Peterboro Canoe by slagoon - FINISHED - Midwest Products - 1:12

[themadchemist]

Andy, interesting facts on the naming. Peterborough to Peterboro to save space, LOL.

 

I've always found the oddities in language fascinating. For example color vs colour, I use to drive teachers nuts spelling everything the Brit' way. Or the pronounciation of schedule or clerk in US vs UK.

 

Thanks for the added info, your a wealth of knowledge.

[mtaylor]

Nice work on the canoe, Sarah.  The tung oil really finished it off perfectly. 

[slagoon]

Augie thank you

 

Chuck, it was a great model to take a break with!

 

John - thanks

 

Michael Thanks

 

Keith - the Harriet is actually longer by probably 6 inches. I'll try to get a comparison up tonight.  I don't know about the kayak, it doesn't look nearly as fun...you can see the instructions on the Midwest website.

 

Andy, awesome info on the spelling - I kept trying to spell it with the borough, but I kept having to go back and correct myself!  There was no decal, and now that I've oiled it I don't know how well a decal would adhere to it. 

 

Jared - you always make me blush

 

Buck - thanks. I will have to try your french polish on something soon though

 

Mark, thanks - I'm super glad that I used the tung oil. Thank you Amazon.com! hehehe

[slagoon]

Thanks! I promised a comparison of size between the Harriet lane and the canoe. I can't believe it but their hulls are essentially the same size. Scale is a crazy crazy thing!

[tkay11]

Very interesting to see another method of making an open boat. I'll be following this with as much interest as your other builds. It's great to have so much enthusiasm that your fingers are always itchy.!

 

Tony

[themadchemist]

Thanks for the comparison pic's Sarah. I figured they were about the same length, hull-wise at least. HL is a bit longer with the bowsprit of course. But  then with the canoes 1:12 scale compared to the HL's scale, if the HL were 1:12 you'd need a much larger room to build her.

Takes seeing them like this to really understand scale. Like that HUGE penny you use .

[capnharv2]

So, let's see. The canoe is 1:12, the HL is 1:144. Does that mean that the HL is 1:12 scale for the people in the canoe?

 

Harvey

[slagoon]

haha nice Harvey - I suppose that would be the case

[trippwj]

Bet it felt very strange working on those massive timbers for the canoe!  It came out very well!

[Sjors]

Hi Sarah,

 

I missed something…...

The Canoe is finished, great job!

It looks real.

More confidence for your  Harriet?

 

 

[slagoon]

Wayne, thanks it did feel great to get it done.

Sjors, what did you miss? Yep after I made an oopsie on my Harriet I felt a little bummed out, sad, so now I feel better.

[tkay11]

Very neat and wonderfully fast! Thanks for the ride!

Tony

[slagoon]

Thanks Tony, it was REALLY fun. I'm saving the pieces for the frame and will do another sometime, maybe with some more exotic wood!

[Sjors]

I missed the finishing of the Canoe…...

To early in the morning I think.

 

[aandersen]

Anyone able to share the plans/instructions for this build? I just bought a kit from someone online and it’s missing the documentation.

[catman42]

I actually had a real one of these in the 60,s most peterbough canoes were canvas covered. I made the mistake of removing the canvas and refinish it with a clear coat. Probably a bad idea, should have left it as it was. I have to say this kit is identical to the real one except for the canvas