Seabiscuits Boatworks COMING SOON in HO Scale!

[Rail and Tie]

Hope to have this prototype model done by New Years... will see...

I wanted to experiment with some scenery materials as I have not done much in this area for a while. Layered up a base out of foam board. (note, won't do this again for the bottom water layers as it definitely warped when adding the water effect. I should have used gatorboard but did not have any handy. Also marked the locations for the pier posts and building edges and punched holes for the posts using a sharped post.




I was going for an old sandstone or ancient reef shoreline. Not really prototypical out west here, but again just playing with techniques. I used some DAS paper clay material which molds quite nicely. Then using a artists spatula and a wire brush started getting the worn layer effect I was looking for.




Carved some old steps into the clay and made some small cut stones from Fimo by rolling out a sheet and scribing the material before baking and snap cut them to size. These add some character to the otherwise boring base. There will be a small lookout or fishing pier here later.




One more hit with a wire brush once everything is dry to get rid of all the little hanging fibre bits from carving the clay. Some greys and umbers to stain the rock area.




Highlighted the high points with dry brushed shades of grey and light tan. Then hit the tidal areas with MIG light and dark slimy green. I will go back over the dark slimy green with gloss medium once I add some seaweed and some stones etc.




I then painted the water surface with blue green paints in a dabbing motion instead of brush strokes. Here there are 2 coats of gloss mod podge also added in a light dabbing motion with a larger brush so not to get too many bubbles in the modge podge. Many more coats to add yet. I think I will go back and rethink the water color around the rocks to make it look more shallow.  The building is set in place and is removable until I get the final scenery done.

[rslaserkits]

Looking great Darryl, will be a great kit.
rich

[Powersteamguy1790]

Looks great Darryl.

Stay cool and run steam.......

[madharry]

Lovely job Darryl.
Mike 

[Rail and Tie]

Thanks Much, It is coming along slower than I wanted as we are still fighting off the turkey meat sweats from X-mas!

I continued with the scenery. I tried something a bit different and really like how it came out. I used a water based wood filler (comes in various colors) to simulate a sandy soil. It worked out far better than I ever thought it could. I really like the finish. I just squirted some in a dish, dabbed it on very lightly building up light coats with a cut paintbrush. It is important to keep dabbing until it sets up and the brush creates a very fine, sandy finish. It dries very quickly. The texture that was left was a perfect match for scale sandy soil.  I find that most of the available scenery sand and similar product is always too course for my liking in this scale.




Lightly sanded the area around were vehicle parked and heavy traffic to smooth the surface.




Hit the wood filler with matte medium and some burnt umber paint mixed in and thinned. Then put the first layer of scenery with some buffalo grass. more turf and grass / weeds to add yet at the end.

[Rail and Tie]

Managed to finish and add a new detail that will be included in the kit. A Gas Meter.






Will be adding a power meter as well with separate globe. Still in the rough shown here. The detail under the globe of the meter it self is probably not going to be seen, but the modeler could add a glob of clear paint I guess...

[madharry]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mike

[Mike Engler]

Very cool, Darryl. Great kit and terrific scenery. Great ideas!


Happy New Year. Thanks for this thread and for giving us your time.

[Rail and Tie]

Thanks Mike(s)!  This has been very fun to date trying out a bunch of new techniques and 3D printing with our printer has been a real push forward in technology!

[Rail and Tie]

On to a Seabiscuit Cruiser, 1947 version.

designed and lofted out in CAD.



Worked out how the carcass goes together to create the frame for the sheeting.Also glued down the top deck after wetting the wood to get it to follow natural curves in the design.




Sheeting the Hull. All the calculations for the curves worked out perfectly in fit.






Assembling the Cabin




Taa dah!!





Engraved instrument panel as well.

[Janbouli]

Wow, Darryl, wonder if that were possible in N-scale?

[Rail and Tie]

Wow, Darryl, wonder if that were possible in N-scale?

Should scale nicely Jan, as the basis of the boat came from the one that is in the N Scale Sea Biscuits. In fact when I scaled up the N version of the hull I found that it was too small for a cruiser so I scaled it 20% bigger to make it about 22Feet long. You can see the comparison in the photo of my first test build at 17 feet.

Will definitely do this up as a separate kit and also in N Scale, but the deck may get done in laserboard or 1/64ply vs Birch.

[Rail and Tie]

Wow, Darryl, wonder if that were possible in N-scale?

...er, if you meant the Gas meter. I will try that, though I might have to make the gas lines a bit more fat.

[Janbouli]

No I meant the cruiser , and if it's in the N-scale kit , I already have one , have never opened the kit yet because that structure is for a spot on my layout that I am not even close to building yet.

[postalkarl]

Hi Darryl:

coming along very nicely. I really love the book cases and filing cabinets.

Karl