Chicken Race on the Arumbaya

[Cadet13]

Loving this project! 

[Admiral Benbow]

Fantastic project, Hammers, a real source of inspiration ... makes me wanting to start another ship project. So many projects ...
 

[Hammers]

I will take more closeups and from different angles tomorrow.

[gamer Mac]

WOW
And that's not the naked bums I am talking about before says it is
The tyres are a very nice touch.
Some very nice details.

[marianas_gamer]

Looks Damn Fine!  The details like the lines and braces on the stacks, the lanterns, tire bumpers and the painted crossed anchors really compliment an already excellent build!!     
LB

[Tsune]

Beautiful!! 

[Hammers]

Looks Damn Fine!  The details like the lines and braces on the stacks, the lanterns, tire bumpers and the painted crossed anchors really compliment an already excellent build!!     
LB

Thank you!

Most items comes with the kit. You can obviously go nuts with the details on object like this. So far I have kept it to messing up the paint work and a few additions because from a gaming perspective I really need as many flat spaces as possible to place miniatures on.

 I butchered a toy firetruck for the tyres since I felt it take the whole bumpbers takes the whole ship up a notch. They also don't affect the playable space none. There are also a few coils of cordage laying about (in that infernal merchantman way); this is after all a tug boat. I think I will leave it at that. Maybe I will add some removable storage but I have other things to focus on now on the main project.

The anchors are decals, really. The are supposed to go on sides of the stack but I fucked one set up, so I put thee remaining decal on the  forward side.

I have still not decided on  a name. There have been several good suggestion but I would like one at least slightly comical. 'Carmen Miranda' and 'El Cabrón' are those I have come up with  so far. I was planning to paint the name directly on the aft gunwale. Perhaps I should paint it on a name plate fasten with rare earth magnets so I can change  the name to suit various harbours and waters?

[Malamute]

She has come up a treat Hammers, lovely work

[OSHIROmodels]

What a beaut 

Having a changeable name is a good idea 

cheers

James

[Prof.Witchheimer]

I have still not decided on  a name. There have been several good suggestion but I would like one at least slightly comical. 'Carmen Miranda' and 'El Cabrón' are those I have come up with  so far. I was planning to paint the name directly on the aft gunwale. Perhaps I should paint it on a name plate fasten with rare earth magnets so I can change  the name to suit various harbours and waters?

I like the name "Carmen Miranda" a lot, though the idea with exchangeable name plate is a brilliant one.

[Galland]

This is turning out just fine. The boat is, to say the least, really beutiful in a craptastic way. Regarding the name I would go for interchangeable plates and name them "Carmencita" and "Fritiof".

"I Samborombon, en liten by förutan gata
den ligger inte långt från Rio de la Plata,
nästan i kanten av den blåa Atlanten
och med Pampas bakom sig många hundra gröna mil,
dit kom jag ridande en afton i april
för jag ville dansa tango.
Dragspel, fiol och mandolin
hördes från krogen och i salen steg jag in,
där på bänken i mantilj och med en ros vid sin barm
satt den bedårande lilla Carmencita.
Mamman, värdinnan, satt ivrån,
hon tog mitt ridspö, min pistol och min manton.
jag bjöd upp och carmensita sa:
-Si, gracias, señor, vamos a bailar este tango!
-Carmencita, lilla vän,
håller du utav mig än?
Får jag tala med din pappa och din mamma,
jag vill gifta mig med dej, Carmencita!
-Nej, Don Fritiof Andersson,
kom ej till Samborombon,
om ni hyser andra planer när det gäller mej
än att dansa tango!"

[Hammers]

I like the name "Carmen Miranda" a lot, though the idea with exchangeable name plate is a brilliant one.

The  name is a bit late  for the  name I  have in mind but with a few bunches of bananas as stowage it would  make sense. I am leaning towards 'El Cabrón' as it means billygoat, which I find suiting for a vessel used for towing and pushing other ships. As most of you know it is also an insult in spanish, variously translatable as 'asshole', 'dickhead', fornicator or adulterer. Quitey suitable, I think, for a pulp ship with a somewhat seedy crew.

[Prof.Witchheimer]

The  name is a bit late  for the  name I  have in mind but with a few bunches of bananas as stowage it would  make sense. I am leaning towards 'El Cabrón' as it means billygoat, which I find suiting for a vessel used for towing and pushing other ships. As most of you know it is also an insult in spanish, variously translatable as 'asshole', 'dickhead', fornicator or adulterer. Quitey suitable, I think, for a pulp ship with a somewhat seedy crew.

Agree, viewed in this light, El Cabron is surely a better laternative. Carmen Miranda would better fit to a smart yacht in command of Corto Maltese.

[Helen]

Oh Peder, she is a beauty, well done in the finished model.

Cheers,

Helen

[Furt]

Really well done - she looks like she's been around.

There is still a decent playing surface as well, despite all the fine details. Full steam ahead!!