Wa’a Kaulua by Glen McGuire – FINISHED - 1/100 - BOTTLE - Traditional Hawaiian Ocean Voyager
I’ve really enjoyed the challenge of doing different water effects for the base of my last two projects – the Kraken and Archimedes’ Claw. I wanted to continue along those lines with the next project, but still try something new. I’ve always loved waterfalls, so why not try to build a SIB project around one?
OK. Waterfall for the base. Now what? When I think of waterfalls, I think of Hawaii. So I decided that I’d go for what I consider a typical Hawaiian waterfall – ribbons of wa
On to the masts, which are called kia's and look quite interesting. The wa'a kaulua sails were triangular in shape with a straight vertical kia (mast) and a 'o pe'a (curved spar). I made the kia in my usual way with a small bamboo rod hinged near the base and shaved down to 1.5mm above the hinge.
For the 'o pe'a's, I boiled a couple of bamboo rods for 20 minutes, then rubber-banded them to a couple of wood scraps that I had shaped to the proper curve.
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