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[DavieTait]

Scratch built model of the ill fated Hull freezer trawler St Finbarr. I've contacted the seller but he's not selling the plans seperatelly.
This is one model i'd love to have built.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=6053476311&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT

One day I WILL build a decent sized stern trawler model just got to get my scratch building skills improved thats all.

Davie

[Red_Hamish]

Hello all, Davie in the past couple of issues of Model Shipwright, I can't remember which one, Jim Pottinger had a drawing published of a stern trawler which was very well detailed and would make a fine model. I'll rake it out and let you know which one it was. If I remember correctly it was latterly converted to a Grampian boat.

cheers

Jim

[DavieTait]

Jim I think that was either the Grampian Warrior ( or City or Chieftan ) or the Clarkwood , one of the 117ft stern trawlers that fished out of Aberdeen in the 1970's thru to 1990 when the 3 Grampian boats were converted into Oil-rig Saftey and Rescue vessels.

I'll give Jim Pottinger an Email and ask him.

Davie Tait

[ron h]

To me it does not look like a very hard model to build, the thing with scratchbuilding, if you never try ,you will never know.ron h

[DavieTait]

Ron thats the problem i've only ever scratch built tanks for wargamming up till now and they're only 8-10" long !!

I've still to get my shed emptied out ( storing stuff for a mate of mine till he gets a house sorted out ) so I can set up all my power tools ( got a bench drill , scroll-saw , heaps of power drills , jigsaws , etc only need a small lathe now ) and get cracking with building the 6 hulls i've got along with the 8 kits i've got( into really small scale r/c just now means its easy for me to use them due to having 2 disks gone in my back ).

Davie ( still wondering just wot the flippin eck i've let myself in for lol )

[ron h]

Best of luck, ron h

[aston]

Jim Pottinger's plans for Finnbarr are in my Model Boats plan catalogue as MM1342, drawn at 1:48 scale, model size 53" x 9.25", on 3 sheets giving bodylines, GA and bridge / gantry details.  I suspect it's still avaliable, give them a ring.

Aston

[DavieTait]

Cheers Aston i'll have a look online see if I can get hold of a copy.

Davie