Here's the motto of the Trashy Fleets Pre-Dreadnought project, explained in detail.
Make It Free
Ordinary household items like cardboard, corkboard, plastic tubes etc. are perfect material for some trashy ship modelling.
One can also use leftovers from model kits for secondary armament, conning towers, railings, masts etc., the possibilities are limitless.
If It's Not Free, Make It Cheap
Junkyards, online trading groups and flea markets are the favoured hunting ground of the scratchbuilder, and he will use anything and everything he can get for cheap.
Make It Good Lookin'
Of course the above does not exempt one from historical examples such as well-proportioned and functional vessels. Everybody likes trash-bashing, but there should be a standard. Trashy Fleets aren't made up of scale models, but one can keep close.
Would love to see some photos of your scratch built pre-dreds
ReplyDeleteCheers Padre, I'll post some of them soon hopefully!
DeleteAndrew:
ReplyDeleteI can relate to that! I make mine 'Chibi-Maru' style (before I knew there was such a thing as Chibi-Maru)...
https://archdukepiccolo.blogspot.com/2020/11/first-blacklands-war-war-at-sea.html
Cheers,
Ion
Hello Ion, that's an interesting article!I have just been reading up on the Balkan Wars and Averof. Planning to visit the ship in the near future as well.
DeleteI like the somewhat compressed ships as well and experimented with something similar, but in the end just chose to keep both beam and length to scale.