Thread: Ship Work

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Last weekend we started some of our framework on 1 of our 2 ships that we will have set up on the BIG night. I thought I would go ahead and post some of those pictures of what we have so far. I actually don't get to help much this year as I am about 8 1/2 months pregnant, so I am the official photographer for construction and setup, not quite as much fun but, it will have to do.

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This is a picture of our Pipe Organ that we built for Davy Jones to sit at. It doesn't have the pipes in this picture just wanted to show the detail.










Here is ship # 1, you will not be able to see the storage building on Halloween night, it will be covered. TOT's will enter in the right back side through a cannon blown hole and exit through the front out another cannon blown hole. The ship extends a bit past the part of the house there, kinda hard to tell.



Here is the organ with the pipes and the tiki torch lanterns that we made.







This is going to be the mast, it will be complete with a crows nest, pirate skeleton, and sails. It is roughly 25 foot here but will be another 5 foot when completed. You can see this from several streets away!



This is the ship we built last year and we eill have it up again. It is built on our pool deck.




I will be posting more pictures as we progress so, let me know what you guys think!!

Awesome job!

How are you anchoring the mast? I have one set to go, but I've been afraid to tackle the problem of keeping it up.

The mast on the 1st ship will actually be anchored using a t-post driven in the ground and the pvc pipe will just slide over that, should hold really nice. We actually don't have it up quite yet, just stood it up there to see how tall it was gonna be, so we may end up having to anchor it better. The 2nd ship, which is the one in the bottom pictures was actually all tied down to some footing anchors, that were screwed into the deck, the night hid those ropes fairly well.

WOW...very impressive!!!!!

I bet your neighbors are thinking you are building an ark

The idea of attaching sections of the ship to the existing deck and your shed is brilliant. Half the work already done. Looking good.

Great work i can't wait to see it in his final stage ! Talented people here

Love the pipe organ

Holy cow! You guys are serious about this. I love it!!!!!!

well in my opinion it looks GREAT!!! i cant wait to see it done!!!! so get out there and get some more pics...!!!

WOW, everything looks great!! Your pipe organ rocks

What are the sides of ship?? Foam, cardboard, wood??