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[John Coulson 1Participant @johncoulson1]

Hello everyone I would just like to introduce my self my name is John I am married with 2 boys I live in Hull hope to make new friends and gain new insight into model boats and hopefully build one I do have a model in mind but i cannot seem to find a hull the model that would like to build is that of the Hull Deep Sea Trawler St Finbarr I have seen some plans of the ship but no hull can any one please help me as to where i can get one many thanks John

[John Coulson 1Participant @johncoulson1]

[Gareth JonesParticipant @garethjones79649]

Hi John,

Have you tried contacting the Hull Model Boat Group? They meet at the boating lake in East Park, usually on a Sunday morning I think. There are some photos of an excellent looking model of the St Finbarr on their website. There is a link here **LINK**

The model on the website is described as scratch built so there may not be a suitable hull available but it might be worth contacting the builder via the website or one of their meetings.

Gareth

Edited By Gareth Jones on 24/01/2018 16:00:19

[John Coulson 1Participant @johncoulson1]

Many thanks form the info will check it out Best wishes John

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

There are plans drawn by James Pottinger and published in 1983

**LINK**

I do not know of any commercially available hulls for this vessel. You would have to build it yourself.

Colin

Edited By Colin Bishop on 24/01/2018 16:06:05

[John Coulson 1Participant @johncoulson1]

Thank you so much I may need to find out how you go about building it from scratch could you please point in the right direction of building a model boat hull from scratch thank you John

[Gareth JonesParticipant @garethjones79649]

Hi John,

Here is a link **LINK** which should give you an idea and might help get you started. Coincidentally it was also built from a James Pottinger plan.

Gareth

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

John,

The Pottinger plan is not a modelmaker's plan as such although the information is there to scratch build a model. Are you absolutely set on the St Finbar for some reason or would you consider another deep water trawler of around the same vintage. There are plans for Boston Blenheim by David Metcalf which do show constructional detail and you may be able to lay your hands on the original constructional articles. David Metcalf also designed a couple of other trawlers but with no model constructional details. You can see them here:

**LINK**

Models by Design do hull and wheelhouse mouldings for Heatherbell:

**LINK**

**LINK**

Colin

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