Building Playmobil ships from scratch

[Richard]

Great ship, Jimbo!

I like the idea of using the kids (small kilickys) for a crew. It's perfect for background photos and it makes the ship look bigger. I did the same thing with the background for a train layout.

Here's your crew ...

[Hadoque]

Nice work! Good resemblence to the design of WW I - battleships!

[Jimbo]

Hi Richard and Hadoque.

Thanks for the encouragement.  I am still sanding away.

Richard, great crew.  I forgot about those figures.  I remember a  set of
children with a drum, sword, and a cannon .  Are they from that set or are they
customized a bit?  They are real cool.  I thought I might try customizing
a "dixie cup" hat.....still thinking!

Best regards to all

Jimbo

[Richard]

Richard, great crew.  I forgot about those figures.  I remember a  set of
children with a drum, sword, and a cannon .  Are they from that set or are they
customized a bit?  They are real cool.

Hello,  Jimbo ...

The two "sailor kids" are from sets 5402 and 5406.
Please see attachments.

All the best,
Richard

[Jimbo]

Thanks Richard!...

Now I remember.  I am sure I have those sets, or at least had them.

Best regards,

Jimbo

[Richard]

Thanks Richard!...
Now I remember.  I am sure I have those sets, or at least had them.

Best regards,
Jimbo

Howdy, Jimbo ...

The nice thing about those "flat hats" is that they also fit the larger adult Klickies (see attachment).

[D2]

Hi all,

I finally got around to continuing making the superstructure for hull no. 1.

Actually I was going to toss it out, but a co-worker asked me if I could make a ship for his son, so I studied up on old Dreadnoughts, and this is what turned out.

The gun turrets are just hole saw cut-outs with dowel barrels.  The rest of the ship is just easily made shapes glued here and there to look kinda like a ship of the early 1900s.  The ship is 4 feet long, and is o.k. for the small  figures.  To use the full sized
figures, the ship would have to be at least 6 feet long.

Now it is ready for paint!

Very very nice and good work

[Jimbo]

Ahoy all,

She's all done and "under way"!

She floats quite well also.

Now I will go on liberty for a while.

Best regards,

"Admiral" Jimbo.

[Richard]

Ahoy, Admiral Jimbo ...

She looks fabulous in the water!

Thanks for all the great photos. How much trouble would it be to put together some kits that we could buy from you so that we could all have our own "wooden" fleets?

All the best,
Richard

[Captain Henry]

WOW! That is a beautiful ship. I am sure she could blow my entire pirate fleet out of the water!