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Post by KRAZY RICK on Oct 13, 2020 22:03:56 GMT -4
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Post by KRAZY RICK on Oct 13, 2020 22:04:37 GMT -4
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Post by BADSEED on Oct 13, 2020 22:21:23 GMT -4
Man those are awesome! I dig the Original box art !!!!
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Post by KRAZY RICK on Oct 13, 2020 22:54:04 GMT -4
Thanks Captain Gary - I appreciate it  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2020 2:44:14 GMT -4
Ahoy matee !!
They look so sweet must have been a blast to build
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Post by BRITBOY on Oct 14, 2020 3:03:32 GMT -4
What's not to love about them? Hang on, didn't we have an aquatic challenge a while ago - you sure these aren't (very) late entries for that?
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Post by DAVE "THE DUKE" ARMSTRONG on Oct 14, 2020 11:20:47 GMT -4
Very cool builds- love them all! Really cool old stuff, glad you had fun building them!
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Post by KRAZY RICK on Oct 14, 2020 14:57:14 GMT -4
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Post by KRAZY RICK on Oct 14, 2020 19:32:37 GMT -4
Yes Jim, please do show your built boat !  - I've seen that 4 pack; I noticed they were built pics for the box & not art; but I was planning to get that before I was able to get the ones I did & still go by the 1959 Ray Gaedke Artwork. As far as the railings are concerned, they were a little fiddly to do, I used evergreen but I'm sure there is photoetch or some better way to do them. I wanted to just do that minimal thing,( not go too friggin nuts, like doing rigging, etc. only cause the rails really showed on the box art & I thought would improve them & I was kinda going for a store display look) . Oh ... a couple other changes I made, On the Fireboat, I cut a front windshield that wasn't there,& drilled the portholes, and on all of them put in windows; using 5 minute epoxy ( I like it better than that Testors clear parts/window maker stuff) |
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Post by KRAZY RICK on Oct 15, 2020 0:35:25 GMT -4
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Post by KRAZY RICK on Oct 15, 2020 10:16:48 GMT -4
Great Job Jim - cool details ... I love it !! - I could SEA ...uh  ... see easily getting hooked these - very fun !! - I noticed the air ducts, ( or whatever those pipes are?) , were facing forward on three of the original drawings of the models ( The Fire Boat, tow boat & Tug boat ) - where they are the other way on your box; I wonder if one is more correct than the other ? ( not that I intend on changing the direction of them !!  ) |
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Post by KRAZY RICK on Oct 15, 2020 11:58:31 GMT -4
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Post by KRAZY RICK on Oct 15, 2020 12:01:01 GMT -4
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Post by KRAZY RICK on Oct 15, 2020 12:03:24 GMT -4
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Post by KRAZY RICK on Oct 15, 2020 12:06:24 GMT -4
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Post by KRAZY RICK on Oct 15, 2020 12:08:45 GMT -4
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Post by KRAZY RICK on Oct 15, 2020 12:10:47 GMT -4
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Post by KRAZY RICK on Oct 15, 2020 16:10:03 GMT -4
Ya, I have no clue about boats at all - I wouldn't know the deck from the dick !! - don't worry about any deadlines Jim - just have fun  As far as the colors I used, I just mixed them up from the mess of paints I have, and for the car show diorama, that will never be done & that's the way I like it - to be able to change it at will; keeps it interesting to me & fresh |
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Post by MORBIUS on Oct 16, 2020 1:54:47 GMT -4
I saw the first two at Rick's recently, I'm totally blown away by the detail of these tiny 'made for kids' vintage kits, I couldn't get over them. They're so real it's incredible.
Great work Rick, very different and interesting to see. Wow.
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Post by KRAZY RICK on Oct 16, 2020 14:08:53 GMT -4
Thanks Mike  |
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... ya, the pics are crappy, I'll try getting better ones on here. I loved doing these & I'm kinda sorry their finished; although I may add figures & lighting & possibly do a diorama later. 
p.s. Special thanks to The Duke for securing #4 for me off E-bay, the Tug Boat 
