SBG for scale boat building?

[bicyclingfool]

This forum is fantastic - helpful members, well organized, great tutorials, super-talented builders - you've got a good thing going here.

One of these days, I fully intend to take on a model 4x4, but I owe it to myself to finish an RC sailboat I started a couple years ago. Can anybody recommend a scale boat building forum that is similar in quality to this one?

For those interested, here's where the project is at today. I built the hull out of balsa and CA glue over a set of frames. Apologies for the poor quality - crappy phone == crappy pics. And thanks in advance for any suggestions!

And here's something I built recently. Not quite finished, I need to build the dormer. I actually intend to build a 1:1 of this one:

 

[imthatguy]

There's a few boat and buildings builds going on here on the SBG for sure! Don't look for another forum!

 

[luxarsKetch]

This thread has two things i want to build myself! More please, let us learn building boats and houses!

 

[Frederik]

This perfectly suits the Scale Boat Guilders if you ask me!

I tried scratch building a boat when I was a kid, but was lacking some basics on shapes required to float properly vs weight. I had used balsa for framing and monokote (airplane heat shrink membrane) for surfaces, it was way too light and shaped a too much of an angle so it was not realistic lol

Yours looks proper, maybe you?ll convince some here to add a pond and boat to their backyard real life diorama

 

[Small Factory]

Yep, a lot of good going on here. I have been wanting to build a post and beam house for years. I should start with a 1:9 scale version first.

 

[Surf-n-Turf]

As a guy who splits his hobby/modeling time between r/c cars, boats, and trucks as well as static wooden ships this is good to hear. I have found that each adds more skills and techniques to my toolbox that can be leveraged for the others. The downside is I'm a master of nothing

 

[UpsidedownRC]

I would love to do a boat! Just get posting on here

 

[Surf-n-Turf]

Now that I can post pictures... Here's one of mine that build during the pandemic.



Here's one that is in work (it is a whaling ship like the one depicted in Moby Dick). The hull is plated with copper that has been aged and sealed.

 

[ItsTooBright!]

Nice!
Been to the NW Hobby Expo a few times, nice event!

 

[ddmckee54]

If you like scale RC boat building check out zulu dockyard's current project on his YouTube channel. zulu dockyard

He's building a 1/33 scale all metal tugboat from scratch. The level of detail that he fabricates is insane.

 

[ferp420]

whats the plan for the keel ?

ive had a boat build on the back burner for along time might be a good time to move forward with the build thanks for the insperation

 

[ddmckee54]

He fabricates the parts out of sheet brass, brass tube, and brass rod - all soldered together. The hull was fabricated using scale plate shapes that were formed over a wooden buck. Where needed, the plates were annealed and then hammer formed over the buck. That's how he fabricates all the complex shapes, like the super-structure, and the push knee. He has an interesting method for soldering the pieces together. If I EVER get to the point where I think I'm good enough to scratch build something out of sheet, I'm going to have to remember how he did it.

He cranks out a video about once every week or two, they're usually 20-30 minutes long. He's up to Episode 51 now, Episode 1 started with making the hull buck and progressed from there. He's been working on the deck and super-structure detailing for a while now. The last major part of the model left to be made is the pilot house.