"Would these make good Durham boats?" Topic
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Winston Smith  | 29 Apr 2018 8:37 p.m. PST |
You know. For crossing the Delaware.  link |
 miniMo | 29 Apr 2018 8:51 p.m. PST |
They are very flat-bottomed, and double-ended! But I thought Durham Boats were a bit pointier-ended to navigate the Delaware in its icier days. If you ask nicely, Joerg might make a double-pointy-ended version ^,^ *edit*
Or you could add your own pointy ends with Durham's Rock Hard Plaster for real authenticity.
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| Winston Smith | 29 Apr 2018 9:22 p.m. PST |
I bet I could also mount a giant propeller on it for a swamp boat.
Hmmm… |
| jdginaz | 29 Apr 2018 10:28 p.m. PST |
Durham Boat on the Delaware River
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Cacique Caribe  | 30 Apr 2018 12:54 a.m. PST |
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 Ironwolf | 30 Apr 2018 1:01 a.m. PST |
If they were in 15mm, I'd use them. |
| Winston Smith | 30 Apr 2018 3:28 a.m. PST |
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| Cacique Caribe | 30 Apr 2018 3:46 a.m. PST |
That's gospel right there! Dan |
| miniMo | 30 Apr 2018 4:59 a.m. PST |
I have indeed picked up some of those flat-bottomed boats to make small steampunk balloon gondolas. Joerg also has dog sleds in the Frostgave range that make great personal air-conveyances! But back to Durhams — be sure to paint one of them black and name it "Popeye"
YouTube link |
| Winston Smith | 30 Apr 2018 5:57 a.m. PST |
Going by the historical evidence, the GEICO commercial, they did indeed have pointy ends. So maybe I will ask for a pointy version. I may be speaking out of school here, but it seems to me that making a CAD program for a CNC cutting program is a lot easier than sculpting a new master and producing a new mold.
I know it's more complicated than that, but I was a CAD man for many years. After that I corner Nic from Eureka or Allan Perry at Historicon for the figures. I have wanted the Leutze painting for years. And every time I see it hanging in the Oval Office watching yet another 25th Amendment tv series, it just reinforces my need. |
| miniMo | 01 May 2018 6:45 a.m. PST |
Wikipedia is also in the bunch of organised sticks with pointy-ends camp.
link Even the View History link doesn't show any editorial jousting over that point. |
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