Post #224179 by Hau 'oli Tiki on Fri, Mar 31, 2006 9:53 AM

We are constructing a Pirate ship in the back yard. It's made to look like it wrecked on the sandy beach (back 1/2). I'm trying to find something to use as siding that's not super $ (T&G would run high). Any ideas? I was kinda thinking about the lapboard at the HD, in fact, they have it labeled ship's lap board. But not set on that yet. Wanted you's guy's input first.

ALSO...while I'm pickin yer brains....

We're also making a tall tiki waterfall. Think Skull Mountain. I wanted to get a big metal culvert. Sink it into the ground. Transform it into a "natural" looking tiki carved from a mountain kind of a thing. With the water splashing out of the top, eyes, mouth, etc...
Where would I find a culvert pipe? How deep should it be sunk into the ground? How do I get the water to not only fall out the top, but out the eyes/mouth? With out it just falling straight back down to the bottom/cistern? I am envisioning some sort of system of "ramps" inside to divert/direct the water. Or maybe just pipe it? I need water proof lighting inside so it glows red at night. I have worked w/ electricity/water before, but I'm just trying to figure the schematics here. I am probably going to use CapoTiki's system of chicken wire and colored cement for the outside faux rock surface. Should I use plain ole cement? Anyone tried Plasticrete?

SO....any ideas from you brilliant bunch? Much thanks from this noggin scratcher!