Hey,
My first official post here on Shipwrights..there's a bit of salt in the air ..
To the point,i'm planning on doing a dio later this year with a small canal scene.
I have only come across Verlindens small barge which i probably will use in the scene.
However i would like to keep my options open!
Does know of any boats in 1/35 that i could possibly get my hands on?
Thanks in advance,
Shay

Hi Shay,

Nice to see you over this side of the water, welcome to Shipwrights.

Is it a WW2 scene? Here's a picture of another Verlinded offering:

'The Wee Boat'



If your are thinking Vietnam then there are a few you might be able to use. Tamiya have a Motor Patrol Boat and Verlinden also have a little river boat.

If it's German then Dragon have a small craft that comes with the German Pontoon Set.

Hope this helps a bit.

If it's a big canal well ............... :-) :-) :-) :-)

Cheers

Al

Ahoy Shay. Welcome to Model Shipwrights!
I see that you have already met out resident 1/35 scale ship enthusiast. We have a great group of guys here, so you will be getting some more responses.

Kenny

In addition to what Al said there is the Dragon Sturmboot, german stuff, DML-6108, not too big it could suit in a canal.
If you want to model Russian, then there is a Rolls that is just out!
Speed boat

Hello Shay

Welcome aboard ModelShipWrights
Appart from those already pointed out, there are also Linse Boots by U-Models
You can check them here:
http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/newkitnews/umodels.htm

Although the U-Models website is not updated, you can contact Roudolphe Rossile
http://www.u-models.com/

Hope this helps,

Skipper

Italerie makes some 35th scale stuff. The LCVP might be of use to you. They are also coming out with the 80ft Elco PT boat, but that is close to 28 inches long. I like those little rowboats though. Might have to track one down and do a bridge dio or something one of these days

Hi all,
Thankyou very much for all of your replies.It's not so bad here after all !..
At least i have a few different options and possible boat conversions for my dio project.
I had an idea of a German officer in his Mercedes (filled with paintings etc). evading blockades in France but getting stopped in a village by some Partisans.
At the front of the dio i hope to have a small canal scene with eventually a boat of some sorts,hence my original post!!
Thanks shipmates,
Shay

Tamiya has a 1/35 Pibber.

Hi Kenny,


:-) :-) :-) :-) What about you own LCP (R) CC :-) :-) :-)

Hope the cleats arrived OK? Are you going for the ELCO Boat??????

Enjoy the project Shay.

Al

Hi,

Artesania Latina has some small fishing boats in wood that can be of some use.

They are from the 20100 series

MARE NOSTRUM


Image from Artesania Latina site

Zuiderzee Botter


Image from Artesania Latina site


Bremen (Krabben Kutter


Image from Artesania Latina site


Jolie Brise

Image from Artesania Latina site


HTH

Hey Alan. The cleats arrived just fine. It's amazing. I've only got a little left on the LCP (R) CC, but I just can't get to it. Arrghhh!
As far as the ELCO goes, I may go with it rather than the 1/350 'Bama for my sweetie's attaboy for me.

Kenny

Hi Kenny,

Great, look forward to the next installment. The ELCO looks realy grand lol, lol.

Jose,

Thanks for that ,I forgot to added the Artesania Line.

Cheers

Al

Olá José
Thanks for posting and nice to see you around

Um abraço,
Skipper

Gday Shay

Sorry I missed this post earlier.

Great to see another kiwi posting in this forum.

Have you found what you were looking for?

Regards

Sean

Hi guys,
Thanks for all of the extra links,it's very appreciated!
@Sean,g'day mate...i tend to lurk around the site but keep mostly to the Benelux side where i can show off my bad Dutch :-) .It's a whole other world over there check it out!!
As for the boat..i'm going to go for Verlindens Small Barge:

Size wise it will fit perfectly in the dio and it looks very European!
I have pretty much everything needed for the dio,however it's going to be a long project...aren't they all!!?? :-)
Shay

Review of the Italeri ELCO PT Boat

http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/reviews/vehicles/italeri/it5602.htm

Hi Shay,

The barge should work well from you're outline. Enjoy the build.

Al

Hi,
Al,
Yeah,the barge will be perfect for the dio.It really looks like the canal boats that i see here in Belgium.Should be an interesting build,it will be my first 100% resin kit,fingers (and toes) crossed!:-)
cheers,Shay

Hi Shay,

Ha, stupid glue, sticks everywheer but where you want it, Enjoy the build I have a few full resin kits one of which I'm going to attempt reasonably soon

Vheers

Al