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* This is a 24" model of Cal 40. The model is mounted on the Teak backboard.
We custom build the half hull model of your sailboat,
The all of our models are reasonably priced for its size and its details.
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* This is the 21" half hull model of the German Frers designed and Carroll Marine built Frers 33.
The model is mounted on the Beeswing Mahogany wood backboard.
The model dimension is 21"(L) x 7.5"(H) x 3.5"(D). The size of the backboard is 23"(W)x 10.5"(H). The model scale is 1/19. The model weight is 8 LBS.
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Currently under construction, George Crossan's latest production shows the manner in which he has created this marvellous model.
The bottom half of the lower cabin is wainscoted, and requires an application of brown paint to match the deck color.
Some wag from Gorleston Model Boat Club put this sign next to his model boat on display at the Great Yarmouth Haven Rotary Club's charity duck race at the Waterways, Great Yarmouth.
The automobile pinstripe tape was a life saver! I tried to freehand paint it earlier, and it was a disaster.
* This is the 24" model of the Melges 32.
The model is mounted on the Teak backboard.
The model dimension is 24.5"(L) x 8"(H) x 4"(D). The size of this backboard is 30.5"(W) x 12.5"(H). The model scale is 1/16. The model weight is 11 LBS. The model is built with gelcoat & fiberglass using 4 part molds.
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The link to the detail pictures of the latest models is listed below :
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www.pinterest.com/halfhull/zuma-boat/
www.pinterest.com/halfhull/boards/
Please contact Mas at halfhull@gmail.com or please visit the web at www.halfhull.net for more information.
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The bottom edge of the lower cabin is also masked, since it must slide across the main deck to attach; I don't want to scrape paint into the finish.
I took this picture of the east side of the Conservatory Water in New York's Central Park this Labor Day, and a lot of people were out to enjoythe holiday. Fewer prople tended to be sailing model boats, though.
The snack bar was inexplicably closed, but you'll be pleased to know it's since reopened. :-)
* This is the 24" half hull model of the Sabre 42 with the keel centerboard.
The model is mounted on the Ribbon Mahogany wood backboard.
The model dimension is 24"(L) x 8.5"(H) x 4"(D). The size of the backboard is 30"(W)x 12"(H). The model scale is 1/21. The model weight is 12 LBS.
The detail pictures of this model are posted at the link below :
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The link to the detail pictures of the latest models is listed below :
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www.pinterest.com/halfhull/zuma-boat/
www.pinterest.com/halfhull/boards/
Please contact Mas at halfhull@gmail.com or please visit the web at www.halfhull.net for more information.
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The boat hull and main deck have been painted and finished. The white stripe around the top of the hull has been re-made with automobile pinstripe tape!
Now we apply clear glosscote to seal everything up and put a nice shiny finish on it.
Now it's time to turn our attention to the main deck. Like I said, it was already glued into the hull, so I have no choice but to painstakingly mask the surfaces prior to painting.
I also lightly sanded the deck to smooth out scratches and scuffs.
The SS Allenwood: From Timber Drogher to Minesweeper.
Construction and Design
The SS Allenwood was built in 1920 by Ernest Wright at the John Wright & Co. shipyards in Tuncurry, New South Wales.
Named the Allenby at launch, the vessel was commissioned by Allen Taylor & Co.and soon was renamed the Allenwood.
Launch Date: Friday, December 17, 1920.
Original Name:
She was christened the SS Allenby, named in honor of Field Marshal Edmund Allenby, a famous British military commander during World War I.
The Launch Ceremony:
The honor of christening the ship was given to Wilga Wright, the daughter of the ship's builder, Ernest Wright. She performed the traditional ceremony of swinging the bottle to officially give the vessel her name as she slipped down the ways into the water.
The Allenwood was designed specifically for the rugged coastal timber trade.
Specifications
The SS Allenwood was a 398-ton, 147-foot twin-screw wooden steamer, easily recognizable by her two funnels.
Materials
Built to survive the punishing coastal river bars, her keel and keelson were forged from heavy ironbark, her hull was planked with blue gum, and her decking and spars utilized Oregon pine. She spent her early decades operating as a "timber drogher," hauling freshly milled hardwood from the mid-north coast down to Sydney.
HMAS ALLENWOOD - World War II Naval Service
On the 29th July 1941 the vessel was requisitioned by the Royal Australian Navy as an auxiliary minesweeper. She was refitted as the auxiliary minesweeper HMAS Allenwood and armed with a 12-pounder gun, a 20mm Oerlikon cannon, and a .303 Vickers machine gun. She swept for mines out of Sydney throughout the war before being decommissioned and returned to Allen Taylor's commercial fleet in 1946.
