Clothespin Battleships with my 3y/o

[Froggy the Great]

My 3y/o boy and I turned three bags of clothespins into battleships this week.  They're ready to paint, so I thought I'd toss some WIPs your way:

Parts and such - I let him use the superglue if my hand was on the bottle too.  White glue was not strong enough.


These are assembled as prototypes - the actual fleets are 16 models each.


The guns, landing strips, and planes are added (I did this part) and they're ready to paint.

[Fates Fickle Finger]

love it!

FFF

[sundayhero]

That's a very clever idea ! Can't wait to see them painted. Well done 

[Hitman]

Awesome!! Thanks for sharing.
Regards,
Hitman
 

[Jaeger]

Awesome idea.

[gloriousbattle]

Hmm.  I wonder if you could make oared galleys in a similar way

[Dave Knight]

 

[pocoloco]

Super! 

Hoping to see the fleets in action soon!

[Jase]

That's a great idea!

What rules are you planning on using or is it just a hobby project?

[Smillie]

What an amazing idea!

I look forward to seeing these painted up, great way to get cheap, robust naval models!

[Dave Knight]

And they will float

[Red Orc]

Nice one Froggy! Good to see that you're getting a new generation involved in the creativity too.

I've kept a load of plastic ones for turning into aetherships for space-fleet battles, but it being me they're still sitting around unpainted. What have you used for gun-barrels?

[Froggy the Great]

Alas, they do not float, or at least they will be ruined if I try.  the gun barrels are clipped lengths of the clothespins' springs.

[Bergil]

This is fantastic, the sort of thing I love doing if I need to chill for an hour or so.

[The_Beast]

I've a number of plastic cutlery handles that can't seem to decide if they are going to be spaceships, aeronefs, or naval ships. I shall show them these to see if it helps make up their minds. 

Yours would float with a quick hit of sealer, but don't claim they'd float upright. 

Kudos on the passing down of love-of-building from 'junk'!

Doug