Ice Rigger

[Scotaidh]

I'm not much for ship models - they tend to be far too small for these finger and eyesight, but every now and then a ''You gotta build this'' madness hits me.

Long ago, as a boy, I read 'Hans Brinker' where I first heard of ice boats.  Then, in college, I saw a poster titled ''Icerigger'' - it was a very futuristic looking thing, but still it fired my imagination.  Later I read Allan Dean Foster's "Ice-rigger" series, which helped keep the idea alive.

A recent discussion here pulled the pin on that, so to speak, and then I found a model boat on Evile-Bay for $5 - that was more or less the final step.

Model bought, and the initial steps taken.

Why can't I post images?

[buzzbomb]

Then, in college, I saw a poster titled ''Icerigger'' - it was a very futuristic looking thing, but still it fired my imagination.  Later I read Allan Dean Foster's "Ice-rigger" series, which helped keep the idea alive.

This Rodney Matthew poster ?

Like you.. total inspiration, like a lot of his posters of the time. It was my inspiration for the Polar Ward GB entry
https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=53359.0

[Weaver]

I'm not much for ship models - they tend to be far too small for these finger and eyesight, but every now and then a ''You gotta build this'' madness hits me.

Long ago, as a boy, I read 'Hans Brinker' where I first heard of ice boats.  Then, in college, I saw a poster titled ''Icerigger'' - it was a very futuristic looking thing, but still it fired my imagination.  Later I read Allan Dean Foster's "Ice-rigger" series, which helped keep the idea alive.

A recent discussion here pulled the pin on that, so to speak, and then I found a model boat on Evile-Bay for $5 - that was more or less the final step.

Model bought, and the initial steps taken.

Why can't I post images?

There was a ".jpeg" missing from the end of the image address:

[PR19_Kit]

'Pyro', there's a name to conjure with. A LONG time since I've seen one of their kits.

[NARSES2]

I'm not much for ship models - they tend to be far too small for these finger and eyesight, but every now and then a ''You gotta build this'' madness hits me.

I know exactly what you mean on both accounts. Every time I go to a show I look at the ship models and go"maybe if I just got it in 1/350th". So far common sense has kicked in 

[Scotaidh]

I'm not much for ship models - they tend to be far too small for these finger and eyesight, but every now and then a ''You gotta build this'' madness hits me.

Long ago, as a boy, I read 'Hans Brinker' where I first heard of ice boats.  Then, in college, I saw a poster titled ''Icerigger'' - it was a very futuristic looking thing, but still it fired my imagination.  Later I read Allan Dean Foster's "Ice-rigger" series, which helped keep the idea alive.

A recent discussion here pulled the pin on that, so to speak, and then I found a model boat on Evile-Bay for $5 - that was more or less the final step.

Model bought, and the initial steps taken.

Why can't I post images?

There was a ".jpeg" missing from the end of the image address:

Thanks - I'll watch out for that.  I put my pics up on Imgr, and they changed their website a bit - I will give them an earful about it, you may be sure! 

Thanks again!

[Scotaidh]

Then, in college, I saw a poster titled ''Icerigger'' - it was a very futuristic looking thing, but still it fired my imagination.  Later I read Allan Dean Foster's "Ice-rigger" series, which helped keep the idea alive.

This Rodney Matthew poster ?

Like you.. total inspiration, like a lot of his posters of the time. It was my inspiration for the Polar Ward GB entry
https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=53359.0

Yup!  That's the one!    I still have a copy of it somewhere - safely tucked away.  The last time I opened it, it'd worn thin on the fold-lines, and it really showed. 

[Scotaidh]

The other two pictures (with any luck):


Inspired by the book 'Ice Rigger' by A. D. Foster and a poster I saw in college, this is how I see such a craft ...


Pardon for the fuzz - a photog I am not.  :/ 
I marked the line for the waterline with a pencil, then used a razor saw to excise the lower hull.  I found that helicopter skids fit right up the lower line of holes in the hull, so that's what I used as the basis for the main runners to support the weight of the vessel, and another piece of angle iron on a pivot for the rudder. 
I over-laid the helicopter skids with Plastruct "angle-iron" to give the runners some bite into the ice - without that bite into the ice give direction, side winds would become a serious problem - the runners take the place of the keel, in effect.

That's what you should have seen before the one showing the instruction booklet ... <le sigh>

[Weaver]

I believe the Rodney Matthews poster is actually suposed to be, or at least inspired by, Michael Moorcock's novel The Ice Schooner. You can find a bunch of editions online with all sorts of different covers.

This is the one I've got:

[Joe C-P]

Ahh.   

We just had one cold snap here in eastern New Jersey long enough for people to haul out their iceboats and finally saw them in action. Amazing!

[scooter]

Thanks - I'll watch out for that.  I put my pics up on Imgr, and they changed their website a bit - I will give them an earful about it, you may be sure! 

Thanks again!

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