I'm on a Boat! (Conversion Help Needed)

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As for popsicle sticks... they'll work, but I'm still partial to the thin balsa wood, as it'll conform to the shape you want better.


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I would go with the foam, it might be easier to shape and work with than a plastic boat.

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Yeah, foam core and then use balsa or pop sticks to make it look more real. Also, soaking pop-sticks in water will make them more bendy and shapeable.
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Another possibility is thin styrene. You can sand it with a coarse sandpaper to give a quasi-woodgrain effect.
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wookieegunner wrote:Another possibility is thin styrene. You can sand it with a coarse sandpaper to give a quasi-woodgrain effect.
Hey... Good suggestion... and they make some REALLY REALLY thin stuff that'll bend easily, too.

Might not be the most inexpensive option, but a good one.
I suggest getting the narrow strips, though, to simulate planks, rather than full sheets.

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Well, I should be all set for this project! I'm thinking of going with a pink foam base and then adding the balsa wood around it. I'll definitely have to post pictures up here when i finally get to this project, but it's going to be delayed at least until the week of the 20th -- April vacation...I love working in a school! Thanks again, guys, and I'll keep you posted.
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I do like the theme concept, so here's my two dracmas: lincoln logs. Bear in mind this would be a bog boat built by skeletons, zombies and magic. Think undead Tom Sawyer. Mostly I have trouble imagining the VCs coming up with anything more advanced that a raft.
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montaa wrote:I do like the theme concept, so here's my two dracmas: lincoln logs. Bear in mind this would be a bog boat built by skeletons, zombies and magic. Think undead Tom Sawyer. Mostly I have trouble imagining the VCs coming up with anything more advanced that a raft.
D@mn you.... I don't even play VC... but I gotta go build this now.

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Crestion du Sable wrote:
D@mn you.... I don't even play VC... but I gotta go build this now.

/sigh

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