Any Back of Beyond game worth its salt needs a Gunboat.  Started channeling Bob Cordery and the possibilities of scratch building one.  So, off to my home(s)-way-from-home(s), Hobby Lobby and Home Depot, as well as a Wargamer’s-Site-Of-Choice, Google Images.

Picked up all types of raw materials and bits, and started working on it.  Something generic, easy to build, but looks good on the table.  The key to all of this was the picket fence post I chopped up while working with some cheap lumber on another home improvement project.  In the midst of that sludge, see something mundane, and….jeez this might be something….because it had a bow, which can be damned hard to carve.

It’s a fun project…….

Update to follow…..