Steampunk Regatta

First boat is almost complete...

...my added pedals are non-workable, though...

these are the parts from the Airfoil steam engine...

...which I like a lot (in contrast to the Caranado boat kit: the fit of the parts is horrible at best and min-bogglingly disastrous at worst

Dry fitting of hull, seats and steam engine...

...revealed that more dry fitting is required 🙁

Phase 5: the 1/72 WW1 Austrian helicopter prototype is in 1:24 just big enough for a tiger-lynx-bobcat

Which may or may not stay there in the final diorama 🙂

instrument panel from the kit from some other decals and 1 mm "lights"

All major parts finished, waiting for final assembly (next weekend, maybe)

Slowly coming together. The clumsy windshield might be a goner, later...

...the large water wheel might look a tad big for the small beat...

...I like the stripped-down steam engine, though

Coal shoveling lady got an extra piece of apparel to be more decent (this is still a somewhat prude if alternative Victorian world)

The drone platform is temp connected, probably I use four beams at the end

Every body needs a "Windrichtungsanzeiger" (wind direction indicator) - OK, for a motor boat it makes little sense.

1st water layer - more to do...

1st water layer - more to do...

almost finished...

...more water, foam, ...

...and fine tuning...

...then I call it complete.

When a moron (the one typing this lines) adds too much translucent material...

...so that it it no longer translucent any more 🙁 (I hope another day and night of drying will help...)

Comments

4 11 June 2017, 12:23

Taarna Eckart
Nice work so far. Following for sure.

18 June 2017, 16:38

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
Cool 👍

2 July 2017, 14:08

Bart Goesaert
looks good, interesting conversion.

From the first racer, he big gearwheel and connection can be omitted (the one without teeth at the sides) because it's only function is to add weight, but it is a nice design.

3 July 2017, 13:21

Glenn
I'm pretty sure it would just spin around in circles with only one paddle wheel on one side! Would need a pretty big rudder to stay straight. But it would make great slow burnouts in the water! Mmm.... I'm pretty sure that protocol droid driving would give you the statistics of the probability of failure! 🙂

3 July 2017, 18:03

Martin R.
To be honest, I just realized after I put the large paddle wheel on, that there might be ... practical problems, e.g. keeping a straight course - let's assume the rudder is gigantic and the forces manageable. Also buoyancy might be an issue as the whole thing would be rather heavy - and still the observation platform with the "drone" is missing 🙂

3 July 2017, 18:53

Martin R.
The automaton behind the steering wheel mumbled: "I have a bad feeling about this" 😉

3 July 2017, 18:55

Glenn
🙂 It's still looks cool! Just whack a large heavy rudder on the left side. Maybe an old aircraft wing (DC-3?) would do for a rudder!

4 July 2017, 03:01