I recently noticed that one of my sons toys (that he never played with and was an old hand-me down anyway) looked ripe for my LOTHS on a shoestring project, i forgot to take picture of it before i got to work on it so, here's one from the net(mine was without the mast)
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For those that dont know thats Iggle Piggle from CBBC's "In the night garden" and you can pick one up for about £4 on ebay. So having a rough idea in mind i ripped the wheels and rudder off and set to work with my craft knife
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I purchased a small sheet of ply and some dowel from my local hobby shop
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and found some plastic strip whilst walking to the shop which i though might work as a railing around the deck
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at this stage i thought its not looking too bad for a grand outlay of less than £3
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I then drew some decking onto the ply and scratched planking onto the sides (after giving them a slight sanding)
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a quick undercoat and the addition of a prow made from an old paint brush
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added some stairs/steps and a hatch
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to finish it off i added some more railings using the last of the plastic thing i had found, some bits from the bits box, raised the sides of the prow slightly, fashioned a spar for the mast from a wooden BBQ skewer, replaced the rudder(after reducing it in size)
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it just needs a little tidying/filling and a decent paint job and i'll probably add a ships wheel & anchor at some point. Im now contemplating buying a few Iggle Piggle boats off e-bay and seeing what else i can cobble together.