dieseldawg142 Posted December 16, 2013 Posted December 16, 2013 (edited) ...... Edited May 11, 2018 by dieseldawg142
von Zipper Posted December 18, 2013 Author Posted December 18, 2013 THANKS- I'm really glad you like the boat model. I've wanted to build a simple fishing boat like this for a long time. Since my last post I made the oar clamps and added grab bars from the WWII Jeep Also started fabricating the boat trailer, Thanks for looking in, I'll post more as it goes together.
von Zipper Posted December 18, 2013 Author Posted December 18, 2013 I didn't keep track of the time/hour wise in the trailer but it was two pots of coffee and a pack of cigarettes
farmer1 Posted December 18, 2013 Posted December 18, 2013 been watching this one for a while now, very creative !
von Zipper Posted December 23, 2013 Author Posted December 23, 2013 The boat trailer has turned into a model unto it's own I used a sparker wheel from an old Bic lighter for the winch, made the fenders by heating up a 13/16 socket and laying pieces of .060 Evergreen stock over the hot socket to form the radius.
dieseldawg142 Posted December 24, 2013 Posted December 24, 2013 (edited) ..... Edited May 11, 2018 by dieseldawg142
von Zipper Posted December 25, 2013 Author Posted December 25, 2013 Thanks, Dan and Mark ! I appreciate the nice comments. Dan-Yes, I made the caster wheel from a piece of 1/4" Evergreen rod and a scrap piece of channel stock. There are still a few details to smooth out but I'm happy with how it's coming along. Thanks for looking.
slantasaurus Posted December 26, 2013 Posted December 26, 2013 Coming along great Chris, it would look perfect behind a certain Duster if you had only rusted out the quarters and trunk.
Greg Cullinan Posted December 31, 2013 Posted December 31, 2013 They are both way cool. I'm feeling the skiff the most though.
von Zipper Posted December 31, 2013 Author Posted December 31, 2013 (edited) Thanks for looking in and the nice comments on the boat model !! I was looking at some old pictures of my Gramps boat while building this project and found these That was my dog "Devo" and her favorite thing to do was to bite at the waves-till she fell out I have been working on this project, but thanks to Dieseldawg142/Dan whom has gotten me motivated to dig out another old project to go along with the boat Monkey see, Monkey do-Dan's building a camper so I had to build one too. Edited December 31, 2013 by von Zipper
dieseldawg142 Posted January 1, 2014 Posted January 1, 2014 (edited) .... Edited May 11, 2018 by dieseldawg142
flat-top Posted January 1, 2014 Posted January 1, 2014 Awesome , this just keeps getting better. I was going to suggest you two should get hooked up.
slantasaurus Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 I knew you'd find a cool hauler for this boat. Glad you're out of your modeling funk.
Austin T Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 A Jeep with a camper, now that's pretty flipin sweet. Any ideas for paint on that Jeep? I'm thinking a nice light metallic teal, kinda like on this Gladiator ad.
disabled modeler Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 A Jeep with a camper, now that's pretty flipin sweet. Any ideas for paint on that Jeep? I'm thinking a nice light metallic teal, kinda like on this Gladiator ad. Jeep-Gladiator-1962-01.jpg I have wanted to convert my Jeep Honcho into the Gladiator for years but could never find any grille headlight treatment to use to start with...very cool.
dieseldawg142 Posted January 3, 2014 Posted January 3, 2014 (edited) .... Edited May 11, 2018 by dieseldawg142
von Zipper Posted January 3, 2014 Author Posted January 3, 2014 Thanks for commenting everyone. Yes indeed, Dan Since the last post I've gotten the trailer painted and is hanging in the paint rack, then finally got a nice coat of DupliColor heavy red primer/filler on the boat it self. Tonight I'll sand it down then assess it again to see how all the scratch's are filled before the aluminum color is applied , that silver color will show every scratch and imperfection. It made me laugh when you look at the original box in my first post, in the bottom left corner it says "No Cutting no Sanding" On a side note, I installed a new piece of drier tube to the back of my paint booth to vent it out the window, when I turned the fan on it wasn't blowing OUT the window as planned but blowing back thru the box, when I took it apart I found that when I clamped the tube onto the back of the fan motor there was a flap that I had clamped shut, had to pull it apart and just removed that pesky flap. Now it's working better than ever. Right now it's -9* here so painting out side is not an option.
kruleworld Posted January 9, 2014 Posted January 9, 2014 Nice looking boat. interesting to see a toy turned into a genuinely original model. I have wanted to convert my Jeep Honcho into the Gladiator for years but could never find any grille headlight treatment to use to start with...very cool. I got the grille to convert my Honcho to a gladiator from R&R's Wagoneer kit (i asked nicely and he sold me just the front panel).
von Zipper Posted January 10, 2014 Author Posted January 10, 2014 Thanks for looking at my boat model and the encouraging comments ! I am sorry it's been taking sooo long to get the paint work done on this project but it's been so cold here that even using the paint booth is sucking the warm air out of the room when I turn on the fans-then the furnace has to run more (the L.P. gas isn't getting any cheaper) but I did get some done--->
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