Jenny Shrimp Boat build

Tanker-builder - always good to hear from you. I knew a big part of this build would be having Lt. Dan's wheelchair at the stern. My wife creates 1:12 scale doll house accessories and gothic dolls. After seeing my frustrating attempts with creating a wheelchair, she stepped in and created one in about 3 hours.

I want to thank you for your information on the Sultanna. Except for that one famous photo taken right before her fateful departure, there's not a lot of information on her.  This is from Wikipedia:

The smokestacks look slimmer with less flair that the Lee. This is now on back burner as I am building Revell's 1:72 scale B-17G Flying Fortress (my 1st airplane build).

Someone made a suggestion about using an old plank for the base of the Jenny. I did a different paint job in order to create a 'weathered' look to the base. I'll have to posta couple of pictures. Take care and stay safe!!! 

Fright:

   I am late posting this . Be careful. The Sultana was forty foot longer than the Robt.E.Lee! That mean you have to add some length between the bow and the Wheels!

      That can be touchy in profile and don't forget. The kit does NOT give you the under-deck bracing anywhere! The Hull is actually out of scale. the hull should be deeper given the size of the model. Another eighth of an inch has to be added to the hull depth in order to mount those braces and still have them correctly above the waterline!

       Also be aware that the rudder is out of scale too. It needs to be about an eighth of an inch longer. The rudder and stuff aren't that important, But those braces are a visible part of the boat's structure.

here's a tip for you.

      If you need a larger scale wheelchair for models like this. LEGO actually makes one. Then theyre's their Bicycles, whose wheels can be used too. BUT, there are artists floating around everywhere. It's nice that the Missus got involved as well. Darned good job.

     Oh, I stole your idea for the Model Railroad layout at the Museum in "N" scale . Got a little work to do yet Thanks for your inspiration and by the way, Gotta say it again. Darned fine job there! ! 

fright

I added a base for my finishing touch. 

 

 

 

I added a base for my finishing touch. 

John - Thank you for taking a look and leaving a kind word. Cheers

Mongoose - The rigging took some time. I looked at a lot of shrimp boats and diagrams to achieve the 'look' of working lines. My wife's talents really saved the day on making Lt. Dan's wheelchair. It took her about two hours. As for the case and dust, I may purchase an aquarium to place her in, although, the dust may add to the beauty of the deck! 

This just got better and better! Really nice job, it really stands out from the first moment you see it. Love all the netting and lines. Give props to your wife for the wheelchait again. I noticed she even got the chrome hand rail on the wheel that you use to get it going. Now you need a case for it because I'd hate to see dust build up on this!

That's fantastic.  Great work my friend.

  The day has come. I have officially finished my build of Forest Gump's 'Jenny' shrimp boat. This has been an amazing journey with this little kit. The minute I saw Lindberg's 1:60 scale shrimp boat, I immediately thought of the Jenny. Using a few movie stills and endless times of watching the shrimp boat scenes in the movie, I feel I have successfully come very close to the one in the movie.

  I dyed the tulle a very dark green for my netting. I sowed 3mm red beads along the seam to represent the floats. They were attached to a larger line and chain that connects to the netting doors. I then connected them to my rigging.

  The hardest part of this build was Lt. Dan's wheelchair. After miserably failing on three attempt that I made, my talented wife said let me have a go. In two hours, she produced an amazing wheelchair that was mounted to the stern deck.

  I added a barrel, some stacked cans, the toilet seat and crud to represent his 1st catch, rope colis, and weathered American flag and Lt. Dan at the top of the boom and support. I installed a 3mm LED light by EvansDesign to go inside the cabin.

  All in all, I really enjoyed creating a little gem from an inexpensive model kit. I wish to thank everyone who liked, commented and sparked ideas that helped motivate me to complete this kit. I thank you all. here's to my next project and Cheers!

Thanks to everyone for dropping in and leaving encouragemnet. Coming close to the end. I am having some difficulty in creating the wheelchair that sits at the stern. I've tried two attempts using bent wire and small cuts of styrene for seat and backrest. I used CA glue on 1st attempt and it broke apart. I tried soldering on my 2nd attempt and I just wound up with globby solder on wire pieces. Have to go back to the drawing board. This looks like it will be the toughest part of the build.

Very nice work 

Beautiful!

Mongoose - the minute I saw this kit online, I thought of the movie. There's a six minute video just with the Jenny footage on Youtube that I refer to. Not a lot of complete stills from the movie to work with, but I'm trying to do my best. I think when I reach the end, I'll let Forest due the prayin' and I'll be joinin' Lt. Dan in other ways of celebration 

oh just stupendous! The whole boat looks the part perfectly. Well done. I can hear Forrest yelling every time I look at Jenny!

