While anyone can cut foamcore with a matte knife I have found that making precise cuts in blueboard requires a special tool. My weapon of choice is the Proxxon Thermocut 115E; which I affectionately refer to as "Proxxie". This tool functions as a table-saw and jigsaw would for woodworking allowing very clean and repeatable cuts. I find it invaluable.
1/56th Scale British MK IV male
On a whim I built this model
Cutting the hulls and building the deckhouses and bridges
Scratchbuilding the 4.7" guns
Additional details
Final paint job and assembly
And then there is the second one
1/200 scale H.M.S. Dauntless
A friend needed a boat built
So I went about it in my usual way
Then I had to paint it (of course)
And I added some detail, just because
The Island of Pinatella
It started with a tiny starfort
Which expanded into an island
Where I scratchbuilt everything
Including the town
Mediterranean/Caribbean Village
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2011/07/news-flash-three-men-build-village-in.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2011/07/painting-town-red-well-actually.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2011/07/battle-of-newville.html
World War One Trenches
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/02/to-blue-foam-beyond.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/02/to-blue-foam-beyond-part-ii-shell-holes.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/02/to-blue-foam-beyond-part-iia-revetments.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/03/to-blue-foam-beyond-part-iib-more.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/03/to-blue-foam-beyaond-part-iic-enough.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2014/08/meanwhile-back-at-ranch.html
The Dramatic Hills
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/03/dramatic-hills-from-blue-foam.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/03/death-of-old-friend.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/03/too-much.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/03/decidedly-less-dramatic-hills.html
And the less dramatic dunes
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/07/quick-but-dull-hills.html
The Ork Temple
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/03/more-silliness-with-blue-board.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/03/still-more-silliness-with-blue-board.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/04/blueboard-silliness-nearing-completion.html
The Armored Cruiser
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/05/going-in-whole-new-direction-with-blue.html
https://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/05/28mm-armoired-cruiser-planks-and.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/06/arming-armored-cruiser.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/06/28mm-armored-cruiser-detail-details.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/06/armored-cruiser-further-details.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/06/armored-cruiser-railings-and-rivets.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/06/armored-cruiser-deck-guns-and-portholes.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/06/armored-cruiser-commissioned-at-last.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/06/things-have-gone-completely-to-hull.html
The Protected Cruiser
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/07/protected-cruiser-scratchbuilt.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/07/protected-cruiser-almost-finished.html
The Torpedo Gunboat
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/07/28mm-torpedo-gunboat-nearly-done.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/07/28mm-torpedo-gunboat-completed.html
The 75' Coast Guard picket boat aka "Six Bitter"
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/07/six-bitters-and-prohibition.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2012/08/six-bitters-completed-well-two-at-least.html
Makin' Mektown
http://webleedzgreen.blogspot.com/2012/05/makin-mektown.html
The Panther/Nemesis Saga, or how a small project got entirely out of hand and ended up generating two boats instead of one small one.
The Tramp Steamer
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2014/10/this-time-it-was-on-purpose-28mm-tramp.html?showComment=1412626774441#c8079099736442829593http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2014/10/painted-tramp-in-28mm.html
http://antonswargame.blogspot.com/2014/10/oh-she-is-dirty-tramp.html
The Dupuy de Lome (sort of)
Rivets
The Accidental Battleship
Fort Matanzas, a real scale model for once!
Let's Build a Pirate Ship
(and other Reckless Diversions)

The Frontier Fort of Kelnore
Way too long at sea; Another tramp steamer
SMS BLITZ

A Pair of Gunboats
The Starfort
The Aztec Temple
The Kearsarge
Tutorial on how to make your own; any size, any shape
Painting and flocking the bases
The Keep
CSA Ironclad
Union Monitor
The Ruins of Remagen
The Coliseum
The Hexagonal Tower
The Afghan Village
A 15mm Sconce
That looks really good! Have you tried using foam core with designs already on it? Check out this they do custom prints so you can get some intricate designs. I feel like getting some rivets printed on to the ship hull would look awesome.
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