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For the last two years I have taken pictures of a Lake Superior fishing boat, long out of service, but preserved in a park in Two Harbors, MN. I have done my own scale drawings of smaller ships and cars before, so am familiar with photography to minimize distortion. My intent is to make scale drawings and then build a model. I believe boat is about 60 feet long, so would make a great model in 1:36, 1:35, or 1:72 scale. An accompaning placard gives history and major dimensions, so I did not have to get out my tape measure. It is a typical great lakes fisherman, completely enclosed, no open deck. I'll post a couple of pics if anyone interested.
Don Stauffer in Minnesota
I will watch with interest.
You're right. My limit is about 36" for static models. I mentioned 1/35 with R/C in mind. I had seen plans for a vessel something like what you describe (barge with a wheelhouse) on a website where some of my plans came from. I just looked at it, and as luck would have it, it's been hacked. You might want to check back on it occasionally to see if it's been fixed.
http://www.freeshipplans.com/
Nautical Society of Oregon Model Shipwrights
Portland Model Power Boat Association
Some of those look pretty big for 1:35 scale. If it were an RC model that is one thing. I don't think I'd like to build a non-operating model much bigger than about two feet, though.
One subject I would love to build I am sure you would not have plans for. I have intended for several years to draw my own plans, but I have misplaced my pictures of the craft. It was a general working scow belonging to a company that did construction work around harbors and marinas, and was obviously home-built.
It was built on a barge, had a pilothouse and engine compartment with a small engine. There was a very small crane, maybe one salvaged from a tow truck but on a simple homemade turntable. Slapped on coat of paint and lots of dents, rust, and weathering!
Here are representative photos of some of the models for which I have plans. Sorry for the quality; best I can do; this is just to give a idea. There are 4 additional sets of plans I'm not showing here at present, because of the difficulty of editing images representative of the models. I'll get to them later. BTW, I'll send the complete set of any of these to you via email on request.
Calypso
Columbia
Consul_Pust
Guzelhisar
Hermes
Joffre
Lilka
Strongbow
USCG Buoy Tender
Don Stauffer Were you thinking of a single ship, or related class? In ships of that era, why POB? Why not leave hull construction open to modeler.
Were you thinking of a single ship, or related class? In ships of that era, why POB? Why not leave hull construction open to modeler.
Don,
I'm not stuck on any particular subject. As I mentioned, I have some preferences, but other than subject type, period, and scale, I'm flexible. Concerning POB (or POF), it's what I do, and for a group build where we're helping each other in progress, it seems to me we should be all on the same track.
But bottom line, lets negotiate.
My daughter's going on vacation back west so finally I'm having her empty my storage in Oregon and I can setup my modeling shop here in Missouri. I have about a month's work left to finish my bunker boat, then I'm after another project.
There may be limited interest in Wooden POB Scratch builds in this forum, but I'd like to propose one, subject to be determined. My preference is always for late 19th - early 20th century non-military working vessels in around 1/35 scale. Other than that I'm open to any suggestions. I have a dozen or so sets of plans, which I would be glad to provide, but they would be suitable for advanced modelers since they are annotated in languages other than English. Or we could use others. I would also prefer plans that would yield an R/C capable model, but with detail that would be appropriate for static display.
I'm proposing this early because it will take some time to identify participants, choose a subject by concensus, and obtain plans. If we can identify as few as 3 (or more?) participants I would be glad to go ahead with it. After the first response to this I'll post here again with a list of plan sets that I already have.
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