Houseboat: Pilot House & Accessories
Today I worked on the pilot house and its accessories. I thought it was pretty close to finished, but then Lloyd the Sailor came by. He doesn't like the stanchion for the wheel, and pointed out that the gimbels on the compass are reversed. I wondered about that myself, since green is starboard, red is port, but the photo I used as a reference has them the way they're shown here. So, next session I'm going to lose the wheel stanchion and replace it with a pipe, and reverse the gimbels.
The first two shots are of the outside with the asphalt shingles in place. They really look good.
I made the map case (with drawers) and the flag case out of balsa wood. The front of the flag case is a photo I found in the internet; how perfect is that? The little ship's clock is also balsa with a printed face glued on. I'm not terribly pleased with the wheel itself. It is also photos glued on both sides of balsa and touched up with craft paint. I wish I could find a nicely varnished wheel. I'm still looking.
The rail shown below is a prototype that isn't going to make the cut. The thought of getting dozens of little plexiglass panels glued together perfectly is staggering. I think I may go with a simple top and bottom rail with fewer vertical posts and run a couple lines of wire horizontally.
And here's how the pilot house looks in place:
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