Emily James SF 33 Trawler

Started by GrahamP74

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My favourite job

As anyone who has followed me previously knows I do love to make my boats look like that have worked! There’s nothing worse than a clean fishing boat! So with that in mind the ‘treatment’ has happened and now she is starting to look like a working boat!!
Liked by Colin H and Rookysailor and
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  1. GrahamP74
    Sub-Lieutenant
    Thanks! Working boats need to look like they have worked.. I think that makes the model more real and therefore believable! I have in the past even fooled fishermen who thought photos of my model were infact a real boat!
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  2. Colin HSilver
    Fleet Admiral
    A finer example of true modelling skills is hard to find. WELL DONE!!! 👍
    Cheers Colin.

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Toolbox

Little toolbox for made!
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  1. GrahamP74
    Sub-Lieutenant
    Thanks for the positive comments! I was at the top of the pile for points but when the website changed I seemed to loose all rankings!!
    I’m just glad you and others like what I absolutely love doing!
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Lights

A few photos of the deck lights. Very impressed with the levels of light produced!
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  1. GrahamP74
    Sub-Lieutenant
    Well she’s set for triple rigging flat fish so seeing as though night time is the best time to get the flats it makes sense! Not much left to do now, might well be putting her in the water this weekend ...
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Newspapers

A wheelhouse wouldn’t be complete without a few old newspapers in it! Made these today.. the boat on the front is the local Folkestone boat which is a gm33. The skipper Luke has been giving me diamensions and details off his boat. This is a small way of bringing him into the build.
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  1. GrahamP74
    Sub-Lieutenant
    There was a good article in there which included a lot of photos that alongside the visits and calls I made helped as reference.

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Fashion show!

And so the transformation begins!
Also made the fish knives and needle..
Liked by MouldBuilder and figtree7nts and
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  1. GrahamP74
    Sub-Lieutenant
    Thanks, until the boot fair throws up a crew he will be single handed!! In reality that’s probably a true reflection....
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Ready for the water..

Now ready for the water, only the radar and additional fish boxes left...
To throw is launch day!
Liked by RNinMunich and marky and
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  1. Martin555
    Fleet Admiral
    Very nice job, well done.
    Mind your back when you place that monster of a boat in the water LOL!

    Martin.

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On the water!

So there she is! I’m really pleased with the finish and the handling! Not so pleased with the amount of rubbish in the lake!
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  1. figtree7nts
    Admiral
    Hi Graham,

    Great job on your boat!
    A video would have been even better!

    She looks extremely realistic!🚤
    Job well done! 👍👍👍

    Regards, Ed
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On the Water (Video)

A short video....
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  1. RNinMunichBronze
    Fleet Admiral
    Dat won't woik Graham😭
    Put the vid up on YouTube first, and then post the link here.
    Either as the URL on a separate line in the text or in the
    "Link YouTube Video:" box on the right of the post editing window.
    Cheers, Doug 😎

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On the water (YouTube)

You tube link. There are other vids on there too!!
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  1. MouldBuilder
    Admiral
    Lovely looking boat. We have a trawler race in the Bay here every June. Perhaps you could join them. A little small but they might add a new category.😀😀
  2. GrahamP74
    Sub-Lieutenant
    Well I would be up for it! I’m attending the Folkestone trawler race in August! Nervous that one of the flour bombs might damage her though!!!! Also going to a regatta at Dover in August.. apparently there aren’t many fishing boats there... I intend to change that!!

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