my veron MFV restoration

This vessel came to me courtosey of a good friend from the previous RCMB forum who found it in a yard sale of sorts







a little research turned this up







and many hours of patient work and some blue air moments she's come out as a really nice model.

I should say so ..

A really tidy ship. Great job. well done.




ken

thanks Kenny it was very pleasing to get her back to this state. she still needs a light switching unit as there are a total of 26 lights on here now that need switching in 4 different groups. I've got plans to get the action 4 way switching unit for this.



The lights are :cabin, bridge/navigation, trawl and deck lights

It's great when old and seemingly broken models get a second chance.
And very nice it is when the result is like this.
Great job Phil

Ole:D

thanks Ole it is indeed very stisfying to be able to give the old girl a second lease of life

smart. very well done that.
love to see old ships being brought back to life.
wish i had your talents

What a lovely looking boat.



Jimmy

thanks for the kind comments lads I'll post some evening shots on the water once I eventually get the lights sorted

Not a shot on the water and there are a couple of lights still to fit but she looks pretty good on the workbench in the dark

Good one Phil. A right tidy job there......

Thanks matey have to say I'm pretty pleased myself with the overall effect can't wait for good enough weather for an evening sail

Looks great mate,about time you got them working lol!

bloody hell Chris thought you'd left the country mate

No just got cut off mate!

Nice job there Phil i'm impressed, makes me wish i had some free time to do some work!

thanks Aron but here's the rub this has only got done because I've suddenly got to much free time unfortunately, such is the life of a self emp joiner seems the industry is having another blip. Does any one want a good joiner

well at last my student skipper (aka her indoors's G/daughter) good weather and a bit of free time around dusk all came together so here's a pic of her with all her lights on plus a video both on the water at last







and a link to the video



https://s292.photobucket.com/albums/mm4/phil-0107/tammara%20B/?action=view¤t=MPG_0003.mp4

smart that. well done.
someone should maybe have a word with the skipper though, bad luck to turn a boat against the sun

Very nice model mate

looks fab that mate and very moody,well done.

thanks for the kind comments lads as for the turn against the sun it would help if a certain 16yr old knew her right from left

Don't you mean port from starboard.!!

Great job Phil, I've a few questions I hope you can help me with though. I won one of these on fleabay for a whopping £4-99 back in the summer but has no prop or shaft and no rudder either, any chance of some sizes for these please and also what motor/battery combination you used. Thanks, Grub.

Hi Grub

Have you posted the correct link there - or is my grey stuff just addled? Either answer would be valid.

Regards Norseman

Hi Norseman, I've not posted a link; that's my signature . If you've had a look through though you've probably realised I'm growing bananas instead of veg .

Oops, having drank the Magic Mead I misunderstood your 'I've bought one of these' comment. Lol that your signature is Bananas - says a lot. I did grow a Banana tree once - boy do they grow fast. Forgot to bring it indoors though and Jack Frost had it.

Regards Norseman

Hi Grub sorry for the delay in answering put it down to a 60hr week and fighting of a dose of Bronchitis I will get out in the shed and photo the relevant details for you before sunday night

Thanks Phil, I'll try and get a pic to stick on of the awful colour scheme it's wearing .

no worries grub as for colour schemes you'd be amazed at what some of these boats had in the real world back in the 60's

It only took me three months but here's the pictures I mentioned
It say's on the stand George F Perkins, now I don't know if that's the makers name or the boats what do you think?

Good grief I owe some one an apology here. Sorry mate totally forgot about this thread.

the prop is a 35mm 3 blade driven by a 385 motor on 7.2v the rudder on mine is the one that was fitted when I got it and the pics give you an idea of size. inside the linkage space is tight yo the rear of the hull and a bit of a challenge



hope this is of some help

Cheers Phil, I bodged it together on Sunday , Jack was desperate to give it a go so I went to Howes and just bought a 385, a light duty prop shaft and 35mm prop and a medium brass rudder. Looks great in the bath (oops,domestic test tank) although there is some water ingress and I can't see where it's coming in, then to top it all off I took him down to Jubilee lake to give it a go and it was frozen solid .

Just had a proper look at the pics of your boat and to my eye she seems to be in very good almost original condition, just a couple of items i see missing, one is the life boats and davits and if you give mark of marks model bits in newport a ring and ask nicely and mention my name, he may still have the masters for the replacement boats he resin cast for me and if i can find time this weekend i'll get a tracing of the davits and the the the other item the haul gallows to send to you they are made from 3mm ply or possibly balsa thats assuming you want to fit them.

one possibility for the water ingress is inadequate grease in the prop shaft tube especially noticable if reversing a lot as i assume you haven't got the same issue i had with mine at 1st with the ply keel de-laminating. solved buy using a syringe to inject epoxy resin then clamping with lots of spring clamps then i coated the inside with grp resin that solved the issue

Thanks Phil, I'll give Mark a ring if you fancy sending me the davit templates, as for the water I think it may be where I drilled for the rudder post; I drilled it and it was largely filler so I lost maybe a little more than I should. You are right though about getting at the rudder post, bit of a bugger with fingers like sausages .

I have always liked these trawlers, nicely proportioned. A pity it is not made any more......


W.

No probs Grub will get on to it fri or sat.

Windy I do believe that drawings are available to make one of these from scratch the only slightly complicated bit really is the bread and butter style hull and even that could easily be fabricated from 1/2" balsa and 1/8th ply, as the original is.

I may even be able to put some drawings together (free of course due to copyright issues) if you fancy a go. the superstructure is all from 1mm and 1.5mm ply

Thanks for the offer Phil but it won't get done for a few years!!!!! At the moment I am working on a 1/12th pilot boat and next on the slipway is a Dromedary class paddle tug followed by a modern 3310 tug followed by an ocean going salvage tug followed by a transport coaster... Ect Ect..........

I reckon I might be able to pencil it in around 2025!!!!!

W..

now where have I heard that before

Jack finally gave his a run out yesterday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkjlJC1UdeQ&context=C32d2dbfADOEgsToPDskLH5iqKcOBE_NTCOz3iPYrk

that looks good Grub if you pm me your address I'll post those templates on tues when I get back from south yorkshire

Wow! Jacks very impressed with his fiver investment, one of these has just gone on e-bay along with a tug for £115-50. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&item=251012638295&nma=true&rt=nc&si=nggu62NvQ6JL1J8AOdyh%252B5vIoik%253D&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

I've been looking at this trawler site lately

http://bostondeepseafishing.com/trawlers.php

and just thought I'd post it up as some vessels are

very similar and might be of interest.

Dave