Construction Project help

GoldenRivet · 01-30-12, 11:21 AM

My girlfriend and I have started a noble undertaking to build a drinking game.

It is a large scale battleship game wherein the ships are 18-20 inches in length and the game board is a massive 5'x10' fold up table.

we have already built one battleship as a test bed and it looks pretty good.

so far our idea is to build the ships out of wood. Pine hulls with balsa guns and superstructures. but the pine takes a while to cut and sand into a hull shape

main thing is keeping cost to a minimum.

object of the game.

the ships will hold shot glasses in place of peg holes.

When you get hit, you have to take a shot.

here is a pic of our first battleship. this was constructed as a proof of concept only.

any tips, ideas or suggestions? materials? size? look of the ships etc?

AVGWarhawk · 01-30-12, 11:26 AM

Balsa blocks can be purchased for the hulls. Easier to sand to shape. Once done, paint on epoxy resin for strength with the softer balsa material plus it will be beer proof.

Instead of Battleship call it Beership.

GoldenRivet · 01-30-12, 11:36 AM

nice

Krauter · 01-30-12, 12:17 PM

Where can I get a girlfriend like yours

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Nice ideas though. My only suggestion would to maybe make the hulls out of Styrofoam and put an epoxy resin on it just so you can more easily make the shape of the ships by shaving them off.

How are you to "play" this game? Like the game battleship (I shoot A6... Hit/Miss!?)

01-30-12, 12:46 PM

Why do I keep hearing a new "Real Men of Genius" commercial in my head?

"Here's to you Mr. Large BattleShip Drinking Game Inventor!"

GoldenRivet · 01-30-12, 01:15 PM

its just like the regular battleship game by milton bradley except when you get hit you take a shot and its huge

01-30-12, 11:21 AM	#1
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	Construction Project help My girlfriend and I have started a noble undertaking to build a drinking game. It is a large scale battleship game wherein the ships are 18-20 inches in length and the game board is a massive 5'x10' fold up table. we have already built one battleship as a test bed and it looks pretty good. so far our idea is to build the ships out of wood. Pine hulls with balsa guns and superstructures. but the pine takes a while to cut and sand into a hull shape main thing is keeping cost to a minimum. object of the game. the ships will hold shot glasses in place of peg holes. When you get hit, you have to take a shot. here is a pic of our first battleship. this was constructed as a proof of concept only. any tips, ideas or suggestions? materials? size? look of the ships etc? __________________

01-30-12, 11:26 AM	#2
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Balsa blocks can be purchased for the hulls. Easier to sand to shape. Once done, paint on epoxy resin for strength with the softer balsa material plus it will be beer proof. Instead of Battleship call it Beership. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

01-30-12, 11:36 AM	#3
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	nice __________________

01-30-12, 01:15 PM	#6
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	its just like the regular battleship game by milton bradley except when you get hit you take a shot and its huge __________________

01-30-12, 12:46 PM	#5
Madox58 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Why do I keep hearing a new "Real Men of Genius" commercial in my head? "Here's to you Mr. Large BattleShip Drinking Game Inventor!"