Model Boat Mayhem
The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Working Vessels => Topic started by: barryfoote on June 20, 2009, 09:38:42 am
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I have for some time now been building a model of the Diesel Tug Craig, from 1924. She was a wooden tug, built for the Craig Brothers Marine Railway Company, in Norfolk, Virginia.
The model will be totally scratch built. Having never made a fiberglass hull before, I found Craig in the Model Boats, Tug and Warship Special, which had a superb article by John Parker from Australia, to whom I am very grateful.
I had two basic criteria for this model. To learn skills never previously used and to do the whole thing on as tight a budget as possible as we are in the middle of a recession and spare cash is at a premium these days.
The first thing was to order the plans, drawn up by Mr. Parker and sold through http://www.myhobbystore.com/
This done, I obtained 3mm liteply, some polyester resin, matting and some balsa sheeting. That lot kept me busy for a while and the results are shown below.
When it comes to building some of the fittings I may well need plenty of advise....so stand by! :-) :-)
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Some more detail shots..The galley fittings are only half height as the deck is raised to afford more internal room in the hull.
More as and when I make some progress.
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Excellent Barry, glad you took my advice and put your build on here, saves looking all over the web.
Your skills are obviously boundless, nice job. :-))
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Nice job Barry, keep up with the good work (and the pics of course)
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Thanks guys....and to bring me right up to date a couple of the galley fittings in place. When finished not much will be visisble, apart from through the windows, so no need to go mad on detail.
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Nice work Barry, looking good.
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I have not done anything on Craig for about a year but have got started again recently. I have added the window frames, from 1mm x 2.5 mm lime planks and made up a couple of doors. The odd shape is down to camera distortion.
The oddly shaped photo does show the internal electrics layout, which while I accept they are antique, do at least work a treat. I am considering the new sound system from ACtion and one of Marks smokey thingies to in as well.
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A great 'Classic' Tug :-)) :-)) :-)) :-))
Nice to get back in the workshop, huh?
Mike
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Always Mike, always!!
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:-)) :-)) :-))
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Nice build your doing Footski :-)
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Nice Barry....very nice indeed. Clever old boy, ain't you.....
Rich
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Cheers Guys. i will post more as and when progress is made....i do not want to bore you all!! :-) :-) %% %% %%
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Cheers Guys. i will post more as and when progress is made....i do not want to bore you all!! :-) :-) %% %% %%
Bore us all you like, Barry, I enjoy seeing your work O0
It's good to hear that work has restarted on Craig, I was beginning to think you had abandoned it %)
Peter.
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looks great , always nice to see what somebody with some talent and skills can do .
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thanks for the kind words...Work is progressing, although rather slowly at the moment. Still working on the superstructure.. :-))