Advice Needed

[James FranksParticipant @jamesfranks69872]

Hi everyone, hope someone can help me.

 After my grandad passed away we cleared his house and I found this

Asked a mate who’s in the know and he says it’s an unusual type of model. Made of balsawood and powered, it’s made by a company called PBM. I’ve looked into them on the internet but can’t find anything about them.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 Many Thanks

Jamie

[Tony HadleyParticipant @tonyhadley]

Hi James,

PBM (Patrick Blunt Models) no longer exist. They offered a few kits, I remember building one in the mid 80’s. The most popular model kit they manufactured was an Edwardian Paddle Steamer. This was a lovely kit, 33" long, which in common with a lot of smaller paddlers, suffered stability problems. Nevertheless they still bring a good price when the appear on ebay.

Do you plan to build your kit?

Tony.

[dave allenParticipant @daveallen30531]

hi james its a nicely packaged kit basic but pleasant, thanks for sending it

dave allen

[Wendy BogackiParticipant @wendybogacki82920]

can any one help me ive got a model ship called the zwarte zee ive had it about 5 years the couple i bourght it of said it was ther grandads and he built it / its 2feet 6inches long i paid 30 pound for it was thinking of selling it but dont know any history about the ship can any one help me many thanks to you all from peter

[Vinnie BraniganParticipant @vinniebranigan92297]

Is it Peter or Wendy?   Do we really want to go into that?

[dave allenParticipant @daveallen30531]

hi wendy/peter the zwarte zee was a model kit made by Billings,originally it was a wood hull (plank on frame) but is still available today with an ABS (Plastic hull) from most model shops at around the £100 mark (no vinnie thats not another name!)

the model was of a 1960s ocean going tug from the Smit fleet in Holland.

Dave Allen

[James FranksParticipant @jamesfranks69872]

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