Santa Lucia by usedtosail - FINISHED - Panart - 1/30 scale - Sicilian Cargo Boat

[petervisser]

Hi Tom,

 

Your model looks terrific. It's nice to see different subjects that modellers like yourself bring to MSW. Brilliant work!

 

Peter

[usedtosail]

Thanks EJ and Peter. I am giving this model to my son to put on his fireplace mantel as he bought his first house last year. We will be celebrating Thanksgiving there this year for the first time, so the next generation is stepping up, which is nice.

 

Thanks for all the likes too.

[usedtosail]

I have been working on the case all week, since buying the wood last weekend. The base board is an edge glued pine board that I bought at Lowes. I used a small round over bit in the router to round over the top edges. The cover will be made from 5 panels of plexiglas framed in 3/4" by 1/2" poplar frames. I bought a few 1x2 poplar boards and ripped them down to 1/2" on the big table saw. I used a dado blade on the the saw to cut lap joints into the ends of each frame. I made a mortice jig for the router and used it to cut the slot down the center of one side of each frame piece for the plexiglas to fit in. To avoid splitting where the cut goes into the lap joints, I only cut to about 1/4" from the lap joints. I then used the mill with the same router bit to finish the cuts on each end. I bought a sheet of plexiglas at Lowes that I cut into the panel pieces on the big table saw using a saw blade for plywood. I am now in the process of sanding the frame pieces. Here are the some of the frame pieces on the base board.

[usedtosail]

I have the case just about finished. I assembled the panels then attached the back to the two sides.

 I put some 1/4" square pieces on the base board to hold the cover in place then removed the plastic and cleaned the inside surfaces of all the Plexiglas. I then attached the front to the two sides, then the top to all the sides.

I need to attach the cradle to the base board and it will be ready to put the model in.

[popeye the sailor]

WOW!  nice looking case Tom!  

[usedtosail]

Thanks Popeye. Here is the model in the case ready to be delivered to my son.

[Fernando E]

Congratulations Tom on a wonderful build!

 

Your son is one lucky bloke and will no doubt be extremely happy and proud with what his dad has built.

 

Cheers.............Fernando    

Edited December 3, 2019 by Fernando E

[KurtH]

Beautiful work!  Congrats.

 

[popeye the sailor]

another awesome project done Tom!   congratz on a fine looking model and case!  

[usedtosail]

Thanks all. It was a fun boat to make.

[keith favazza]

Hi How did it finally come out? And how long did it take? I am also half Sicilian and my grandfather was a Sicilian fisherman.

[usedtosail]

Hi Keith. I think it came out quite nice. You can see the finished ship in the photos above or in the gallery. It took me just about a full year to build. If you do decide to build it please start a build log and let me know. I would love to follow along.