Topic: Models By Design fishing boats? (Read 15933 times)

offshore1987 · « **on:** May 21, 2008, 11:49:10 pm »

Hi peeps, Does anyone have or has seen one running? Its the 1:12 scale and 32 inch by 12 beam that iv seen for sale, i dont think M,B,D make it anymore from what i can see on there site, im not sure if i should go for this or maybe buy a new model and build it from them

If anyone has seen one going then please say :)

P.S this is the one witht he wheel house at the bow :) which is fixed down with 4 screws and has the wood caping and the rear A frame

All the best

Any help would be ace

offshore1987 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 22, 2008, 01:49:15 am »

Hi again, this is the real fishing boat of the model im on about http://www.findafishingboat.com/detail.php?aid=11154

If anyone has any info on it then please let me know :)

all the best

ray123 · « **Reply #2 on:** May 22, 2008, 07:03:41 am »

hi offshore 1987 that be a cygnus 32 ive built a cygnus gm 33 a much better boat at 1;16th scale 24inch long 10/half inch beam mine got working radar / lights & trawl winch models by design do's the gm 33 in 1;12th scale as well regards ray

Bradley · « **Reply #3 on:** May 22, 2008, 10:10:30 am »

I have seen Ray's fishing boat and it is an absolute cracker (as are all of his models). I have the hull and deck mouldings, etc., for this boat which I bought from David Metcalf (Metcalf Mouldings), some time ago when I was a member of the same club as David (Hertford). I have yet to start on this one but I have lots of photos of Ray's boat as inspiration. These hulls are among several that Metcalf Mouldings sold fairly recently to Models By Design.
Derek.

Guy Bagley · « **Reply #4 on:** May 22, 2008, 11:41:11 am »

i think these were the hulls that David at Metcalfe aquired after the originator ( ivor Broughton) from norwich area ceased trading as 'Boats and models' .......

he did several similar style of boats, several cygnus boat designs...

Bradley · « **Reply #5 on:** May 22, 2008, 12:48:06 pm »

You are dead right there, Guy.

Derek.

offshore1987 · « **Reply #6 on:** May 22, 2008, 02:42:10 pm »

Thanks very much for the info guys

So ray you think the 12 scale of yours would handel better than the 32 maybe? Iv never seen one of these boats running before so its abit hard to pick lol

The 32 up for sale was £170 something its got a motor and a servo plus deck is already stuck down, the wood capin is on and it had a 6v batt, i kinda felt it was to light for some reason but i guess there aint alot of hull in the water ::) Im thinkin maybe it might be better to buy a new one then of the 12 slace of yours ray :-\

its going to be for my dad and i know he wanted to fit a winch and things so maybe it will be better to build that in while buildin the boat

Ta again

Faraday's Cage · « **Reply #7 on:** May 22, 2008, 03:25:38 pm »

ray111,

Any chance of a few photos of your cygnus up close. I'm been considering one for my next project since seen them last year on the show circuit.
FC.

Bradley · « **Reply #8 on:** May 22, 2008, 04:31:09 pm »

FC,
If you let me have your email address I will let you have the photos that I have of Ray's fishing boat. I'm sure he won't mind me doing this. I presume that you are on broadband as I have 7 or 8 photos.

Derek.

offshore1987 · « **Reply #9 on:** May 22, 2008, 05:17:29 pm »

Marine Modelling in the feb 2008 has a write up of what they are callin the cygnus sf33 ( though its infact the gm33 )

If you have the mag might be worth having alook :)

I really wish they made one thats 40+ inchs then it would be super fantastic imo... of the gm40 or the sf33

All the best

Guy Bagley · « **Reply #10 on:** May 22, 2008, 05:56:49 pm »

there are boats bigger than 40 inches...

Guy Bagley · « **Reply #11 on:** May 22, 2008, 05:59:10 pm »

i also have pictures of ray's boat taken at dabblers and also at hop farm shows, if you want them i am sure ray would not mind if i forward them

Faraday's Cage · « **Reply #12 on:** May 22, 2008, 06:16:44 pm »

Thanks for the offers guys,

Bradley, you have mail

Offshore, I'll check out MMM Feb 2008 (got it somewhere here :-\)

Guy, sending you a PM

Cheers, FC

offshore1987 · « **Reply #13 on:** May 22, 2008, 06:34:58 pm »

Quote from: Guy Bagley on May 22, 2008, 05:56:49 pm

there are boats bigger than 40 inches...

