Thanks Rick, yes I'm very happy with my rendition of the boat.  Certainly different looking than my normal fishing boats & trawlers.
My efforts so far of making the boat move are hit & miss. As an exhibition layout I need everything to run smoothly all day, so still plenty of tweaking to do. If worse comes to worse and I can't get it running properly, then the boats will just be static displays on the layout, so will still look good.

Thanks Darryl, appreciate your kind words.

Thanks Rick. Yep, certainly a fun layout.
And I'll probably be posting here a bit more regularly than I have been.

Thanks Dave.  I'm sure Peter wouldn't have had any trouble with the kit as he is also a superb scratchbuilder. Whilst he still dabbles in HOn30, he's mostly modelling On30 these days.
He has a medium size HOn30 home layout and about five or six small exhibition layouts, in HOn30 & On30.

Hello.  Peter Kendall is a mate of mine in our local NMRA group, and built this layout about 12 years ago.
It's a pure fantasy layout mostly set in underground caverns and features stunning rockwork, superb Autumn trees, excellent colour change lighting effects throughout and a lot whimsy, fun & imagination.
Hugely popular at the local train exhibitions, especially with the families that attend. And Peter always has a wonderful backstory for all his layouts (see 1st pic).







Alexander Models Haunted House




This scene set into the front fascia












layout is about 6' x 2'






Same scene as above with the light colours changed


















I was looking after the layout for a day at a local exhibition. Wonderful use of colour.

Thanks Ron, Dave, Greg and Rich.

yes Dave it certainly has an African Queen feel to it.
The JC ride is an original 1955 opening day ride, and Walt admitted he was very influenced by the Bogart movie.  I'm also a big Humphrey Bogart fan so will also be doing a version of the African Queen on the layout.
The La Quila scales out to about 36'.  The African Queen model will be a scale 30'as mentioned in the movie.

Thanks Mark, Larry and Greg.
Still really enjoying scratchbuilding boats and this one is certainly different. Has a real steam punk feel to it.
In the film it's set in 1916, the DL ride is set in 1938, but my layout will probably be late 40's to early 50's time period.
Anyhow, here are the final pics of how the boat came out.
I modified a 1/43 scale figure to look like Dwayne Johnson's character Frank Wolff. He originally was a tourist with a camera round his neck and baseball cap.
So I cut off the camera, sculped a skippers cap, added braces, lengthened his sleeves and carved the pants into knee length boots.

Thanks Mark and Dave.  These are basically all the construction photos.
Next lot of photos will be the completed model.
I also intend to build a version of the African Queen and one of the JC Disney ride boats to also go on the layout.

Hello all.
I'm planning on building a new On30 mini Exhibition layout influenced by the Disneyland Jungle cruise ride & movie.
I'm hoping I can have a boat circling the lower level of the layout using chain & magnet underneath.
So first thing I have scratchbuilt is the La Quila boat from the JC movie.

Boat from the film


This is a 1/10 scale boat built by Alexandre Ramon that I used as a reference to get a lot of the details.


I've built mine using a foam & matt board hull.  The sides of the hull are built from card & balsa.
I'm inserting a hot wheels car in the bottom to make it move easier.  Not sure if it will work.




Cabin & smoke stack made from styrene










deck made from balsa


Hull skeleton made from stiff card




Balsa strips added to inside and outside of the hull & painted, and some of the exhaust details added.


Roof is styrene.  Also added the front and rear hatches


I added a printed rattan image to the underneath of cabin roof




Ribs added to the styrene roof.


Then added glue soaked paper towel to represent canvas

Returning to the forum after a years long absence.  Just seeing if I can remember how to post a photo.

Merry Christmas all.  No card, but a cool video of this years CP Holiday Train


Regards  Rob

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Latest update looks good Tom.  The concrete colour is a nice contrast to the walls.
If you run out of the Floquil aged concrete, Tamiya Deck Tan is a good alternative concrete colour too.

Wow Tom,  very frustrating trying to get that turret right.  Looks like you got there in the end.
You must have a lot of patience.  I really like your little level.  I just usually eye ball things.

I've built DPM's corner turret building, and whilst fiddly, was no where near the problems you've had.
I also did a kitbash combing 3 of the DPM Reeds books as one building, so had 6 sets of bay windows.  That took some work.

Looks great Greg.  Glad we are able to see the continuation of this build that was started over at the other place.
All the structures have come up great, as we always expect from you. As usual you lighting lifts to the next level.

I like how you have incorporated the front bootleggers structure to the rear one. I actually like it more than the original FSM placement. Seems to make more sense.

For those not familiar, here is how the original design was done.

Great progress Tom.  Warped walls are always an issue with older resin kits.
After heating, sometimes they just revert back to being warped.  The plastic has a kind of memory.
Bracing seems to be the only solution.

To paraphrase Maxwell Smart:-  A warped wall is a fools frustration.

Looking forward to seeing these builds.
Look very similar to the DPM kits, of which I have built many in N scale, so will be interested in your techniques Tom.

I know George Sellios also used a lot of Magnuson kit of the F&SM.  Rod Stewart too.
So you're in good company.