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[Tony Marlow]

Hi Everyone
Does anyone know if http://www.hartmanmodelboats.com is still in business. I have been looking to build a 1/6 Monterey Clipper as my next project. The one they advertise on the website looks just the job but I cannot get any response from them. I don't know if its a temporary(three week)glitch or they are out of business. I tried their sister site but got no response from there either.
Maybe there is an alternative that someone can point me in the right direction of.


Thanks
Tony M

[Pat Matthews]

As answered on the other site, still quite in business, just a new ordering process, listed on main page.


p.s., my Monterey Clipper reference site:
https://montereyclippers.wordpress.com/ (non-commercial, just info!)

[Tony Marlow]

Thanks Pat.
I was still hoping to find an alternative hull nearer to home as they are similar to the fishing vessels of the Med of that era. I guess they are just not so popular in this part of the world. 

[Pat Matthews]

There are lots of plans on my site...

[steamboatmodel]

The guys are busy saving a lot of the old one man shop companies.
HARTMAN MODEL BOATS is a division of LOYALHANNA DOCKYARD[font=] [/font]
And  a sister company to:
[color=&#38]TAUBMAN PLANS[/color]
STAUBITZ OF BUFFALO
BURCHETT HULLS
CHARACTER SHIP MODELS
DYNAMIC MODELS
DROMEDARY
I hope they add Microglass to there list.
Gerald.

[Tony Marlow]

Thanks Pat.
The ST Erina at 30ft will scale nicely to just over 1.5mtrs.

I am currently building a motor. Roughly to scale to start with to make sure everything functions correctly and I get a working engine. When I have that done I want to adjust the design to bring it as close as possible to the Hicks engine in the level of detail. The prototype engine is here http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/showthread.php?t=26834 as you will see there is a lot of detail to get right for the final engine but that will take a bit of time to work on some castings. Thats assuming I get this one to work the way I would like.


So I have a bit of time to decide how to approach the Monterey build. Whether to scratch build or buy the hull.