Speeljacht by GrandpaPhil - Seahorse - 1/50 - CARD

[GrandpaPhil]

Next project:

This is just a quick fun little project!

 

The only modifications that I will be making are the carvings which I will make myself.

[GrandpaPhil]

The humble beginnings of any POB model:

All pieces are sealed on both sides and laminated to thickness.

 

I have been locating all the pieces that will become part of the carvings.

[GrandpaPhil]

Frame is almost assembled:

I used 1mm thick paperboard for the 1mm thick parts on my Speeljacht.

 

It worked well.

Edited Wednesday at 12:35 AM by GrandpaPhil

[GrandpaPhil]

Once it dries, the Speeljacht will be ready for fairing and the inner hull covering:

I may, or may not, have used Little Debbie snack cake boxes and cereal boxes for .5mm card.

[Knocklouder]

Great work,  if I didn't  have four monsters  ships to rig , I think  I would  like to give card a try, but I will just watch your master piece  come together, 

Amazed as always.  .

Knocklouder 😁 

[72Nova]

You're very prolific at building these card models, great work as always 👍

 

Michael D.

[GrandpaPhil]

On 10/29/2025 at 1:31 PM, Knocklouder said:

Great work,  if I didn't  have four monsters  ships to rig , I think  I would  like to give card a try, but I will just watch your master piece  come together, 

Amazed as always.  .

Knocklouder 😁 

Bob,

   Thank you very much!  I enjoy these models quite a lot!  I found that out quite accidentally after reading Ab Hoving’s card modeling from scratch tutorial on this forum.  I didn’t think my attempt (the Prince de Neufchatel) would pan out, but it worked out extremely well.  Once you clear your decks, I look forward to seeing you build one!  Just remember that it is far closer to wood than you would think.  Also, there is VERY little difference between kit and scratch with card, but the same is true with wood kits as well.

 

On 10/29/2025 at 4:16 PM, 72Nova said:

You're very prolific at building these card models, great work as always 👍

 

Michael D.

 

Michael,

  Thank you very much!  I like building card models!  They are quite a lot of fun!

 

Making good progress on my speeljacht!  It is now covered and I made a Lego temporary cradle:

Then I figured that I should just make a permanent cradle, so I did:

It is still a little rough, but it works.  

I will paint it later after I get the outer hull made so I can match the color of the ship better.

 

I am thinking flat black or tan for the cradle.

 

The base will be one of those live edge rounds from a craft store.

 

I ended up with a whole bunch of them a couple of years ago from a liquidation pallet.  Needless to say all of them ended up in my stash.

 

This is my first time building a Seahorse kit.

 

I am enjoying it so far.

 

I own most of them and am starting to work my way through the smaller work boats and yachts between larger projects.

 

Card models are like the old potato chip ad, you can’t have just one.

 

Edited 19 hours ago by GrandpaPhil

[GrandpaPhil]

Working my way through the visible frame tops:

I think these are the most difficult part of this build.

[vvvjames]

Can't wait to see this come to shape, I haven't heard of a card model before, sounds interesting! Looking good already:)