Model Boat Mayhem
The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Working Vessels => Topic started by: Cam Watterson on January 03, 2011, 11:09:27 pm
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Based on my great uncles first boat Maid of Erin CT.116 which he had in the 40s, built by J.Nobles Fraserburgh.
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Cam,
Looking good :-)). Keep it going and post more pic's.
Mark
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i haven't done much on her recently
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i found a couple of pics of her, putting stringers on and the first time on the water.
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pics of her sailing at the lake are soon to follow in the next couple of days
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Nice job! :-))
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another great build, Cam...........just take care in those Irish sea waters, now.
neil.
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Nice One
I like the staining on the hull, proper job :-)), an Orion mouldings hull?, I have one in the back of the shed, might just dig it out and make a start on her. Got a few projects on the go just yet though. What base coat did you use before staining.
Bosun
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thanks guys, Bosun this is a Models by Design hull shes only 20 inch long, i got the one from Orion Mouldings aswell thats one much bigger, the base coat is humbrol its like a beige colour, i'll get the number for it later. we wanted scrumble but no where had any. thanks guys :-))
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Bosun the base coats number is 94 (brown yellow) and the wood stain, first i coated her in medium oak, then to darken it jacobien oak and then a final coat of clear gloss for the shine. also leave each coat of varnish for a week or at least a few days to let it harden because we put a strip of masking tape on to do the water line and it took the varnish off.
by the way this boat stears perfectly astern, i've never seen a boat like it, i can do a whole lap of the lake and dock it into a little harbour astern, we think its because of the pointed stern.
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(http://s1.postimage.org/10oicinb8/boats_harry_0013.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/10oicinb8/)
HI CAM WATTERSON, nice build looks like fife fishing boat wich i builtusing JIM POLLINGER plan,
my steers on rails going aft good sreering boat well done again LARRY......
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Hy Cam
Thanks for the heads up on the colours, :-)) I used to work an 18 foot double bower, with a few hundred yards of trammel net, hauling on the stern quarter no problem on your own, could,nt do it with a transom job, took two of us to haul as the boat wanted to go where it wanted, not to clever in a bit of a sea. Thinking of doing the same paint job on the deckhousing of my Boston Typhoon when I get round to it.
Bosun
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thanks Larry, your fife looks excellent, youve done a brilliant job with her. not a problem Bosun, i'm starting at the queenie trawling soon and then scallop dredging in the winter.
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towing the dredge
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Hy Cam
Gotta say I really like this little boat, you,ve done a great job on her :-))
Bosun
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that's a real cracker, cam...........you must be very proud of her........what's next on the slipway.
neil.
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cheers fellas, yes i am very proud of her. next on the slipway Neil is the Heather Maid CT.81 http://www.trawlerphotos.co.uk/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49162&title=heather-maid-ct-81&cat=725
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Hy Cam
That,ll be an interesting build, what hull you going to base her on. I have put a short video on youtube ... Working Model Trawler.... I had to put a swinging arm on her to try and get the lift, but she towed alright and the spread on the gear was better than the video shows. The Cygnus 33 ( Maiden Voyage of my Cygnus 33) is mine as well. Keep us posted on the new build.
Bosun
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the hull i'm using is the ringnetter hull from orion mouldings because of the large stern
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heather maid b good cam, what era from? shes had a few alterations and colours, make the 8 aside queenie dredges like ive got for the Amant aswell
(http://s1.postimage.org/ks8ta64k/Image023.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/ks8ta64k/)
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same as the photo in the link i was thinking Darren. want to make her from a time when Al had her. at the moment im making up a queenie net for the cygnus that ive got, putting the chafeing gear on ( the little bits of orange twine are taking ages ) want to find some mats to put on her now lol http://www.trawlerphotos.co.uk/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=50115&title=scorpion-27s-net&cat=500 thats the net i'm doing
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the 1 i have on the our lass/amant is a queenie trawl with a longer tunnel, used tap washers and rubber bushes for the hoppers , connected to footrope with chain link i, made trawl up same way as a real 1, no mats on it tho, roof felt you could use for mats or find some thin rubber
(http://s4.postimage.org/14c3308dg/P1010125.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/14c3308dg/)
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finished it now. found some off cuts of black leather, painted the underside black and tied them on to the net. the only problem now is i dont the the net will fit on the net drum cos of all the chafing gear and the mats
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sorry i meant to say i dont think the net will fit on the net drum
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few shots of the Maid of Erin with the prawn gear on
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photo of the real one and the model with the scallop setup
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one more of the prawn setup, might have a few more somewhere
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last few photos
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Cam if that is a 20inch hull from models by design --i built the plug based on 2 boats 40 feet built in nobles of girvan in 1949 They were the Janet Lang last known as Lupin in Falmouth and the other is Mispah now in Southern Ireland=charlie
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aye it is Charlie, cracking little hull, suited her perfect, mind the real one was built at J. Noble's Fraserburgh in 1948, wouldn't mind a hull for my granddads boat the Village Maid, slightly different shape to this one though, hint hint, hahaha
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Igave Andy the plug in exchange for four hulls ==I do have another hull 38feet trawler that can be used as a plug if someone cares to tackle that=this plug is very heavy must have thought it was the real thing i was building
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do you have any photos of it Charlie?
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no it is just lying in a shed unfinished
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is it based on any particular boat?
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no boat just out of my head--probably used frames from other models
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I just got a kit for a little steel under 10m boat, but they forgot to put the plans in so waiting for them, they sent them to me on email so I could get a look at it, should make a decent model, I changed the plans for myself, so i'll hopefully get a start on that soon, but im thinking on getting a shed to do all my model boat stuff in, save going up to my granddads house to use his workshop