Fantasy build list.....

[Tug--Kenny]

Here a snap shot of the drawings that I have.

I'm away to the printers now. Anyone want a copy ? Don't know the price yet as it's dependant on size.

Cheers

Ken


 

[Talisman]

Ken they look like superb plans, I am almost excited enough to go out to the shed and clear an area for another project, but its cold and the wife might just blow a fuse
But in time, once the plans are in the house i can loose them in an ever growing pile of to do stuff, I will certainly being making a Columba model!
Regards,
Kim

[Tug--Kenny]

Had em copied today. Did a print run of three. Not bad price either. £4 per set. I also had one copy made at 50% larger so what scale that is I don't know, but the model would be bigger than me .

Your is in the post, Kim, so contain yourself ... there is a post strike on you know.   

cheers

Ken

 

[Talisman]

Brilliant Ken thanks for doing that.
Let me know where  to send a cheque and payable to.
Thanks,
Kim

[Mercury]

For what it is worth;

1947 Waverley
1931 Jeanie Deans - 1946/7 condition although I am tempted by prewar
1890 Duchess of Hamilton
1924(?) Glen Gower
1897 Juno

non paddler

1936 St Clair
1947 Tynwald
1903 Duchess of Argyll (same hull as DoH so an easy cheat!)
1970 Iona
1947 Loch Seaforth

I think drawings are available for all of these apart from the Loch Seaforth - the NMM have lost the hull lines.

Funny - the same paddlers keep cropping up! I'm a bit surprised at the popularity of the first DoH.

[djcf]

Mercury, The first DoH is a beauty in my eyes, she is one on my list that will definetly get done one day.
I have shipyard plans for MV Iona 1970, General arrangement & decks, on one sheet, I think 1:96 ratio, would have to dig them out & check. No lines unfortunately.
Let me know if you ever need a copy

Clark

[Talisman]

Ken.
Many thanks for getting the drawings to me so quickly.
The wife was out this morning so i managed to get them directly to the building area without any questions.
Now i just got to think of an excuse for having 2 builds on the go, its not a hull you could just say was lying about 

Thanks again Ken i Really do appreciate it.
Kim,

P.S.
Let me know where to send a cheque.

[Tug--Kenny]

Kim

PM sent

ken

[Talisman]

Doing my bit for the environment this eve  (Don't ask how many sheets of paper i used )
I blew Ken's drawings up to 1:48.
She looks like shes going to be a cracker!
Regards
Kim

[Tug--Kenny]

I've got mine on ONE sheet ......


It is a beauty isn't it. I'll let you make one first

What length did she come out at, please. I want to see if I got it right , so I'm not saying at this stage 

Glad your pleased.

Ken




 

[derekwarner_decoy]

Hi PD's.....Ken...in OZ we have the OZ-o-Calc machine    .which is basically a retractable piece of unstreached string...as simple things like tape measures have not been invented yet 

So my rough guess from the scrunched up plan as presented by Talisman [I blew Ken's drawings up to 1:48] = 6.25 foot...or 6' & 3" .....or there abouts  .....Derek

[Mercury]

Bit of a cross thread here. I too remember the Columba model Kim. Bit of a brute to transport though. The height of the funnels always looked a bit high - they do on this drawing as well. Not really surprising as she had three different sets of funnels during her 58 year career. Looking likely that some of the current Calmac boats might get to these ages due to lack of funding for replacements - who mentioned the Jupiter / Pentalina B...
 
Thanks for the offer of drawings Clark for the Iona. I think all the drawings including the lines are available from Glasgow University archives or the Ballast Trust so I should be OK.

Just finishing off some university work today and will then be able to get on with my Waverley. Writing essays after a 12 year gap is a pain in the neck!! I hope to update my build thread in the next few days.

[Talisman]

Hi Ken.
My enlargement sizes-
LOA = 79 inch giving the real ship a length of 316ft

Actual ship was 301.4ft so drawing should be 75.35inch?
To be honest the drawing as is will do me I'm not about to get fussed about the 4 inches or so.

I have also slightly increased the enlargement % over the width to give her a little more stability.

As for building her .... watch this space!

Bit of a cross thread here. I too remember the Columba model Kim. Bit of a brute to transport though. The height of the funnels always looked a bit high - they do on this drawing as well.

She should be a little easier to transport than my current project  

Kim

[lner]

For what it is worth, my fantasy list:
1) PS Bunyip - 1857 Centre Wheeler (have created my own very rough plans by dragging through the little that is known about the vessel)
2) DEPV Talisman - 1935 (LNER connection)
3) PS Marion
4) PS Coonawarra

Non Paddlers
1) Miss England - 1928 Harmsworth Trophy Powerboat (Actually have the plans)
2) SS Vienna - 1929 (LNER again)
3) SS Accrington - 1910 (ex GCR cross chanel steamer)

[sandystrone]

Re MacBraynes COLUMBA, there is a build article about her in the MODEL BOATS magazine of August 2002 for a working  model that comes out at only 25 inches long.