Greg - thank you very much for both the comment and for dropping in. I'm dying my thulle, with the help of the Mrs.) and it should be dry by late tonight. I'm still pouring over pictures of shrimp boat nets out of Louisiana for a referrence. I wish the movie had put out more pictures of the boat. My wife is reducing an image of the American flag to 1/2x3/4" for the top of boom. Lt. Dan will be sitting next to it holding a line in his left hand. Cheers and stay safe!

This is outstanding and really fun to see going together.

Thanks for sharing indeed.

Many thanks GM! This little kit from Lindberg really has come along.

Dang, I can smell her from here. That's a great model, Robert.

Made some more headway with the rigging. Attached chains to the net doors and rigged them to the outrigger lines. I added an anchor up front by the Samson post. I'm in the process of dying some thulle that I will use as the netting.

My sheaves and blocks arrived and I was able to get quite a bit of work done with the rigging. Mast, boom and ladder glued to deck. Forward stays in place. I realized that the outrigger doors are attached with chains. so I have ordered 20 link per inch blackened chain which arrives on the 27th of April. I am torn about using the doors on this kit. From the few photo stills of Jenny in the movie, the doors do not appear to be on deck. They may have been removed by the film crew for better visibility for cameras.

Tanker - While waiting for my ordered sheaves, I started work on AMT's 1:25 Graveyard Ghoul Duo kit. I figured the Munsters car would be a quick build. Do cars float? LOL

Once I finish my Jenny, I have Lindberg's 1:63 Robert E. Lee steamboat which I thought I would try to change into the Civil War Sultana. I also have Revell's 1:56 Yacht America in the stach. 

I really love these old Lindberg kits. Inexpensive but with some time and imagination, they become little treasures!

Fright:

 Listen , Why don't you make the Pyro/Lindberg/Life-Like, Tuna Clipper, your next project? I believe you could do a Kick bum job!!

While waiting for my sheaves to arrive, I did a dry fitting with the mast, outrigger, boom and ladder support. It looks like all of my parts will fit together.

Jacknewblll - Thanks for dropping in and taking a look. I had just finished building Lindberg's Nantucket Light Ship and I stumbled across this kit. The minute I saw it, I thought of the Jenny. So here I am! I'm really havin fun with this inexpensive kit.

I'm working on the outriggers, boom and rigging now. There are several sheaves/pulleys used on the real boats and I'm not happy with what comes with the kit, so I've ordered 2.5mm sheaves from CastYourAnchor.com and I'm waiting for them to arrive.

It looks like you build airplanes. I ordered Revell-Germany's 1:72 B-17G kit as my 1st airplane build. I had very strange dreams for 3 days that sparked my interest in this plane but that's a story I'll share when I build the kit.

Stay safe and enjoy life! 

I have never seen this kit before and you are really doing a fantastic job on it! Love the Jenny conversion and Lt. Dan looks awesome! Keep up the good work.

Plenty of time to work on anything! Worked on Lt. Dan for the boat. I used one of the kit's figures and removed the lower portion of legs. Painted the body. I built up his hair with white glue. After it dried, I filed a small groove into hair where his headband will go. Headband is red sewing thread. 

To cover up the hole in deck where an air vent normally would go, I seized some thread and then glued it to the Samson post and made a coil on deck. In the movie, there is no air vents visble, either on the bow or on top of cabin.

Bill - How dumb am I. That thought never entered into my thought process! I have already sealed the top with superglue. What fools these mortals be LOL I am going to make my own base instead of using the plastic one that came with the kit. My idea is to build from wood strips a large lobster type cage and have the boat cradled into it. I can hide the coin battery pack and on/off switch inside of the crate.

Hope all is well with you and loved ones and stay safe thru these crazy times!

fright

Thank you Don Stauffer for taking a look. I was inspired by your work on your shrimp boat and your interior cabin work that you did. Even though it's almost impossible to see inside once the top  of cabin is added, it sure beats leaving that big hole in the hull. 

My purse seiner is set up that way.

Bill

I've started in on getting the mast, boom and stern tubular support ladder ready for instalation on the deck. I've drilled a couple of holes near the ends of the outriggers where I can attach a block. Painted black with a slight wash of brown and steel for the fittings.

For the Try Net boom, I added a crossbar that is on the Jenny. Crossbar was made from sanding down a piece of sprue from the kit. I drilled two holes and attached a couple of small eye hooks on the crossbar. The eyehooks were made by placing a sewing needle in a vise and wrapping anodized wire tightly around the needle to for an eye. Color scheme is the same as Mast.

In the movie, the Jenny has a tubular type of ladder that mounts to the stern bullwark and attaches to the crossbar by means of a shackle.(?)  I scratch built the ladder using Evergreen styrene plastic round and glued the pieces together on a sheet of glass. I then used a single edge blade to pop it free after drying. Again, same colors used.

The spreader doors in the kit are plain of any detail on the backsides. Seeing how they represent wood, I used the backside of my blade to etch in some horizontal lines. I then painted a coat of grey, followed by two Burnt Sienna washes for difference in color. Paint is all acyllic.