A couple of folks e-mailed about my moving boat on lake. Here is a brief video and some pictures.
The lake is made out of a four by eight foot piece of 5 mm luann paneling cut to shape: a full eight feet long and maximum of 39 inches wide. Six inches under it there is a platform with an O-27 loop with a BEEP which has a honking big neodymium magnet Gorilla-taped to its roof. The boats are made of cardstock (manila folders) and very light (the one in the video weighs less than 2.5 oz) and have a very small magnet in the bow.
This is the boat in the video . . .
Most popular with visitors in this one, a model of my youngest boys ski boat and his fiance' skiing behind it.
I have some sailboats and a big cabin cruiser, too, but this is my favorite. It is made from manila folder paper, too, a 1:48 scale model a Fairey Marine Huntress 23, the boat that James Bond and Tatiana Romonova use to make their getaway in From Russia with Love.