boats


Miniature boats (e.g. pirate ships, houseboats, punts) and other boat projects in dollhouses, roomboxes and dioramas

What kind of a boat do you have? In England there are canal boats,  in North America we have houseboats. In Venice there are gondolas.  Also see fish, travel, water, pirates, marine

See also mermaids, sushi, Mediterranean, ice   marine beach fish and seafood

 

macro of little Xmas ornament from Rick


Links to miniature projects

gray and brown sea chests
Boat frame -6
gemisi boyunda çocuk denizci

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Canoe in an Altoid tin - from Small Packages by Preble

Lifejacket - from Susanna Nikula

Rochester Name Convention exhibit - scroll down

Shipwrecked - Connie Sauve turned Eugene Kupjack' s Silversmith shop into a little shop for model ships

 

Blogs

 

Groups

Midtfyns Modelbåd Klub (Danish model boat club) 

 

Supplies for sale

 

Miniatures for sale

 

 

Books

 

Instructions for miniatures

 

Miniature printables

 

Wallpapers

 

Other Printies

Ghost Ship - pirate ship printout

Mississippi Queen 1 and 2 and 3 - from Marisol

Boat on the water, miniature painting by me 

 

Links

Birchbark Canoe - use bark from fallen trees, not live ones!!! from Lil Fish Studios

Houseboat - by Joanne Swanson

Miniature Row Boat- from Tea Papers

Miniature Yacht - from Dolls Houses and Miniatures

Santa Maria - in a walnut shell - from About.com

 

Videos

 

 

Research/ Inspiration

Doing a Cruise scene?  What would you need?

 

Tips/Hints

Ideas about what is needed for boat projects

Boat with Shelves - decor item, the staining on the back "walls" has the look of tree trunks and branches along the right side, and the middle section resembles the horizon across a lake.

Even Keel 

 

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