Tuesday 24 April 2012

The Gunboat "Diplomacy"

Built in 1880 and named after  General Sir Arthur Diplo-Macy of the Kensington Diplo-Macy´s.

Due to Navy regulation 2189.section A sub section 12, the names of Boats and ships in her majesty´s Service are not to include any Hyphens, so it had to be dropped.
Sporting an 18pdr gun, top deck gatlings and chugging along at the stately speed of 6 mph, this is the absolute power on the rivers of Khandibar. 
The roof is removable and I might add some more deko..levers, some maps,  a picture of Queen Victoria etc.
The main gun. It comes from the Emhar´s  British WWI artillery set. A bit of snipping, the shield bent forward a bit and glued to the top of an old syringe for the mounting with a lenth of plastic rod that fits into the deck allowing it to swivel.
Gatling gun from the HaT gatling gun set. It´s mounted on a pin and can be positioned in each corner of the top deck. Mounts made from thin plastic tubes taken from cotton buds.
Hello to Ender from Ender´s Games Blog. He´s just kicked off with blogging and his first post, Zvezda Vikings is a real good one!

And for all you Fans of 1/72nd Bods, plastic, metal, resin or whatever and all associated  with them, planes, trains and automobiles, ...look HERE  ;-D

22 comments:

  1. Very nice work, as usually...

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  2. Great model Paul, will there be sandbags!

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  3. They better keep their heads down when this boat passes by :-D
    Great work Paul. Can't wait to see it with the crew on it.

    Greetings
    Peter
    http://peterscave.blogspot.com/

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  4. Neat as a neat thing. Well done.

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  5. Brilliant! Bristling with weaponry, she certainly packs a punch!

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  6. You can't beat a gunboat for keeping the uppity natives under control! Splendid!

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  7. Very cool Paul! One suggestion though MORE RIVETS!

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  8. Very cool Paul. Great work.

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  9. Cracking work Paul. The gun looks spot on.

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  10. thankyou so much paul for the link you have mase my day... great boat bTW it is excellent. are you planning to enter the guilds group build?

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  11. Paul - I'm amazed at how prolific your building and painting skills are.

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  12. Nice work Paul. Thanks for the link to the site.

    V.

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  13. Paul, she looks tremendous. I love the way yuo've made the roof detachable. Very much looking forward to seeing her get a lick of paint!

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  14. Well this certainly floats my boat. Looking forward to seeing her with the crew.

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  15. Very nice and creative work, looks very convincing. Got crew figures for it? Some of Bob Murch's High Seas Pulp figures would suit it to a T.

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