Lindberg 1:60 Shrimp Boat

[Jdog71]

This one is going to be a Christmas gift for my parents, who live by the ocean. I know Lindberg has a rep for some 'chunky' details in their kits, but I think I can work with this one. Its going to be a 'working boat', so if I mess up somewhere along the line, it'll be pretty easy to disguise my errors...they'll give it some character. I'm going to try some custom stuff wherever I can, so any ideas would be greatly appreciated. One thing I'll be looking for is 1:60 scale shrimp netting, which might be hard to score.



Box



12" hull. I dry fitted the hull halves and deck together and will need to do a bit of seam filling (as expected).



I did a very rough primer coat of light gray on sprue parts. There seemed to be a bit more grease than usual on this model, even after washing, so a base coat should help the paint stick.

This will be my first boat...if the stars and planets align correctly and I get a little lucky. If I screw up, at least I'll gain some experience, right?

Thats it for now...if anyone has some ideas for customizing this thing, they would be greatly appreciated!

 

[DreamKnight]

This one is going to be a Christmas gift for my parents, who live by the ocean. I know Lindberg has a rep for some 'chunky' details in their kits, but I think I can work with this one. Its going to be a 'working boat', so if I mess up somewhere along the line, it'll be pretty easy to disguise my errors...they'll give it some character. I'm going to try some custom stuff wherever I can, so any ideas would be greatly appreciated. One thing I'll be looking for is 1:60 scale shrimp netting, which might be hard to score.

Oh nice. I see this in a catalog from Squadron and always wondered about getting it. Gonna be great to see it built!

 

[AKE]

What? No thousands of photoetch shrimp included!?!?

 

[noname]

This is interesting. Character is the key word here. Has to be well weathered to give it that character. I think it would help if you used different materials and anything you could get your hands on like, wire, balsa wood, an alternador from a 34 Buick. ;D

 

[Jdog71]

What? No thousands of photoetch shrimp included!?!?

Lol! Maybe some 1:60 seagulls?

 

[tromboneman77]

Very Cool!!

 

[Jdog71]

Small update for today:

Since my first post, I assembled the hull, cleaned all the parts and rewashed them.
Most of the other parts had prominent seams. I spent a lot of time sanding, slicing and dicing. I also did some background research for weathering and customization ideas.

I primed and sprayed the hull flat white and flat brown mixed with a small amount of dark gray (all Tamiya acrylics). I'll need to do a little touchup work on the brown, but nothing major. Next up is a red stripe on the rails.



Tonight I did a rough base coat on misc. parts (Tamiya acrylics)





I was surprised at the level of detail on the crew. I had to putty out some ejector pin marks on their backs, but I look forward to painting these guys. The captain is wearing a Gorton's Fisherman hat...nice.



That's it for now. Next update should have a lot more as I intend to do a lot of work this weekend.

 

[ozzy59he]

What? No thousands of photoetch shrimp included!?!?

how about some photoetch crabs and resin butter lol