As some may know I am building a Bridge and Boat Diorama. This project, at this time, is 2/3 complete. Today I am partly through building the small boat for that project. I hope nobody will mind if I start a thread on this boat's build log here.
This is my first boat model. It is being built from two laser cut wood kits. The boat has to be symmetrical because it will travel up and down stream in one line. Not turning around. So it has to still appear to be going forward when it reverses back to its starting position. To make this appearance I have decided to collide (bingle) two bow sections together. In regards to the boats name "Bingal", it was a coincidence that this boat's diorama is about Wardell's lift-span bridge, and Wardell's original Aboriginal name was Bingal.
Anyway, I got the kits from China via eBay (only $13.50 each). It presented as a good opportunity so I went for it. Below is how the kit arrived by post, and how the advertised image got altered to see how the symmetry will look.
This is my first boat model. It is being built from two laser cut wood kits. The boat has to be symmetrical because it will travel up and down stream in one line. Not turning around. So it has to still appear to be going forward when it reverses back to its starting position. To make this appearance I have decided to collide (bingle) two bow sections together. In regards to the boats name "Bingal", it was a coincidence that this boat's diorama is about Wardell's lift-span bridge, and Wardell's original Aboriginal name was Bingal.
Anyway, I got the kits from China via eBay (only $13.50 each). It presented as a good opportunity so I went for it. Below is how the kit arrived by post, and how the advertised image got altered to see how the symmetry will look.