Author Topic: Chicken Race on the Arumbaya (Read 380868 times)

Galland · « **Reply #240 on:** September 12, 2011, 10:06:52 AM »

Obviously, Herr Hammers dont care about late Herr Taube

Hammers · « **Reply #241 on:** September 12, 2011, 10:12:39 AM »

Quote from: Galland on September 12, 2011, 10:06:52 AM

Obviously, Herr Hammers dont care about late Herr Taube

Sorry, missed your post. I like Carmencita. It would work for a lot of scenarios.

oxiana · « **Reply #242 on:** September 12, 2011, 10:13:29 AM »

What a cracker. Lovely project this.

Ray Rivers · « **Reply #243 on:** September 12, 2011, 10:18:15 AM »

Quote from: Hammers on September 12, 2011, 08:57:23 AM

I am leaning towards 'El Cabrón'

That's a great name... for a great looking ship.

Galland · « **Reply #244 on:** September 12, 2011, 10:18:41 AM »

Quote from: Hammers on September 12, 2011, 10:12:39 AM

Sorry, missed your post. I like Carmencita. It would work for a lot of scenarios.

Yes it would, and also yield some sort of nice link to our own cultural history, and since Taube was a great South America traveler and adventurer it would fit right in I would dare to say.

Marine0846 · « **Reply #245 on:** September 13, 2011, 01:32:57 AM »

Great work on the boat.
You have made it come alive.

Hammers · « **Reply #246 on:** September 13, 2011, 07:54:04 PM »

Thank you again, all, for your kind comments. The do help me keeping the steam up. Speaking of which, remember this...?

Well, what you can't see in that image is that there are some vital items on it which ain't completed. So this is what I am up to right now

The 'Cacafuego' has been taken apart and is to be fitted with paddle wheels, more portholes anchors, windlass and stacks of wood (fuel).

The paddlers are a bit of a bastard to put together. I have not been as successful ad Admiral Benbow in finding a toy or model kit to butcher so I've had to make them from scratch.

To the left, in the background, you can see Botocudo and Tupi archers in the final stages of completion. There are also two minis which I will use for the if the tarot Magician major arcana is pulled.

Prof.Witchheimer · « **Reply #247 on:** September 13, 2011, 08:29:01 PM »

very promising, Peder, can't wait to see the progress on all that goodness!

Vital items? that one in the middle of the pic is really a source of the vitality.

Hammers · « **Reply #248 on:** September 13, 2011, 08:35:22 PM »

Quote from: Prof.Witchheimer on September 13, 2011, 08:29:01 PM

Vital items? that one in the middle of the pic is really a source of the vitality.

What?

...

Oh shit! How did that end up in there? What will you think of me...

OSHIROmodels · « **Reply #249 on:** September 13, 2011, 08:57:28 PM »

Quote from: Hammers on September 13, 2011, 08:35:22 PM

What?

...

Oh shit! How did that end up in there? What will you think of me...

We'll think you're a bloody star for drinking such a fine brew

cheers

James

Prof.Witchheimer · « **Reply #250 on:** September 13, 2011, 09:34:23 PM »

Quote from: Hammers on September 13, 2011, 08:35:22 PM

Oh shit! How did that end up in there? What will you think of me...

Notebook with LAF, a bottle of fine beer, parts of a model ship, some fine and nicely painted miniatures. I would think, you're a man of style.

tomek917 · « **Reply #251 on:** September 14, 2011, 09:07:53 PM »

This thread is fantastic Hammers! I love the boat! (I have even started thinking of building one of my own...because, you know...I might need one...)

Hopefully I'll get to play with it on a SLAM or GLAM sometime!

Hammers · « **Reply #252 on:** September 15, 2011, 07:38:11 AM »

As written above, I've taken the Cacafuego apart for some further work on larger and smaller details both. Right now it's the propulsion. My main inspiration has come from photographs like these:

Technically, they are side-wheeler paddle steamer, rivers for the use for. Paddle steamers are not the prettiest of ships to start with and a side-wheelers even less so. A bit of a pig, really. The splashing of the water and the wheel houses making her disproportionally wide across the beam, like a broad hipped and bad tempered matron kicking up up a lot of fuss as she pushes forward. But what character! Ugliness has its own integrity, to paraphrase Gore Vidal.

That said, I made a bit of a mess building the side-paddles and their housing. Having not made a proper drawing of what I wanted to do I just started to put put things together and ended up with this:

The wheels and the housing ended up much to wide and a already disproportionate ship has now turned out even more so. I will have to cut the width of those things with at least a third to make it look more balanced. Which is a bit of a bastard since polystyrene glue welds styrene making them not are easy to pry apart. Two steps forward, one back...

Blackwolf · « **Reply #253 on:** September 15, 2011, 07:48:14 AM »

Ha! That paddle steamer is on the Murray River,Australia (nice work Hammers).

Hammers · « **Reply #254 on:** September 15, 2011, 08:16:21 AM »

That's right BW. The odd thing is that it looks like she's gone up the proverbial without a paddle. I can't see any see any side-wheels on her in those photos.

Anyhoo, I did something about the wheel houses...

The camera lens may still make the look a little too big but IRL, they look OK. I do however feel I need to elongate the hull with about 10 cm. She looks a bit stumpy at the moment.

Pardon all for what may appear as sexist language in this thread. I harbour no ill will (sorry), when talking about ships, sexism comes with the nautical tradition.

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