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Title: Boats for Pulp
Post by: odd duck on March 24, 2011, 10:56:52 PM

A while back when carving some balsa into dugout canoes I experimented on some other pieces of balsa that came in the scrapbag I'd bought for the purpose this led to my first San-pan and my chinese harbour for the build contest,and an unfinished hull for a small motorboat.unfinished because I got a little heavy handed and gave myself a nasty gash on my palm with the utility knife! After letting it sit on the workbench for over a year I finally decided to get back to it.
(http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll29/madmalg/Boats/boat3.jpg)
(http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll29/madmalg/Boats/boat2.jpg)
I widened the ends of the interior at the bottom to make more room for figure bases
(it can hold six figures mounted on pennies) and made a deck out of basswood to cover some of the rough surface caused by hollowing out the hull. etched a caulking pattern(?) copied from a photo of a 1930s motorboat on the deck and a groove for the windshield.Made the windshield from an old figure pack painted the edges gold to simulate brass  left the deck etch lines unpainted used folkart english mustard for the decking and sprayed with some polyeurothane then glued it to the hull which i painted white
(http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll29/madmalg/Boats/IMG_0976.jpg)

(http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll29/madmalg/Boats/IMG_0975.jpg)


(http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll29/madmalg/Boats/IMG_0974.jpg)
I'm planning to make a removable interior with seats to use when ther are no figures in it

Title: Re: Boats for Pulp
Post by: Ironworker on March 24, 2011, 11:32:11 PM

Really nice work!  I like that you made them deep enough for the minis to "ride" in. 

Title: Re: Boats for Pulp
Post by: odd duck on March 24, 2011, 11:36:10 PM

Ok as you may have noticed the post is boats not boat I was so happy with the first one I had to make another,so I planned a motor patrol boat to chase the first one!Started with a 8'1/2 long 2'by1'piece of balsa  (the size was determined by what was in the grab bag) measured and drew the centerline and then the shape of the bow.Cut out the bow shape in stages going in 1/3 the thickness of the piece at a time this gives more control of the cut and is I believe safer.
(http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll29/madmalg/Boats/boats.jpg)
(http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll29/madmalg/Boats/boats1.jpg)
It also allows the last cut to be made from the bottom which was required because the wood was thicker than my utility knife. A quick sanding to smooth out the cut lines and then cut the verticle angle of the bow and redraw the centerline(which I should have mentioned earlier is drawn on both sides of the piece)
(http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll29/madmalg/Boats/boats2.jpg)
(http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll29/madmalg/Boats/boats5.jpg)
then carve and sand thefinished bow
(http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll29/madmalg/Boats/boats6.jpg)
now I measure out the dimensions of the interior to be hollowed out

(http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll29/madmalg/Boats/boats9.jpg)

Title: Re: Boats for Pulp
Post by: Sangennaru on March 24, 2011, 11:48:25 PM

quite amazed by your precision with the sanding paper... great work!

Title: Re: Boats for Pulp
Post by: odd duck on March 25, 2011, 12:13:29 AM

As I had'nt finalized the deck layout at this point I hollowed out more than was really needed (but hollowing larger sections is easier)
(http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll29/madmalg/Boats/boats11.jpg)
getting it to this stage from selecting the wood took about five hours split between two days.Having come up with a rough layout of the finished model in my head I started working on the deck
(http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll29/madmalg/Boats/boats12.jpg)
and cabin
(http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll29/madmalg/Boats/boats14.jpg)
I forgot to take photos on the last few stages but here are a few as the project stands now
(http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll29/madmalg/Boats/IMG_0972.jpg)
(http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll29/madmalg/Boats/IMG_0970.jpg)

(http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll29/madmalg/Boats/IMG_0968.jpg)

(http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll29/madmalg/Boats/IMG_0971.jpg)
Not really a historical representation of any boat just a generic gaming piece to be used as a Coast guard , Navy,Harbour Police or warlord's vessel as required by the scenarioI'm hoping toget the details and armament on thee two finished soon

Title: Re: Boats for Pulp
Post by: ushistoryprof on March 25, 2011, 12:26:06 AM

Looking good, has the real feel of the Pulp Era.  Thanks for the step by step pics.

Prof
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Title: Re: Boats for Pulp
Post by: Stu on March 25, 2011, 04:11:00 AM

Inspirational

Title: Re: Boats for Pulp
Post by: Burnt65 on March 25, 2011, 04:24:55 AM

WOW!
Very nice work!

Title: Re: Boats for Pulp
Post by: Wirelizard on March 25, 2011, 05:04:52 AM

Those look great, I especially like the smaller runabout!

How did you get the carved-out sections so neat? Even along the bottom of the carved areas you managed to get it smooth & flat!

Title: Re: Boats for Pulp
Post by: odd duck on March 25, 2011, 05:50:27 AM

I ran the flat end of a chisel over the bottom a few times to get the big bumps out then used sandpaper to finish.It's smooth but  not completly flat there is a slight wave to it

Title: Re: Boats for Pulp
Post by: odd duck on March 26, 2011, 10:41:35 PM

Got around to making the removable interior for the speedboat
(http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll29/madmalg/Boats/IMG_0980.jpg)
the bench seat was origionly going to be apolstered with greenstuff but a test fit showed it was sitting higher than intended so rather than redo it I carved the seat cusions in! i also had the posts for the front seats to far forward hence the extra holes
(http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll29/madmalg/Boats/IMG_0982.jpg)
(http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll29/madmalg/Boats/IMG_0983.jpg)
checked to see how many figures I could get in with pennies and cut out the front seats from scrape basswood
(http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll29/madmalg/Boats/IMG_0984.jpg)
another test fit  and the paint
(http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll29/madmalg/Boats/IMG_0985.jpg)
looks like I should be able to get five figures mounted on pennies in
(http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll29/madmalg/Boats/IMG_0987.jpg)only one less than without the insert!I used a brass nail to make a flagstaff at the stern ,now I just have to find a steering wheeland then I can but in a dashboard.

(http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll29/madmalg/Boats/IMG_0988.jpg)
(http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll29/madmalg/Boats/IMG_0989.jpg)

Title: Re: Boats for Pulp
Post by: Axtklinge on March 28, 2011, 09:52:42 AM

Great job!
I'm almost making up an excuse to need to build a couple of them myself!
 :D

Cheers,
A.

Title: Re: Boats for Pulp
Post by: Aaron on March 28, 2011, 12:22:55 PM

Nicely done. The big one looks ideal for smuggling Canadian whiskey in to the bootleggers!

Title: Re: Boats for Pulp
Post by: Hupp n at em on March 28, 2011, 01:37:30 PM

Very nice!  Quite impressive work and excellent results.  :)
Jim

Title: Re: Boats for Pulp
Post by: whill4 on March 30, 2011, 03:33:39 AM

Nice job. Your boats are cool.