Narrowboat dimensions

[Jennifer PetkusParticipant @jenniferpetkus61532]

Posted by Andy Hustler on 05/01/2013 18:34:19:

Hi Jen i hope your weather is better than ours at the mo !!! Anyway i was having one of my rare tidy up's and come across Model Boats Magazinefrom November 2002 , this edition has a very nice feature on a narrow boat called Elvin the scale is 1:12 ,42ft in real life , so thats 230mm with a draft of 40mm .The company that makes them is called hobbies and the website is http://www.woodenmodels.com , e mail enquires @hobbies-dereham.co.uk

It is a nicely detailed boat and may be of intrest to you

Good luck and best wishes

Andy from Cardiff

Sorry for the late reply. I've been feeling under the weather while still woking on updating my website, virtualight.com. Would you have a link to the boat, or is it not on the website. Clicking your link takes me to http://www.alwayshobbies.com/ and I assume it's the same site under a different name.

[Jennifer PetkusParticipant @jenniferpetkus61532]

Posted by Andy Hustler on 05/01/2013 18:34:19:

Hi Jen i hope your weather is better than ours at the mo !!! Anyway i was having one of my rare tidy up's and come across Model Boats Magazinefrom November 2002 , this edition has a very nice feature on a narrow boat called Elvin the scale is 1:12 ,42ft in real life , so thats 230mm with a draft of 40mm .The company that makes them is called hobbies and the website is http://www.woodenmodels.com , e mail enquires @hobbies-dereham.co.uk

It is a nicely detailed boat and may be of intrest to you

Good luck and best wishes

Andy from Cardiff

Our weather, by the way, is clear and cold, although today may reach the 50s. I'm a little upset that I'm missing my Sherlock Holmes scion society meeting, as it is the great detective's birthday.

[Jennifer PetkusParticipant @jenniferpetkus61532]

Sorry for not posting of late, but I've been pre-occupied with my B-17 model. I promise to try again to contact Anglo-Welsh and if they want my custom again, they'd better answer.

But I thought I might mention that tomorrow I plan to go to the monthly meeting of Rocky Mountain Shipwrights, the model ship building club that meets in Denver. Of course the meeting is at 9:30 a.m. and I am not an early riser, but I thought I'd elicit advice on how best to tackle the narrowboat.

My impression is that these are plank on bulkhead sort of modelers, who may look down on a styrene builder. But a recent article in The Denver Post said they welcome all skill levels.

Jennifer

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

Posted by Jennifer Petkus on 18/01/2013 17:05:14

Sorry for not posting of late, but I've been pre-occupied with my B-17 model. I promise to try again to contact Anglo-Welsh and if they want my custom again, they'd better answer.

But I thought I might mention that tomorrow I plan to go to the monthly meeting of Rocky Mountain Shipwrights, the model ship building club that meets in Denver. Of course the meeting is at 9:30 a.m. and I am not an early riser, but I thought I'd elicit advice on how best to tackle the narrowboat.

My impression is that these are plank on bulkhead sort of modelers, who may look down on a styrene builder. But a recent article in The Denver Post said they welcome all skill levels.

Jennifer

Jennifer. I am sure that they will be ok. There is nothing like talking to people in the flesh, as it were to benefit from their experience and get ideas.

I was just wondering if a lot of them will know what a narrow boat is, though !!

check this out, if you have not already..**LINK**

Ashley No elitism on our pond!

sorry if this website has been mentioned on this thread already, I may not have been paying attention..(not unusual)

[LARRY WHETTONParticipant @larrywhetton68737]

Hi Jennifer,

the build is totaly up to you , never mind the critics,

have a look at these web sites…..

THE HISTORIC BOAT CLUB

NARROW BOAT TRUST

CANAL JUCTION…………

Loads of info there ……….cheers Larry…..

[Jennifer PetkusParticipant @jenniferpetkus61532]

Thanks Ashley and Larry. I had a great time with the Rocky Mountain Shipwrights and my blog has an article about the meeting. I didn't get to ask too many questions about how I might make my model (although they all seemed to think it should be made of wood). Perhaps if I go to their monthly workshop I'll get a better idea how to proceed.

I think I have decided not to make the model radio controlled. The fun of a narrowboat is operating the locks, not steering it (and in my experience, you need several people with gaffs, poles and hooks to help). I might want to make the scale small enough to include a cutaway of a lock.

Jennifer

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