47Chevy Woodie and Chris Craft Cobra Boat

[foghorn62]

10 hours ago, Paul Payne said:

Tim, congrats on finishing your project- you did a beautiful job! Wanna race my V-16 Duesenberg boat?

Thanks Paul, it was quite a journey as we both worked on our parallel builds.  Along the way, I learned a few things, and picked up several ideas from you.  I had never heard of using cigar wrap before, and I have to say that I am pleased with how it turned out.  Thank you for your inspiration and encouragement along the way.  As for a race…Seriously??

TS

[PappyD340]

Simply AWESOME!!

[foghorn62]

On 8/20/2023 at 7:30 AM, PappyD340 said:

Simply AWESOME!!

Thank you very much Larry!

TS

[Bainford]

This whole thing is simple stunning. Great concept, the Chevy, the wood work, the boat, the trailer, the colours, the engines... everything.  An exceptional combination with a lovely, classic style. Love it!

[tim boyd]

On 8/17/2023 at 9:44 PM, foghorn62 said:

Well, this fifteen month project is finally complete.  This build was originally inspired by a boat by the Italian boat builder Riva, using two Lamborghini V12 engines as power.  I asked myself, “what if a U.S. car maker made V12 engines, and a premier U.S. builder of fine wooden boats happened to get hold of a couple?”

Tow car is a 47 Chevy Fleetmaster Convertible built as a Sportsman style Woodie.  The convertible body is from Jimmy Flintstone, the engine is a 3D printed LS3 V12 from Ron Olsen through Shapeways.  All the rest is from the Galaxie 47 Chevy Fleetmaster kit.  The boat is a 55 Chris Craft Cobra, from a Dumas kit, modified with two LS3 V12s like the one in the car.  The interior is scratch built using craft foam for the tuck and role seat.  The turtle shell rear deck is also scratch built with vacu formed styrene over a balsa buck.  The trailer is scratch built out of brass.

This was a challenging build for me having never built a wooden boat kit before, and also gave me several opportunities to work with unfamiliar materials such as the cedar cigar wrap that I used on the car body, and steam bent bass wood.  There are quite a few in progress pics posted under the truck, boat, and trailer thread started by Paul Payne.

I hope you enjoy this build!

Thanks,

TS

Took me forever to find this "under glass" post on this project I've been following for a long time.  I have several of the Dumas 1/25th boat kits but have never worked up the skills and time to actually build one myself.    

Bottom line:  Tim you knocked this one clean out of the park.  It's my new favorite of your models (tied with your root beer colored '29 lowboy pickup hot rod).  Huge congrats on persisting and bring this one home.   And thanks for sharing with us as you worked through the challenges and delivered your design vision!   

Very best...TIM 

[foghorn62]

8 hours ago, Bainford said:

This whole thing is simple stunning. Great concept, the Chevy, the wood work, the boat, the trailer, the colours, the engines... everything.  An exceptional combination with a lovely, classic style. Love it!

Wow, thank you very much Trevor!  Your comments are most appreciated.  This was a long project for me, and comments like yours are very gratifying.

TS

[foghorn62]

27 minutes ago, tim boyd said:

Took me forever to find this "under glass" post on this project I've been following for a long time.  I have several of the Dumas 1/25th boat kits but have never worked up the skills and time to actually build one myself.    

Bottom line:  Tim you knocked this one clean out of the park.  It's my new favorite of your models (tied with your root beer colored '29 lowboy pickup hot rod).  Huge congrats on persisting and bring this one home.   And thanks for sharing with us as you worked through the challenges and delivered your design vision!   

Very best...TIM 

Thank you very much for your kind words and encouragement throughout this project Tim.  It was you in the beginning that gave me the nudge to buddy up with Paul and wade into this project to begin with, and your interest and comments along the way that gave me the drive to bring it home.

When it came time to post the finished project under glass, I was a little confused as to where it should go, since none of the headings included boats, and in all honesty the boat was intended to be the centerpiece of the combo.  I ultimately chose to put it in the “everything else” area because it seemed the most appropriate.

Now that it’s done, I have to say that I am as pleased with the way the Chevy came out as any other part of the build.  The Galaxie kit went together beautifully, combined with the excellent Jimmy Flintstone casting of the convertible body, I was very happy with what I had to work with there.  The wood panels also came out better than I had feared in my mind, and although I was afraid the colors were going to be too busy, I like them now.  My intention with the gold hood was to highlight the shape of the hood and compliment the same shape and color of the turtle deck on the boat, and that seemed to work out ok.

You know we always feel like there are aspects of any build that we could have done better, and this one is no exception to that, but I’m not in a position to build for display or competition, and knowing that it’s not going any further than a prominent position in my display case, it is what it is.

TS

[Kenmojr]

Nice work.