In the (river) Navy.....on my flat boat

[nervisfr]

hey guys,
i start this to topic for stoping to troll the Marine0846 's one.  who give me the impulse to built my river navy for the FYW (and the Oldwest too).

You can follow the adventure too on my blog Ch'ti Ré-Animator, right here for full details of the operation :

About the Keelboat

About the Flatboat

Hope you 'll appreciate.

Cheers
ERic

[nervisfr]

But let's start with some explanations/pictures of the work about the Keelboat :
This work was made in a couple of hours only. 

1) The boat hull is made with expanded polystyren and balsa wood for the deck.
2) The deck is sculpted as wood with the tip of a pencil. Nails on the deck are made with a needle.
3) The cabin is made of balsa and some matches.



4) The expanded hull is protected by cardboard strip (sculpted as wood planks with a cutter), glue and fixed with sewing pins.



5) The mast is made with a barbecue stick. The sails is a paper handkerchief roll over and fixed on the mast with thin wire.






6) When all is build, i spray an undercoat special for plastic to protect the wood and his reaction with the paint.



and you get this :




Cheers
Eric

[fastolfrus]

There is an old Kirk Douglas film with a keelboat:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Sky_(film)

[duivelindoosje]

there is Always davy crockett and the river pirates

[duivelindoosje]

the river pirates and the gun on the boat

[nervisfr]

There is an old Kirk Douglas film with a keelboat:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Sky_(film)

Exact and the movie is about the life and the adventures of a keelboat team.

I made a gun that could be place every where on my boats.
It's basde on a 30yw gun from plastic 1/72 REVELL and fixed on a nail as axe.

here on the flatboat :




Eric

[Malamute]

I like it.

[Jeff965]

Me to 

[Marine0846]

Great idea about the gun.
Will have to add one to my stuff.

[nervisfr]

Great idea about the gun.
Will have to add one to my stuff.

only one ?

[nervisfr]

An now , the waterway is coming !

WIP :

1st step : dig in the river

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8700/27749369333_87d8274e86_b.jpg


2nd step : filling the river with water




3th step : make the water looks like ....water




next step : finition work on water

and last step : Play a good scenario with buddies and beers (not essential to the success of a night at our club)

cheers
Eric

[mikedemana]

I'm trying to figure out how to do a stream, too. I have latex ones I bought from Miniature World Maker years ago. However, I'd like to make more so I can make the river longer (or more than one on the table).

Has anyone tried using the acrylic light panels? If I could figure out how to cut them easily (I'm not Mr. Tool Guy), I'd like to try that...

Your river looks good, Eric!

Mike Demana
www.firstcommandwargames.com
http://leadlegionaries.blogspot.com/

[Marine0846]

Oh yes, water.
Got to have it to float the boat.
I like your start.
I have tried different things for rivers.
Still not happy with what I have.
Nice to see others ideas.

[nervisfr]

Oh yes, water.
Got to have it to float the boat.
I like your start.
I have tried different things for rivers.
Still not happy with what I have.
Nice to see others ideas.

i built mine directly on the map/carpet.

i clear off the green texture with a heat gun or a grinder. I know it's heavy tools for modelling but very very efficient 

The heat gun dissolve the green so you can clear off all the grass.
The grinder plane the grass but could dangerous for the support of the map/carpet because you can make holes in if you don't care.
The water is made with floor glue mixed with silicone (like Pattex one). This mix is essential if you don't want to see your glue crack when drying. The river is now flexible.
I put blue color in the final mix to get an uniform undercoat.
When dry, i dry brush blue paint, then white.
i make the brillant look of the river with glue-varnish. Severals pass are needed to give a water look !

and now , i can roll the map/carpet for transportation. 

that's magic !

cheers
Eric