No, he wasn't there this year... Shame, he had some very cool models...

Mine happened backwards, we tested the CAD design of the boat on models cut from solid MDF. When we got it right I used the model to test the colour lay-out, then built the real boat.

Shiftgreen,
if you need a source for making cnc'd molds till you get on your own mechnically I may be able to help. I have a pretty large CNC router.

yup, i'm thinking i'd be interested in something like that too!

Too bad this topic is 2 years old...I wonder if he's still around.

Oops

Now I feel retarded . Didn't even look at the date . Hummm. ok I'll bite, Someone who was interested post a top, aft, bow, and side pic of thier boat...lets see what I can derive and draw from it. If I can draw it I can cut it

oh yea, probably need length and width numbers a get a reasonable rep of scale.

After looking at your website, I'd say a boat would be very easy for you - impressive stuff.

Thank you for the comment. Just to size this up. I tell you, I probably wouldn't want to try and earn a living making detailed replica's of "individuals" boats, I think the time involved could be a bit expensive if you really consider detailing outdrives, swimracks, railing, windows, seats....you get the picture.
To me It would make betters sense to do this type work for a company with a budget that wants an example piece to show case a product they are building, small scale performance testing, or for review during construction.
Another resonable idea would be to make something that could be made on some quantity level ( you set up for production and cost per unit decreases) less individualized.
And as I have done in the past I can provide those time consuming contoured molds and exact fit frame work and shae peices that people use in their effort to replicate parts consistantly.
I think what I could offer "resonably" would be a good base shaped core that the hobbiest would take over and detail.
Not that I wouldn't be willing to produce a finished product, I just wouldn't want to lead someone down a prim rose path (you know like someone with a wimmpy crash box that belongs in a Ford Pinto selling it to someone whos says they are going to use it to couple a DC-10 jet engine to the rear axle of a 60+ ton M-1 Abram tank "LMAO") spend a 100 hours, or what ever, and launch a finished product and big bill at them.
It would take some upfront "non-bill" time just to figure out a Not To Exceed Estimate.

sound reasonable?

heatbuzz Where did you find this truck trailer and boat replica