Where abouts lol, cant find any :( its the inshore kind i after but over 40" would be ace, maybe like 10th scale if that works out over 40"

Bradley · « **Reply #14 on:** May 22, 2008, 09:02:20 pm »

A further thought occurs to me and that is to have a word with Models By Design and see if he is prepared to mould a larger hull, deck, etc. as I am told that he does all his own moulding. I'm sure that there would be plenty of interest.
It takes me a while to think these days, that is if I manage to think at all.

Derek.

ray123 · « **Reply #15 on:** May 22, 2008, 09:45:32 pm »

hi all ihave only these few photos of my cygnus hope thay are of use ( ihave no probem with you guys sending photos of my boat! 'carry on')
yes my cygnus was from boats & models (norwich) 9years ago i built this one! time gos when your having fun (building boats!!) regards ray

ray123 · « **Reply #16 on:** May 22, 2008, 09:51:01 pm »

hi all just a couple more (the last pic is in the boat shed when i visited cygnus marine in 2005
regards ray

Bradley · « **Reply #17 on:** May 22, 2008, 10:09:37 pm »

I am going to Penryn (next door to Falmouth) for a week at the end of June so I will try to get some more photos of the 1:1 models. I lived near Falmouth for a short time some years ago and know the area fairly well but I will have to dig out Cygnus's address.
Derek.

offshore1987 · « **Reply #18 on:** May 23, 2008, 03:36:54 am »

Quote from: Bradley on May 22, 2008, 09:02:20 pm

A further thought occurs to me and that is to have a word with Models By Design and see if he is prepared to mould a larger hull, deck, etc. as I am told that he does all his own moulding. I'm sure that there would be plenty of interest.
It takes me a while to think these days, that is if I manage to think at all.
Derek.

I did email them some time back, to see if they could build a bigger one but the reply was no lol so i lost intrest in it, but sinse i saw the one in the model shop its kinda pushed me back into having ago with one, i think il wait till me dad gets back from class 1 then have a drive long to there shop/work shop and see what they say, might make them abit more keen to try if we went there and talked about it maybe

though i guess at the end of the its harder to build something bigger, but if they could i would probs buy 2 of them ( one for me and one for my dad )

what id love would be something 40+ inchs i really dont mind even if it turned out to be 50inchs long not sure what scale that would be, but would be a stunning model at that size ( something that wont bob up n down to much ) nice and heavy and will go through a nice chop ( me and me dad both like big and heavy models )

all the best though and stunning pics of your boat

Faraday's Cage · « **Reply #19 on:** May 23, 2008, 06:16:34 am »

Thanks for the photos guys. Much appreciated.
Ray, excellent model, and very "busy". (Plenty to look at). Well done.
FC

ray123 · « **Reply #20 on:** May 23, 2008, 07:03:56 am »

hi bradley it might pay you to phone cygnus first because the owner's have' retired' after 30years (thay might still have the yard open?????) the yard is about a mile ''inland'' if you go on cygnus marine web site there's more info
regards ray

nhp651 · « **Reply #21 on:** May 23, 2008, 12:49:06 pm »

no one answers the phone anymore, and if you leave a message, no one returns it, sorry to say.

tigertiger · « **Reply #22 on:** May 23, 2008, 12:53:19 pm »

Quote from: nhp651 on May 23, 2008, 12:49:06 pm

no one answers the phone anymore, and if you leave a message, no one returns it, sorry to say.

Does that mean the phone still rings?

nhp651 · « **Reply #23 on:** May 23, 2008, 01:15:04 pm »

yes TT,
well it did upto about a month ago, as I was trying to find some info on a fishing boat ( not a cygnus) that they had built the hull for about 15 years ago.
It did ring and asked to leave a message, but no one came back to me.
all assets and moulds have now been sold far and wide, some to scotland and others elsewhere, and nothing now remains down in the southwest, but as I said, the phone still rang out upto a month ago.
I stopped trying after no one came back to me.
cheers,neil.

DavieTait · « **Reply #24 on:** May 23, 2008, 03:45:50 pm »

Unfortunately the man who ran the firm died shortly after selling up which is why there will be no one answering the phone i'm afraid

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