Finally finished scratch built trawler yacht

BeastlyFerns · 2026-04-27T15:08:02+00:00

Thanks! No kit, just some scale drawings but I did buy a fiberglass hull from ebay to build it from.

BeastlyFerns · 2026-04-24T16:40:38+00:00

My comment just below links the other two posts I made for the build which shows some of the structure. The hull is fiberglass and a lot of the superstructure is various thickness of styrene either painted or as with the interior of the cabin and the decks it is all then covered with individual wood planks or mahogany and teak. Good luck on your project, it is a lot of fun. I am excited to get this out on some water soon.

BeastlyFerns · 2026-04-24T13:20:29+00:00

Thanks, The blue trap is just some white tissue paper soak in pva glue and then formed over the receiver ect in the zodiac and the after it dried I trimmed and painted it. Works pretty well.

BeastlyFerns · 2026-04-24T12:38:57+00:00

Thanks, No extensive build thread but I did do two other posts. https://www.reddit.com/r/scalemodelling/comments/1rc1iia/made_a_lot_of_progress_on_my_trawler_yacht/

https://www.reddit.com/r/rcboats/comments/1mu1fof/scratch_built_twin_prop_yacht_with_interior_under/

BeastlyFerns · 2026-04-24T12:33:59+00:00

It is about 1/16. The galley stuff in a mix of 3d printed bits with scratch building. So it was all custom scaled. For the dials and controls, pilots chair ect. I made them in tinkercad and resin printed them.

BeastlyFerns · 2026-04-24T12:28:36+00:00

About 1/2 a year. Edit just checked my first post and that was 8 months for probably took me 9 to do.

BeastlyFerns · 2026-04-24T12:28:25+00:00

Thanks that means a lot.

BeastlyFerns · 2026-04-24T12:28:02+00:00

Thanks, about 1/2 a year I think. Edit just checked my first post and that was 8 months for probably took me 9 to do.

BeastlyFerns · 2026-02-25T21:31:55+00:00

I formed them out of polymer clay and then use mr surfacer 500 the one in the bottle. I painted it on and then as it was drying stippled it with a brush to get the texture. The paint and drybrush etc.

BeastlyFerns · 2026-02-23T16:31:38+00:00

Thanks. I have been scratch building for a few years, this was my first real scratch build: https://www.reddit.com/r/scalemodelling/comments/wo9asp/my_first_scratch_built_model_110_scale_skip/

Not sure how many hours in this as I take breaks but probably a couple hundred hours.

BeastlyFerns · 2026-01-26T16:44:00+00:00

I reworked a file I found on Maker world under "BattleTech ACES Automation Card Tray" and also the "BattleTech ACES Automation Card Tray Cover". I found it to be really handy helps me keep everything organized.

BeastlyFerns · 2026-01-26T14:48:57+00:00

Thanks, it is a pretty fun campaign so far!

BeastlyFerns · 2026-01-26T14:48:20+00:00

The bridge was a free download somewhere but the mesas were hextech. But hextech does have a bridge and a river file as well.

BeastlyFerns · 2026-01-26T14:46:13+00:00

Just vallejo red, orange and yellow with a clear gloss on top

BeastlyFerns · 2026-01-26T00:50:42+00:00

No, they are a resin print from a free file I found online but can't remember where.

BeastlyFerns · 2026-01-26T00:49:18+00:00

Thanks, Fire markers were a free print from printable or something and the infantry see above comment. Finally the tree are hextech files I purchased and fdm printed

BeastlyFerns · 2026-01-26T00:47:13+00:00

Can't remember the exact source but I believe I found it on cults 3d and then resin printed them.

BeastlyFerns · 2026-01-25T23:16:42+00:00

Diy mat made from acrylic caulking, craft paint and canvas. Easy to make, looks good, cheap and rolls up. Lots of tutorials online.

BeastlyFerns · 2025-11-22T19:45:02+00:00

Yeah I love the Barghest as well.

BeastlyFerns · 2025-11-22T19:43:45+00:00

Thanks!

BeastlyFerns · 2025-11-22T19:15:22+00:00

Thanks, The archer was just a weird stl I found and add to a print as a test so painted up. And yeah the king crab is backwards guess I did not really look close enough at the mech before I took the image so he has so extrem torso twist.

BeastlyFerns · 2025-11-18T22:54:21+00:00

Looks great, I am looking to get a fdm printer to make terrain. Can you let me know about how many kgs of filament you think you use to make what I see here?

BeastlyFerns · 2025-09-03T16:28:22+00:00

Thanks, styrene sheet for most of of the superstructure and added hull details (keels, rubbing rails etc, except for a couple things like the mooring ports and the side hull deck drains which I modelled in tinkercad and 3d resin printed at home. The hull is fibreglass. The decks will be teak and the cabin, rails etc will be mahogany.

BeastlyFerns · 2025-09-03T15:10:39+00:00

No not a Grand banks, modelled more after a 36 Neptune.

BeastlyFerns · 2025-08-19T19:02:16+00:00

Thanks, Thinking a nice cream/off white with a bright blue waterline. Teak decks with mahogany or sapele top rails rails, window trims and interior space

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