A new one.....

I'm still waiting for the bits to arrive to finish the Alby....  

So in the meantime I've decided to have a go at another oddball. An Arctic icebreaker, designed to be the guardian of the Baffin Bay northern Canada/Greenland region. 



Not actually a ship yet, more a university project by a bunch of Canadian students that I found on the web. I liked the design and the idea had some interesting build possibilities so I thought... Why not? Obviously with a few minor differences to minimise possible copyright infringement problems.

I know there's no rhyme or reason or logical connection between my boat builds, it just seems to be what I fancy doing at the time. You should see my plans file, it's about as random as it gets  



Anyway. Teaser pics.





29⅜" long, 6⅓" wide, approximately 1/144 scale.

The original design specs for this vessel called for bow thrusters (£40 each, if I could find the right size) and twin steerable propeller pods (about £60 each, again if I could find the right size) so being the proverbial tightarse that I am, I thought bugger that, It can have a single prop and a rudder like any normal boat. And it's a shedload cheaper. So far it's cost £20 for some laser fodder (1.5mm plywood)

Go on admit it you've got minions haven't you?  i see two paddler files don't do one please I'm estimating 2 years for Waverley given my build speed and work/exhaustion level you'll be sailing in a week.
On a serious note this looks impressive.

No worries. I've got 4 paddlers in my fleet already, I don't think I need another just yet.

...and no, I still don't have minions. Just too much spare time on my hands. That and a severe aversion to domestic chores.

So lots of messing about, chopping and changing things and I've finally arrived at a design I actually like. Not much different to the last pic really but there's been a lot more done.



I managed to 'accidentally' break another hardwood pallet at work today so I've got the remnants of that in the car and I hope to shape the bits into a reasonably strong and resilient bow section. It's supposed to be an icebreaker after all.

little by little...

So the finishing projects deadline bug bites again.

The deadline this time is when the wife gets back from Kendal tonight so I have about 8 hours to finish this monster. This was the state of play when I left it at 01.30 this morning.







There's still a fair bit to do but considering that two days ago it didn't even have a hull, I think I'm doing OK.

In common with my new habit of naming my boats after songs, this one will be called Stormbringer after the 1974 Deep Purple album.

 

Everything here except the van and the helicopter has been hand crafted by me* and yes, the kort nozzles are dummies. I couldn't justify the expense.

*This may very well change with the next project. More on that elsewhere soon.

Smoke on the water is tempting fate a bit isn't it?

I go off for a short holiday and when I come back you've started and finished another model
Its looking good.

Barrie

Oh it gets worse, I'm quite a way into another now.



Any guesses?

Do you think we can get performance enhancing drugs banned from model boating?
A paddler by chance?

Hi Vigo,

Nice Icebreaker build, well done sir.

Long slim hull !
Could it possibly be a Destroyer or Frigate ?

Martin555.