Brian, thanks for the idea about the wood, but since I don't have saws I think
I'm going to have to go for Eric's suggestion of cold pressed illustration
board. Thank you both for your ideas! Lloyd


--- In roman_seas@yahoogroups.com, "bcantwell07" <bcantwell@...> wrote:
>
> I base my ships on 1/8" hardboard. Hardboard is definitely too dense and hard
to cut with a knife though, so is more difficult to use with out shop tools (I
use a table saw and band saw to cut mine). However, I really like the added
heft, especially with the light weight of the paper ships. I buy it in 24" x
48" sheets at Lowe's or Home Depot.
>
> Pictures of my ships at:
http://bcantwell.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/historicon-2008-rule-britannia/
>
> Brian
>
>
> --- In roman_seas@yahoogroups.com, "Lloyd" <llbowler@> wrote:
> >
> > What materials are recommended for basing the ships? I'm going to get
started with some ship building here in the next 3-4 weeks and I wanted to lay
in the materials before hand. Thanks Lloyd
> >
>