Please help – need to locate a kit urgently

[Ruth DigbyParticipant @ruthdigby35148]

My dad desperately wants either a sailing barge or a brixham trawler. They are moving soon and he is getting stressed and needs something to distract him urgently!
Please can anyone tell me where I might be able to buy one if these kits mail order?
Thank you

[Ruth DigbyParticipant @ruthdigby35148]

Brixham trawler or thames sailing barge.

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

Hi Ruth,

 

You don’t say if you want a working model or what your dad’s Skill level is but Billing Boats market a Thames Barge as a beginner’s model:

http://www.billingboats.com/beginner.html

 

And there are plenty of other options on their website:

http://www.billingboats.com/

 

Their Colin Archer kit may apeal as it isn’t too dissimilar to a Brixham Trawler.

 

Both these kits retail at around £88+ p&p and may be obtained in the UK from

 Westbourne Models

 

or  Cornwall Model Boats

 

Colin

Edited By Colin Bishop, Website Editor on 11/11/2011 10:52:00

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

How about these?

 

http://www.thamesbarge.org.uk/barges/models/kits.html

 

Bob

[Ruth DigbyParticipant @ruthdigby35148]

Thanks to both of you. I’ll have a look later on my PC at those sites.
He wants a working model, and he is quite skilled where model boats are concerned, he has been doing it for some years now and really enjoys it.
It will be a nice stress reliever!

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