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[Turnberry]

I have just come bye a hull for the steam gunboat grey goose. Scale is 1/48 & its made or styrene I think. Also with it are 2 sheets of plasticard with deck & various cabin parts marked out & numbered, lastly a single resin funnel. It also came with 2 large plan sheets, which are very detailed with external & internal & are also in 1/48 scale. Does anyone know the origin of this model?

[Shipmate60]

Its a Sirmar Semi-Kit

Bob

[Turnberry]

Thats interesting because I thought it may be but when I called them, they said they did not think it was  it was. so I guess it must be a very early one.

[Shipmate60]

Sirmar used to do this Steam Gunboat and a 48th Scale Fleet Tender, both now not in production.
But Paul Beckley has sold Sirmar to Paul Simpson.

Bob

[Bunkerbarge]

Now I'm not 100% sure if this is the same model but here are a couple of snaps of a recently completed steam gunboat model by one of the lads at Kirklees.  I couldn't say for ceratin what the origins are but I do know it was a plastic kit so it may well be the same one you have. 


If any of the Kirklees lads see this and can help I'm sure they will otherwise I'll have a chat with the owner on Sunday at the pond.

[Turnberry]

Nice pictures, the hull has a very high gloss finish with no ports or raised band around the hull that you can see in those pictures, also the transom looks nice a square. Mine is a little rounded as you find on these type of mouldings. Sirmar have supplied some fittings for my MMS so I will get back onto them for some fittings for this one.