Wrecked at Birdie Beach September 14, 1951
Under the command of Captain Boutrup, the Allenwood was navigating through heavy fog when she ran hard aground on a sandbar at Birdie Beach, just north of Norah Head (in what is now the Munmorah State Conservation Area).
Despite extensive efforts, the heavy ship was wedged fast and could not be refloated.
The Fate of the Timber
The story of the Allenwood's timber—referring to the massive hardwood structure of the ship itself—was split into two phases after she ran aground.
Dismantled for Salvage:
Because the ship was hopelessly stranded, the wreck was sold off for just £601. The buyer was a retired Marine Engineer - JP Scott of Warners Bay, NSW. His plan was to build a house from the timbers in Warners Bay.**
Salvage crews systematically dismantled the ship in situ right there on the beach. They stripped away the machinery, the upper superstructure, and the easily accessible timbers, carting off whatever wood and metal could be repurposed or sold.
Claimed by the Sand:
The massive, heavy lower hull timbers—including that formidable ironbark keel and the lower blue gum ribs—were too difficult to extract and were quickly swallowed by the shifting coastal sands.
Today, the skeletal timber remains of the lower hull still lie buried beneath the intertidal zone of Birdie Beach.***
The Allenwood has become something of a local "ghost ship"; after severe storms, large swells, or king tides scour the sand away, the dark timber ribs temporarily re-emerge for beach goers to see before the sand inevitably buries them once again.
A Quirky Detail from Launch Day
Because she was built in Tuncurry but needed to be towed down to Sydney to have her steam engines fitted, the newly launched hull of the Allenby was temporarily fitted with a Metters windmill to pump the bilges during the tow. Observers at the time noted it was quite a novel sight to see the empty timber hull being towed out of the bay with a spinning farm windmill strapped to its deck!
** Interestingly in early March 2026 by chance I was visiting friends in Tuncurry and met another couple. The lady told me that she had grown up in the house at Warners Bay built from the timbers of the Allenwood. JP Scott was her grandfather.
*** Funny Story - Some years ago, around 2015, my wife and I were returning from Sydney where we'd attended a wedding. We had diverted to briefly see friends in Terrigal so afterwards we drove by Birdie Beach on our journey to Newcastle. We were of course dressed in wedding clobber but with Birdie Beach so close we nevertheless, despite our attire, decided to make the trek from the carpark over the dunes and down to the other end of Birdie Beach. The plan was to photograph the exposed parts of the wreck however as we approached the site we discovered there was a bit more exposed than the wreck.
The site was full of nudists who didn't bat an eyelid as we approached and engaged us in conversation about the history of the wreck.
Needless to say photos of the wreck were not achievable.
portstephenshistory.com/2025/08/07/history-of-the-steamsh...
seapower.navy.gov.au/history/units/hmas-allenwood
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Photo Credit - Graham Nicholson - Nicholson Family Collection
A fine vintage model by Bob Terras. Unfortunatel leaking badly, probably due to the age of the glue used on the original build .
* This is the 24" model of the Tartan 3700.
The model is mounted on the Mahogany backboard.
The size of the backboard is 30"(W) x 13"(H).
The detail pictures of this model are posted at the link below :
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The link to the detail pictures of the latest models is listed below :
goo.gl/photos/M7uwYtSLUgBUChGY6
www.pinterest.com/halfhull/zuma-boat/
www.pinterest.com/halfhull/boards/
Please contact Mas at halfhull@gmail.com or please visit the web at www.halfhull.net for more information.
Zuma Boat
(404) 272-7889
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If you are familiar with my page here, you’ll know that I primarily focus on scale modelling Scottish emergency services and buses. I have wanted to add to this for a while, wishing to add Scottish passenger ships and aircraft to the collection. I have plans, but haven’t bought the kit yet, to do a Loganair Twin Otter or similar. Ideally at some point I’ll have Glasgow Subway train models, to add to my Class 156 & 158 models. I am in the middle of a Eurocopter EC135 repaint into Scottish Air Ambulance livery (statutory - all over yellow, not the Charity service in green)
Pictured is a new arrival which fulfils the ship part of my plan. Bought from that well known online auction site is this 3D printed model of the MV Isle of Mull, which serves the Oban routes for Caledonian MacBrayne. The model is grossly out of scale compared to the rest of my collection, however it was bought with the intent of being background set dressing for Western Scottish and other West Coast bus & coach dioramas.
I am very happy with this model, I hope you enjoy the pictures. Please forgive the very cheap and nasty layout, I just painted sky and hills on cardboard and used a dressing gown as the water!