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Chesapeake Bay Head Boat

Chesapeake Bay Head Boat
jhearl
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This is a Chesapeake Bay charter fishing boat. They charge "by the head" hence the name. The scale is 1:16 - the model is about 32" long overall. It is not a model of a specific boat, but I was inspired by a real boat named Miss Violet moored at Kent Island, MD. There are progress pics from the build on my website - modelboatyard.com

 

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Landlubber Mike

Incredible work!  The details you add to your models are amazing.  Always nice to see subjects other than 18th century warships :) 

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jhearl

Thanks! The buckets were turned from ordinary 1/2" PVC plumbing pipe. Not exactly fun stuff to turn, but cheap and readily available.

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VACorsair

The buckets, the mop, the toilet paper, the graffiti!!  It transports you to being on the actual boat!  I love it!  So amazing.  Thanks for sharing it.   BTW - do have Suzie's number?  Its kind of smudged.  😉

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      By Martin22 · Posted

      I was wondering how you did the lettering?  Great job by the way.
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      By abelson · Posted

      Thank you.
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      By hollowneck · Posted

      Thanks!
      Your Avatar suggests to me that you like wildlife, for example, Geckos... I'm sure you noticed the porpoise pair frolicking at the stem of the Tiger. But did you notice that the captain is pointing to them - and, her "significant other" with long blonde hair is at the tiller?
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      By Ponto · Posted

      Well Done!!!
       
      JP
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      By drobinson02199 · Posted

      Thanks for your comments.  I also messed up the fly bridge railing -- one of the posts snapped off.  I fixed it with CA gel glue.
       
      I buy my Amati kits from Ages of Sail in the US, and they actually had a spare kit they were cannibalizing for parts and got me a missing throttle for this kit.  But I see you said "buggered" so you may not be in the US, and in any event that service is reserved for customers who bought the original kit from them, I suspect.

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