Topic: Fishing Boat fenders (Read 3311 times)

Capt Podge · « **on:** February 07, 2009, 11:43:13 pm »

Anyone got any ideas for making fenders of the "pear-shaped" variety ?

I was thinking of maybe using a marble or lead-shot, cover with appropriate colour of heat-shrink then harden the sharp end off to drill a hole through to accept the cordage.

bosun · « **Reply #1 on:** February 07, 2009, 11:51:03 pm »

Hy Capt Podge
I dont know if you have a Hobby Craft shop near you, but they sell balls made of wood or styrene, in various sizes, the ones on my scratch built fishing boat are the wood type drilled with a 1/8 bit, then I pushed a split pin into the hole leaving it sticking out about 3/8 to half inch, and finished off the neck with Das clay that goes hard when set. Then I painted the ball red and the neck blue. I will post some pics tommorrow if you want to see them
Bosun

Capt Podge · « **Reply #2 on:** February 08, 2009, 12:04:53 am »

Hey Bosun,

That sounds like a good'n. Never thought about using a split-pin.
Yes please to the photos.
I've never heard of Das clay - I'll make some enquiries in local stores - and thanks for the info

toptugger · « **Reply #3 on:** February 08, 2009, 01:43:35 am »

bosun..could you post those pics please, i have the same sort of problem trying to make pear shaped buoys

cheers toptugger

bosun · « **Reply #4 on:** February 08, 2009, 11:13:30 am »

Hy Guys
Here are the pics, they are a little blurry, but I think you will get the general idea. The balls are made of wood, aprox 1,inch round but you can get other sizes, and also in polystyrene, you can use Easylight/ Plastic Padding for the neck, and the loop at the top is 1/8 split pin. The boat is a bit dusty as its on the shelf in the workshop.
Hope this helps.
Bosun

Capt Podge · « **Reply #5 on:** February 08, 2009, 01:33:40 pm »

That's it Bosun ! Just what I was looking for, thanks again for the help and them fenders in the photos look very realistic

DavieTait · « **Reply #6 on:** February 08, 2009, 03:59:40 pm »

Capt Podge · « **Reply #7 on:** February 08, 2009, 04:32:45 pm »

Thanks for the update Davie, I've just had a glance at your website, looks like a good source for us modellers. I'll get a better look around later

DavieTait · « **Reply #8 on:** February 08, 2009, 04:51:28 pm »

For a model based on anything smaller than 36-40ft real size the buoys would be ok as there are quite a few boats using them at that size ( but mostly those real boats are almost all GRP ones as wood and steel boats are a lot heavier ).

When the bigger boats take the tires back onboard they normally lift them over the top rail ( leaving the rope outside tied to the bottom of the stanchion ) and are tied using the rope to the middle horizontal rail. A few of the new boats unhitch the ropes and tie all of the tires up near the bow out of the way of the wires and gear though so for modelings sakes there isn't really that much to go wrong.

If anyone is building a model of a boat bigger than 110ft ( Large whitefish trawlers , search for Viking Monarch or Atlantic Challenge for an example as these are 40m long ) they don't carry fenders at all as all of the ports they use have extensive quay side fenders ( very large tractor tires ) chained to the quay. The largest boats in the fleet , the big pelagic boats over 40m , use a tube shaped fender ( one forrard of midships one on the quarter ) of around 15ft in length and 6-8ft in diameter over both sides.

bosun · « **Reply #9 on:** February 08, 2009, 05:10:59 pm »

Hy Davie
I agree with you that the larger vessels would indeed use tyres as fenders, I posted my reply to the question about fenders of the pear shaped variety, hence the pics of that sort. On my Boston Typhoon and my Peggy I have used tyres.The model of the boat in the pics is based on a 26ft crabber type boat, and she was berthed in a river on a swinging mooring. she had no need for the tyre type fenders as the only thing that came alongside was a 16ft Plymouth pilot that was used to ferry myself and my Mrs back and forth. The fenders also came in handy as pot markers. Great photo,s on your site, looked at them many times.
Bosun

craftysod · « **Reply #10 on:** February 14, 2009, 01:57:50 pm »

Bosun
can we see some full pics of your boat,and what length,is the model
thanks
Mark

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