More on the XPS Foam Tango Boats: painting and detailing has started

 As completely unnescessary projects go, this one is quickly escalating nicely. 😂😂😂

I decided to build two more with re-engineered hulls (6 in stead of 24 parts) and cooked up a way to alter their function between landing craft, helicopter/medivac vessel and monitor. 

Using magnets I made alternative bows with gun turrets that must be similar to the way the boats were originally converted by simply adding a longer bow and turret in front of the mortar pit that was left of the orginal landing bay. 

Removing the landing bay door and replacing it with the alternative bow quickly transforms the Tango boat into a Monitor. 

More to follow on more details and painting. Stay tuned! 

 

More Vietcong and a Tango Boat w.i.p.

 The Tango boat was a project I didn't need, wasn't planning on bu started just because I wanted to see if I could. Wherever will I store it? 

It started with scale drawing and some calculations to transfer it to 1/50 scale. 

And then measuring, cutting and glueing loads of XPS parts..

The test: will an 1/50 scaled M113 fit? 

A Rubicon plastic Marine posing as crew

And first paint: green undercolour. 

More to follow on the Tango boat. And closing off with my finished Rubicon Vietcong. 

Colonial plantation building finished!

And I think it is finished (enough). An educational project from which I learned a lot. Foremost that making a building just to fit beneath the roof you wanted to try out is not the best way to design one 😆

But as a first complex styrofoam project it looks good enough to me. 

 

A colonial plantation building WIP

 An idea of mine to make rooftiles from XPS foam with a spaghetti roller (don't ask) evolved into this plantation building for the Vietnam Project. 

After some trial-and-error I settled on a spaghetti roller and a small rolling pin I sanded off to a sharp edge. The basis for the roof were XPS foam sheets made with the Proxxon about 3-4 mm thick.

First go with the spaghetti roller (also good for making planking btw) 

Second roll with the rolling pin. 

The result

And the result made into a roof

Well, and when you have a roof, you will need a house.....
The first floor.

Second floor

And the house so far. It could use some more more detailing. So added windows, chimneys and roofwindows. 

And a bit of paint. Now for more details and finesse...