Cactus Archipelago - more WIP pictures 25.8.2014

[Hupp n at em]

That would be quite the swanky looking boat. 

[Gun bunny]

Autonomous area defence system for the radar station.


what kind of glue do you use on the plastic and does it weld or fuse the pieces together ? 

[Zafarelli]

Managed to complete the gun last week, as well as a different weapon option:



The rocket launcher might need a few more details, not sure.


After some fiddling around with the MDF boat, I really couldn't come to terms with the boat, and started to build a new one from scratch Here is the start, lots of plastic pieces cut to shape. The topmost piece shows the sectional drawing I used to measure the heights of the individual ribs.


For most of the time, I forgot to take pictures of the process, so all I can say is that this turned into this:


... and then somehow into this:


Foredeck and afterdeck can be taken out at the moment. I'm considering turning it either into a small fishing cutter or a boat with a long tail outboard, which seem to be quite common in Asia.

Gun bunny, I use plastic glue (the weldy stuff) and CA glue. Depends on the situation - plastic glue is better if you need to be able to correct positioning for some time. The solvent needs to evaporate completely before it can be sanded, though. CA glue is the better choice if you want to continue working quickly. Or the only choice if you want to glue materials other than sheet polystyrene. Most of the pipe materials used here are ABS, which doesn't work with plastic glue. Gluing to puttied sections also won't work.

[OSHIROmodels]

Excellent 

I think a few access panels on the rocket launcher would work well 

cheers

James

[Centaur_Seducer]

Loving it mate!
Maybe I should build that other boat I promised you a decade ago
It's interesting to see how we both approach the build totally different. Well not very different, but you are more precise and, ehhm teutonic with the precise cuts and premeasuring

[FramFramson]

Excellent 

I think a few access panels on the rocket launcher would work well 

cheers

James

I wis thinking the same thing. One or two greebles to break up those heavy feet might be good too.

[Zafarelli]

Some progress on the boat. The hull is cast from resin, the rest is polystyrene scratchbuilding. Mostly not glued down for the most part, though. The outboard is borrowed from the raft I built last year. But since that is intended to take part in the same scenario, I'll have to build another one eventually.







Also, the moulds for the gun are ready, and I managed to paint the first cast over Easter. No pictures yet, though.

[LordOdo]

Looks great!

[OSHIROmodels]

Love the canopy addition, makes it look like its from the far east 

cheers

James

[ErikB]

This game "board" is such a great idea.  I am so impressed by what you've done!

I really like the boat size, shape, and class.  Reminds me of James Bond and the African Queen merged together, somehow.

Those Louisiana swamp boats could be cool and appropriate for this, too: https://www.google.com/search?q=swamp+air+boat&client=firefox-a&hs=jMl&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=sb&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=TfRWU-7GJcGsyATFy4GQDw&ved=0CDkQsAQ&biw=1197&bih=629

Have you considered some all-wood platforms sticking out of the water?  Those could be located between some of giant rocks and provide some shooting locations.

Also, if you hang most of the vegetation from some of those rocks that are too small for a mini to stand on, you'll be able to put up plenty of plants and keep clear all the levels where the minis would stand.

If this actually is for docking airships, perhaps leaving in all those toothpicks might make sense.  Just an idea.

[Andym]

Excellent work Zaf! I love it all! You're an amazing wiz with the old white stuff(plastic card)

[Braz]

Great boat designs and builds. 

[FramFramson]

Ooh, I do like Erik's idea about the wood platforms.

[Zafarelli]

Thanks people!

Jim, my main reference was indeed the riverboat from Rambo 4, so yes, far east

Erik, some great ideas, thanks! Leaving those toothpicks is not an option, though. I ended up wearing thick leather gloves during the construction - nothing I would inflict upon the players.
And there already are wooden platforms, and not only planned Here is a picture of the setup from the Tactica site, where you can see two of them (I hope the Tactica people don't mind me deeplinking it). With the raft and a couple of boats, I hope the surface will be sufficiently covered.

[OSHIROmodels]

That, my good man, is absolutely awesome 

cheers

James