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[quote="Froggy84"]Dear Forum, Hi! :wave_1: I’ve been enjoying many hours of reading and viewing people’s progress with their ship models and I am completely amazed at the level of skill and artistry. So much so, I feel rather intimidated that my work won’t be nearly as good, but on the other hand I feel inspired to keep trying and learning. I must say a big thank you to all the forum members for their amazing models and for the encouragement I’ve often read amongst each other. After seeing the camaraderie of the forum I decided to join and I feel inspired to continue with my model building. I’m not sure how pretty my next model will be but even novices like me have to start somewhere. I started a goal to make a model ship out of popsicle sticks (aka: paddle-pop sticks; ice-cream sticks; or craft sticks (I’m sure they have different names all over the world) The first scratch build model (not including those from my youth) I completed was a bulk carrier very loosely based on the ship below. I did not have any blueprints so I drew them myself, which turned out to be a big project as well! [attachment=4]Bulk Carrier.jpg[/attachment] [attachment=3]IMG_3184.jpg[/attachment] The ‘Tucker Hall’ is a made up name and does not represent any real current or historical ship. She is 60cm (23.6”) long. As you can see, she is very rough, I’ve done a poor job with sanding and painting (I could never colour inside the lines even as a kid! LOL :big_grin: ). And the detail work also shows that I’m a beginner. Apart from the paint, glue and paper decals, she is made totally from popsicle sticks. With the hatch covers and Superstructure removed: [attachment=2]IMG_2479.jpg[/attachment] Inside the hull [attachment=1]IMG_2254.jpg[/attachment] Inside the superstructure [attachment=0]IMG_2255.jpg[/attachment][/quote]

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Topic review - Bulk Carrier made of Popsicle Sticks 60cm

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Re: Bulk Carrier made of Popsicle Sticks 60cm

Nice and clean build! Though I would recommend you to use something other than the popsicle sticks. There are many, e.g. Balsa, Styrene plastics, etc. Anyway if the popsicle is intentional, that's very OK!

Edit: I just saw your HMAS Anzac last night and must say the sticks work really well!! Just ignore my suggestions above!

Looking forward to seeing more of your builds!
:thumbs_up_1:

Aop

Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2016 11:20 am

Froggy84

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Bulk Carrier made of Popsicle Sticks 60cm

Dear Forum,
Hi! :wave_1:

I’ve been enjoying many hours of reading and viewing people’s progress with their ship models and I am completely amazed at the level of skill and artistry. So much so, I feel rather intimidated that my work won’t be nearly as good, but on the other hand I feel inspired to keep trying and learning.

I must say a big thank you to all the forum members for their amazing models and for the encouragement I’ve often read amongst each other. After seeing the camaraderie of the forum I decided to join and I feel inspired to continue with my model building. I’m not sure how pretty my next model will be but even novices like me have to start somewhere.

I started a goal to make a model ship out of popsicle sticks (aka: paddle-pop sticks; ice-cream sticks; or craft sticks (I’m sure they have different names all over the world) The first scratch build model (not including those from my youth) I completed was a bulk carrier very loosely based on the ship below. I did not have any blueprints so I drew them myself, which turned out to be a big project as well!

Attachment:

Bulk Carrier.jpg [ 176.3 KiB | Viewed 1985 times ]

Attachment:

IMG_3184.jpg [ 197.9 KiB | Viewed 1985 times ]

The ‘Tucker Hall’ is a made up name and does not represent any real current or historical ship. She is 60cm (23.6”) long.
As you can see, she is very rough, I’ve done a poor job with sanding and painting (I could never colour inside the lines even as a kid! LOL :big_grin:

). And the detail work also shows that I’m a beginner. Apart from the paint, glue and paper decals, she is made totally from popsicle sticks.
With the hatch covers and Superstructure removed:

Attachment:

IMG_2479.jpg [ 136.61 KiB | Viewed 1985 times ]

Inside the hull

Attachment:

IMG_2254.jpg [ 193.93 KiB | Viewed 1985 times ]

Inside the superstructure

Attachment:

IMG_2255.jpg [ 155.37 KiB | Viewed 1985 times ]

Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2016 9:06 pm

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