Model Boat Mayhem

Mess Deck: General Section => Model Boating => Topic started by: ajb68 on November 25, 2009, 03:54:44 pm

Title: Can you tell what it is ???
Post by: ajb68 on November 25, 2009, 03:54:44 pm

(http://i967.photobucket.com/albums/ae151/modelfishingboats/frames3.jpg)

So do you know what its going to be when it puts on a few pounds ????
Thought i may be a bit of fun before i square it all up ready for planking

Regards Andy

Title: Re: Can you tell what it is ???
Post by: barryfoote on November 25, 2009, 05:25:13 pm

It's a very flat sided pointy thing with a wobbly keel!! {-) {-) {-) {-) {-) {-)


A yacht of some sort?

Title: Re: Can you tell what it is ???
Post by: DickyD on November 25, 2009, 05:28:51 pm

No idea but there would appear to be some weird frames in it.

Title: Re: Can you tell what it is ???
Post by: Dreadstar on November 25, 2009, 06:00:38 pm

It looks to be around 5'6" long,with a beam of around 6-7",so I'm thinking that it's a naval hull of some kind.It's going to have a really weird shaped stern though. %%

Title: Re: Can you tell what it is ???
Post by: DickyD on November 25, 2009, 06:03:35 pm

Thats what I thought.

Title: Re: Can you tell what it is ???
Post by: ajb68 on November 25, 2009, 06:25:32 pm

(http://i967.photobucket.com/albums/ae151/modelfishingboats/83780744wQhbfL24.jpg)

Its the scottish pelagic trawler JUPITER (ex Altair)

And yes she does have a weird shaped stern , its gonna be fun planking that  O0 :-))

Title: Re: Can you tell what it is ???
Post by: John W E on November 25, 2009, 06:37:42 pm

hi Andy

Are you going to mount the frames on a building board?  or are you going to put the deck on first to hold all the frames square and the keel true?

what you could do is block between the frames and the stern with balsa wood and then plank oer the top of them and then sand n fill with P38 fill - just a thought....

aye
john e
bluebird

Title: Re: Can you tell what it is ???
Post by: ajb68 on November 25, 2009, 07:05:51 pm

The frame will be fixed to a building board to keep it square i think its easier that way and it also makes it harder to launch it out of the workshop when im planking the stern  >>:-( <*< she is a very weird shape at the stern , her transom is barely in the water but i suppose on the real thing a few hundred tons of mackerel would alter that   O0 :-))

Regards Andy

Title: Re: Can you tell what it is ???
Post by: Bryan Young on November 25, 2009, 07:41:24 pm

Quote from: AndyBailey on November 25, 2009, 07:05:51 pm

The frame will be fixed to a building board to keep it square i think its easier that way and it also makes it harder to launch it out of the workshop when im planking the stern  >>:-( <*< she is a very weird shape at the stern , her transom is barely in the water but i suppose on the real thing a few hundred tons of mackerel would alter that   O0 :-))

Regards Andy

Are Mackrerel "Pelagic"? I need educating. BY

Title: Re: Can you tell what it is ???
Post by: das boot on November 25, 2009, 08:27:52 pm

Are there a few hundred tons of mackerel left?



Rich

Title: Re: Can you tell what it is ???
Post by: ajb68 on November 25, 2009, 08:32:04 pm

They go out into the atlantic after them ,on one episode of the trawlermen the Lunar Bow had 500 tons for 1 haul on her maiden trip so i guess the answer is yes but for how long  {:-{

Regards Andy

Title: Re: Can you tell what it is ???
Post by: DickyD on November 25, 2009, 08:35:01 pm

Any water in the sea that is not close to the bottom is in the pelagic zone. The word pelagic comes from the Greek πέλαγος or pélagos, which means open sea.

Title: Re: Can you tell what it is ???
Post by: ajb68 on November 25, 2009, 08:39:28 pm

Thanks for that  :-)) have to remember that one , do you think it comes up on quizes very often ? {-)
i knew what Pelagic boats fished for but didnt know the true meaning , learn something new every day  O0

Regards Andy