How to do cheap Canoe for French Indian war

[nervisfr]

I present you a cheap way to scratchbuild some canoes.

Starting from this :



to that :



The tuto is right here on my blog (in french, but use the translation button).

http://chti-reanimator59.blogspot.fr/

Cheers
Eric

[whill4]

Nice tutorial. I am definitely going try this. Also, I like your blog.

[Whitwort Stormbringer]

Excellent!  I'll be making a couple of these for sure.

[has.been]

I picked mine up at a Dicast toy fare. A stall holder was selling 'Kinder Surprise' toys from a big box at 10p a toy. I got 6 Canoes and 6 boats for my 15mm Ancient Egyptians all for £1.20, mind you I had to fight passed the children gathered around the box.

[nervisfr]

thanks guys 

You can find good canoe into the made in chinese western pack available in any kind of toy stores.

The Timpo ones are excellent but now in the collector realm, so could be expansive now.

I think that the carboard can be use too for over boat. Whaler, Canadian bateau, etc...

 I have in mind, roman ship for my rome project (see right here)

 

i'm working too on biblical  egyptian fishing reed boat (for an hyppo big game) but it'll be more difficult...

Cheers
Eric

[mikedemana]

Hobby Lobby also sells a very cheap canoe in their wood products line. Take out all the extraneous details and it makes a passable Indian canoe...

Before modification


After modification


Mike Demana
www.firstcommandwargames.com

[Valerik]

 Take out all the extraneous details  ~

Good canoes all around gents!!

But Mike...

I see the scalps dryin'...

& I see the hides stretched & dryin'...

But that fish rack....

Hope you're keeping well Mike!!!

Valerik

once ruint a brand new Grumman on Conestoga Creek

[nervisfr]

thanks Mike for the picture.
That's remember me that i have add some more details on my canoe sides.....

Cheers
Eric

[mikedemana]

No problem! You reminded me I never finished my tutorial on my canoes!

And Valerik, I am doing well in the Winter Wonderland that is Ohio... (ignore the teeth chattering from the cold....

Mike Demana
wow.firstcommandwargames.com

[doublenot7]

I picked up some plastic toy canoes and painted them, about $3.

[nervisfr]

the timpo one :



from this blog : http://28mmvictorianwarfare.blogspot.fr/2011_07_01_archive.html


Nostalgia !

[Malamute]

Ahhh the Timpo Canoe, that brings back some fond memories.

[emosbur]

The Hobby Lobby boat is nice and very intersting for other uses. Pity thay don´t ship overseas.

[doublenot7]

Thanks for the heads up on the Hobby Lobby canoe, will have to get a few of those also.