"Building a longboat" Topic

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Ascent	01 Oct 2017 11:24 a.m. PST
Does anyone have a good link or tips on how to build a Viking longboat? It's not actually for a wargaming project, it's for my son's school project but I figured that it would use the same ideas and techniques.
Cacique Caribe	01 Oct 2017 11:48 a.m. PST
Waterline? And how big? Did the school specify restrictions on materials used? I seem to remember seeing a link on TMP a couple of months ago to a very impressive tutorial for building one. Let me see if I can track it down. Dan
Ascent	01 Oct 2017 12:25 p.m. PST
There's not really any limitations. We have lot's of cardboard to use so that will probably be what we use.
Cacique Caribe	01 Oct 2017 12:51 p.m. PST
I'm still looking for the tutorial. But if card is an option, perhaps you could trace or cut from loads of images out there, like these below (some more historical than others). Dan link link
Grelber	01 Oct 2017 4:01 p.m. PST
Scroll down to Mick in Switzerland's post from a TMP thread: TMP link It's a two part set of instructions. Grelber
Oberlindes Sol LIC	02 Oct 2017 9:49 a.m. PST
If your son is serious about his school project, he could do worse than to start here: link I think if you take him to school while pulling even a small Viking longboat on your boat trailer, he'll get an "A".