Scratchbuilt O scale Fishing Boat

[Philip]

The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind: Bogart said this in The African Queen.

Fantastic Rob!

But will it float? 

[Mr. Critter]

It looks properly beaten-up, as a working boat should.  Paint scabbed, covered in fish guts and glaur.  What a cheerful little vessel!

Love what you did to the after hatch cover.

What's the hole in the deck forward of the cabin for?  Did it take plunging fire from a Guatemalan coastal gun?

[elwoodblues]

Rob,

That is one fine looking fishing boat.  looking at it I would guess that it has seen many, many seasons already.

[robert goslin]

Thanks Tom, Bernd, Philip, Mr Critter and Ron

As I've mentioned, I'm going to take the weathering back a bit.  Just repainting the lower part of the hull.
But I will be starting a 2nd boat soon, and it will be a really weathered, barely seaworthy wreck.

Great quote Philip, from my favourite actor.
I've named many of my business names on structures I've built after Bogart characters.
Even the port on the Mexican layout is called Puerto Bogarto. 

Critter,ha ha.  The hole will be where I'm putting a funnel.

[Mr. Critter]

Puerto Bogarto.  Love it.

And it's eerily relevant.  The past few days, I've been mulling over names to give the dioramas and the tiny port town shelf layout I've been armchair-engineering behind my eyeballs for weeks.  As in, what to write on station signage and whatnot.  "Hepburn" is suddenly on the short list for one of 'em.

I'll keep watching your boat come together.  It makes me smile.

[Philip]

 

[robert goslin]

Thankyou Critter & Philip

[robert goslin]

So during the week I got a bunch of detail parts made up.
Some scratchbuilt, other bits just from the scrap box.

The life ring I scratchbuilt by cutting out a donut from mat board and adding the required rope bits.
The white funnel I made from styrene for the tube and the elbow from a micro sprinkler elbow


The net is wedding tule, suitably painted, The small oil drum is just styrene tube.
Normally for old tyres I use 1/48 castings from MP Originals, spares for Tamiya kits. I only have a few of these left and can't buy them anymore.
So I found some suitable size nylon washes at the hobby shop the other day, 8 for $2, so with weathering & placement they should look good.


So now just need to place them all on the boat.

[ACL1504]

Robert ,

Great details for the boat.

Tom 

[ReadingBob]

Wonderful build, Rob.  Glad I found this one.  Love the working lights! 

[robert goslin]

Thanks Tom.  Just enough details to fit within a limited space.

Thanks Bob.  Welcome aboard.
I always light my structures, but boats count too.  Especially with the red & green navigation lights, it's something different.

[robert goslin]

So all the detail parts are now added. I've also repainted some of the lower hull, as I felt the weathering was a bit overdone.
And added the boat name, Lobo de Mar ( Sea Dog) This was done in Excel. I managed to pretty well match the colour to the previously painted stripe.







Enough junk in the bow section




And some night shots.
I like how the cabin light sends out enough light to illuminate the forward and aft deck details.






So not quite finished yet.  I'm currently painting a couple of figures to go on the deck, to give it some life.

[ACL1504]

Robert,

Fantastic build. Used but not abused.

Tom

[Zephyrus52246]

Great looking boat.  I'm always amazed how you scratchbuilders can make something out of nothing but some odds and ends.  

Jeff

[GPdemayo]

Great build Robert.....