| Cacique Caribe | 07 Oct 2011 11:22 a.m. PST |
If so, this might be a good place to start: auction I've just placed my order, so I won't get to see them for a few more days. I may need to glue two or three of them together for added strength. Anyway, I hope they are polystyrene* or some other plastic that will take super glue easily, because I plan to add bits of Plastruct and Evergreen polystyrene to them. This is the rust-bucket look I hope to achieve on a couple of them:
And, when all is said and done, this is where they will play . . .
link link TMP link What do you guys think? Dan
* The ones that actually say they are polystyrene are sold in quantities I can't afford at the moment.
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| Cacique Caribe | 07 Oct 2011 11:28 a.m. PST |
LOL!!! You crack me up. I knew there would be a genius in the group who would catch on to that little detail. :) Dan |
| Psyckosama | 07 Oct 2011 11:44 a.m. PST |
How about this? auction Some here but they're NOT cheap… link |
| Cacique Caribe | 07 Oct 2011 11:52 a.m. PST |
Hmm. A bit big to navigate some of the flooded, but silted-up and debris-filled, avenues of major cities:
link link Though the director and producers of The Day After Tomorrow may think they aren't big enough.
link Dan |
| Cacique Caribe | 07 Oct 2011 12:50 p.m. PST |
I wonder if some of the smaller Lego hulls here might work better: auction Any Lego enthusiasts out there that might know? Dan |
| Gaz0045 | 07 Oct 2011 2:05 p.m. PST |
I found the Lego rowing boats really useful……
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With 20mm figs of course but they'll scale well with 15mm too….. |
| Littlearmies | 07 Oct 2011 3:42 p.m. PST |
Could you adapt Gary Chalk's templates from Wargames Illustrated 183 for the hull? Or at least adapt the contruction method? |
| Cacique Caribe | 07 Oct 2011 5:32 p.m. PST |
Gaz (Gary), OMG. Now THAT'S what I'm talking about. Those look awesome! Any additional tips on how you did the conversions? Did you use balsa, styrene or something else to make the changes? Thanks, Dan |
| Gaz0045 | 08 Oct 2011 1:50 a.m. PST |
These were fairly easy and 'rough & ready' mods, bits and pieces from the 'spares box', balsa decking for the open deck (centre of pic), pieces from a 1/600th destroyer (?) for the decking on the 'cruiser' type with oddments of plastic packaging etc and card decking internally to mask the Lego lugs inside with a tarpaulin truck cover from an Airfix GMC truck……
Still working on the bigger Lego hull after my 2 year old son tried 'remodelling' it!! (Essentially a small naval vessel for inshore patrolling with a gun turret and several AA cannon…..plus a cargo carrying conversion-different superstructure etc.Will post when more complete! |
| Battle Miniatures Emporium | 08 Oct 2011 8:37 p.m. PST |
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| Cacique Caribe | 09 Oct 2011 2:14 p.m. PST |
Gaz (Gary), I went ahead and grabbed a few on eBay. I hope mine turn out half as nice as the ones you did. Wish me luck! Dan |
| Gaz0045 | 10 Oct 2011 8:11 a.m. PST |
Good luck that man!
What I really like is that the Lego boats allow for the 'depth' of the boat- depending on where you position the deck inside the hull,you're inspiring me to restart my 'pirates'…..
I have just 'found' my balsa stockpile/hoard so I can restart my 'shipyard'……plus bits from the ever growing 'spares' box. If you need cheap armament (AA cannon etc) check out the Really Useful Guns range from Irregular Minis…(15/20mm). |
| John Treadaway | 10 Oct 2011 3:35 p.m. PST |
Just a suggestion Dan. If you were to layer two or three thin hulls one inside the other, then panels cut from the external hell in squares with a scalple would both a) reveal the skin of the hull beneath and b) provide some square panels to stick back on to other areas giving a patched, distressed hull look that might be what you're aiming at. John T |
| Cacique Caribe | 11 Oct 2011 1:50 p.m. PST |
John, You are a genius!!! I got my set of 25 banana (split) boats today. Can't wait to start work on them. auction I'll try to post pictures soon of what I do to them. Dan |
| Cacique Caribe | 11 Oct 2011 9:57 p.m. PST |
Would this "MP15DC CAB ATLAS HO Scale" look out of place as the boat pilot's "box" (forgive my ignorance of naval terminology)? auction Thanks, Dan |
| Gaz0045 | 12 Oct 2011 4:55 a.m. PST |
Ideal imho, for the bridge/bridgehouse, mount transverse and position a ladder each side to the doorways and its done!
Getting a uniform look to windows and fittings has always been the challenge with this scratchbuilding lark, check out the hardware store for little washers to represent port holes…..every ship should have one!! |
| Cacique Caribe | 12 Oct 2011 11:38 a.m. PST |
Definitely port holes! I haven't found washers that are that small, so I bought two hole-punchers (one with regular round holes and one for tiny ones) just for that purpose. I'll punch out the smaller hole first when I get started. I may need to buy two of those cabins, and do a little surgery so I can have doors to each side of the bridge. I hope the roof is removable. I would like it to slope to the sides (or add a new flat roof of my making), as in the first picture in this thread, plus be able to take it off when moving figures inside. These pilot houses are nice, but a little pricey: auction What do you think? Dan |
| Gaz0045 | 15 Oct 2011 12:49 a.m. PST |
The deck houses for 13 bucks seem OK- the others are a tad expensive (US Ho scale is approx 15mm I think?) ……
Personally I wouldn't chop those rail cabs about too much -maybe remove the non-door wall to join 2 and just leave more 'open bridge' around them for a 'covered wheelhouse & bridge wings' effect…..less work and less chance of wasting/damaging the pieces….
I found some washers small enough for 20mm builds (and with the help of my 2 yr old son dismantling his toys we found some tiny washers suitable for 15mm -about 4mm across….) |
| Cacique Caribe | 15 Oct 2011 9:20 a.m. PST |
That sounds great. Let me see what I come up with this weekend. I will be taking pictures to post. Thanks so much. Great suggestions. Dan |
| Cacique Caribe | 21 Oct 2011 10:38 p.m. PST |
Littlearmies: "Could you adapt Gary Chalk's templates from Wargames Illustrated 183 for the hull? Or at least adapt the contruction method?" Are these the Gary Chalk's templates you mean?
link Other templates here:
TMP link Dan
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| Cacique Caribe | 21 Oct 2011 11:48 p.m. PST |
By the way, has anyone seen these "Pirate ship cake decorations"? auction Dan |
| Cacique Caribe | 31 Oct 2011 2:19 a.m. PST |
Guys, Check out this fella's boat: link Dan |
| Psyckosama | 31 Oct 2011 8:13 a.m. PST |
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| 28mmMan | 31 Oct 2011 11:40 a.m. PST |
I found a bunch of HO scale boats/ships (the slightly larger size will allow a bit more miniature movement on the deck space) but they were expensive to say the least. $100 is about average Here is one that is expensive but shows the pieces that might help in the build up process. link
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looks at another boxed set of cyborgs.
