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Miniatures Adventure => Pikes, Muskets and Flouncy Shirts => Topic started by: Wingnut on 01 March 2023, 04:06:34 AM

Title: DIY Ship Parts on the cheap. (added Making Sails)
Post by: Wingnut on 01 March 2023, 04:06:34 AM

There are a lot of places out there on the web you can buy prefabricated  parts for 28mm ships including some outstanding manufactures like Firelock Games, Old Glory25's and Games of War out of England. I frequent all of these fine establishments often but do to quantity, limited resources ($), and lets face it time to delivery, I've had to hand craft some parts. To help others "Pimp" their boats I've started a couple of how-to articles that may help others to add some details that are easy to craft.
Belaying Pins
https://fistfullofseamen.blogspot.com/2023/02/belaying-pins-and-rack-diy.html (https://fistfullofseamen.blogspot.com/2023/02/belaying-pins-and-rack-diy.html)
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Dead-Eyes
https://fistfullofseamen.blogspot.com/2023/02/dead-eyes-by-hand.html (https://fistfullofseamen.blogspot.com/2023/02/dead-eyes-by-hand.html)
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As I'm working through the next few ship models I would like to add articles for sails, maybe Ratlines, cat-head anchor posts or anything I can add to the forum. If you have some good Ideas please add them to the thread.
I hope that some of these things can help others to build their Pirate Projects.

Wingnut 

Title: Re: DIY Ship Parts on the cheap.
Post by: ichwillauch on 02 March 2023, 06:31:01 PM

Thank you very much. Very helpful!

Title: Re: DIY Ship Parts on the cheap.
Post by: Smokeyrone on 02 March 2023, 07:19:57 PM

Good stuff

Title: DIY Ship Parts on the cheap. (added Making Sails)
Post by: Wingnut on 03 March 2023, 06:06:11 AM

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https://fistfullofseamen.blogspot.com/2023/03/styrene-plastic-sails.html#more (https://fistfullofseamen.blogspot.com/2023/03/styrene-plastic-sails.html#more)

I finished up another article on the blog on how to scratch build sails for gaming ships. This uses a thin Polystyrene sheet to make sails that will be more durable than paper but less of a hassle than using real cloth. This is a tutorial for those interested, I'm not saying that Paper or cloth is bad, just how to use the same method I do. So Ichwillauch as you requested, enjoy.

Wingnut
     

Title: Re: DIY Ship Parts on the cheap. (added Making Sails)
Post by: ichwillauch on 04 March 2023, 10:01:10 AM

Very helpful, I will try to use your technics when building my next ship model, thank you very much for your help.