04-21-2011, 05:21 PM
It's not "on the layout ( new modules )" yet, but it is for the layout.
I took a Lindberg "Brig of War" kit ( hull, modified ), and I'm rebuilding it as a 32' lobster sloop. Only the hull is plastic. Deck, cabin,fittings,spars are all wood.
The 12' X 16' shack is laminated card stock ( it was in an Evergreen Diamond tread package as backing for the plastic piece ), Trim is wood, and yes, "shingles", hand cut and hand applied, as I did on the boathouse, the window muntins were cut from some Grandt line windows. The lobster pots are micro plywood, and Strathmore ( samples from a design project that got shelved ).
I have a dock assembly designed for the shack to sit on, and the sloop to moor to. These will go across from the "seaport", but not under the steel arch bridges, with a walkway back under the bridge, to land, at the base of one of the abutments.
I'm filling up five acres of water way too quickly !
I took a Lindberg "Brig of War" kit ( hull, modified ), and I'm rebuilding it as a 32' lobster sloop. Only the hull is plastic. Deck, cabin,fittings,spars are all wood.
The 12' X 16' shack is laminated card stock ( it was in an Evergreen Diamond tread package as backing for the plastic piece ), Trim is wood, and yes, "shingles", hand cut and hand applied, as I did on the boathouse, the window muntins were cut from some Grandt line windows. The lobster pots are micro plywood, and Strathmore ( samples from a design project that got shelved ).
I have a dock assembly designed for the shack to sit on, and the sloop to moor to. These will go across from the "seaport", but not under the steel arch bridges, with a walkway back under the bridge, to land, at the base of one of the abutments.
I'm filling up five acres of water way too quickly !
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The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!