY VIDEO HERE: http://youtu.be/x0yU9e_00Ro
FULLY FUNCTIONAL rigging and sails! (SEE SAILS IN ACTION HERE: http://youtu.be/HLPtj8vTR08
All 12 Sails can be individually furled and unfurled via block and line pulley system, as well as stowed!
Hoistable jibbs!
maximum 22-gun ship with real firing bow chaser cannons!
Battery-operated deck lights, stern lanterns, and lighted captain's cabin!
Battery-operated constant motor with adjustable rudder.
Extendable plank!
Customized forecastle (with enclosed battery compartment), bowsprite, captain's gallery, and stern castle ornaments!
Custom redesigned keel profile (at the bow)
Real Metal Rudder Chain!
Access to gundeck and below-deck cannons (in land-play mode).
Added mizen mast atop the poopdeck!
Poopdeck cover / helm can still be removed to gain access to the Captain's quarters without removing the mizzen mast!
Working Ship's bell and bell housing!  (housing made from an extra captain's cabin table and Big Bertha Cannon carriage!)
Custom foredeck cover and quarterdeck railing!
hull access ladders built into the sides of the ship!
Works with playmobil characters and official Pirates of the Caribbean mini figurines!
Fully adjustable sails with full sheets and tacks slave rigged so that when sheets are trimmed, the tacks are eased in tandem and vice versa!!!
Two anchors!

kitbashed from Playmobil 3286 / 3940 Pirate ship, Mega bloks Black Pearl, and Zizzle Ultimate Black Pearl Playset, mixed with wooden dowels, string, sheet styrene, PVC tubing and styrofoam inserts. Custom flat black paint with gold and copper accents!

[BlackPearl2006]

sorry just realized i took these pics before painting the joining sections of the stern pediments (you can see the unpainted glued areas still)

[BlackPearl2006]

[bonniebeth]

She's absolutely magnificent, Atto! AWESOME!!!! So very detailed, so much thought and time put into it. And the lighting effects are fantastic, they really give a nice feel to it.

[cachalote]

i am amazed.
  thanks for showing it bp2006.
  everything seems to work so fine - the rigging, the rudder, watertightness...
  and now, what's next - a royal navy flagship to fight the pearl?

[Ace]

What an amazing custom  ! This is the most detailed Playmoship I've ever seen!
Ace

[Wolf Knight]

Magnificent!!!! 

[WarriorOfToys]

There is nothing more to be said...
It is perhaps the greatest Playmobil custom of all time.
You have done a simply amazing job Atto!
And it has been really cool watching the progress.

[Hadoque]

Like I said in the "making off", it is an astonishing beautifull and indeed a very well thought-out custom-ship!!

It is perhaps the greatest Playmobil custom of all time.

Well, Atto's Pearl is certainly in a whole different league then most "common custom-ships" (mine included), but "the greatest of all time" is just a little too much praise imho.
You should go have a look on some German forums to see what kinds of ships the people there put together    , and wear a seatbelt while behind your computerscreen...
To me one of the biggest masterpieces is still Macgayver's "Dolphin", and I consider his "Unicorn" (which belongs to my fleet since years and which I've started to try to clone) still an exceptional piece as well. Those have less decoration as the Pearl, but are much bigger and the paintwork & finishing is as  exceptional as Atto's.

So I consider the Black Pearl in a mid-class of custom ships; certainly far above simple customs with parts-swapping (what I do), and somewhere between Emma's painted custom-ships and the big conversions like doublegundeckers, trimasters/fourmasters, etc.

[PrimusPilus]

One word: FRIGGINTASTIC!!!!