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Freelance, all Styrene sheet, fishing boat built fo use on the Scotttish Maritime Museum indoor pond in memory of our late club member Stan who spent many hours helping the youngsters at the museum pond. On test here on Irvine beachpark pond.
Yep, this looks just about right! We'll take some measurements and then fasten the cleats to the base.
Chris Gillespie's "Drumbeat of Devon " on her first sea trials. A liitle adjustment of the ballast to bring the bows up a touch and she will be perfect.
In the days when I would take a fleet to the pond. These days two boats are enough to take out at a time.
A collage made from a image swap with the talented Kareem Rizk from Australia. www.kareemrizk.com/
We did the swap a couple of years ago and I found the envelope from Kareem when cleaning up my studio. Envelope of gold!
Conpositionally Challenged: May's most versatile - 10. Turquoise.
Who knew that model boating was a sport. But it is!
All New Scavenger Hunt: Sport/sporty
In the 1990s We had our first exhibition in the Linthouse Building at the Scottish Maritime Museum in Irvine along with many other clubs and organisations.
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The SS Allenwood was built and launched in December 1920 by Ernest Wright of John Wright & Co Shipyards, Tuncurry, NSW. The vessel was a coastal trader owned by Allen Taylor's North Coast Shipping Co. with her prime role that of carrying timber and supplies to the residents of towns along the coast of NSW.
The 398-ton, 147-foot twin-screw wooden steamer was easily recognizable by her twin funnels.
During WW2 the Allenwood was requisitioned by the Department of Navy and became the HMAS Allenwood, after the war reverting to its former role..
Vessels like the SS Allenwood regularly faced hazardous sea conditions as well as perilous bar crossings up and down the NSW coast. Many such vessels were lost in their performance of these roles and many mariners died.
Somehow the twin screw powered SS Allenwood managed to survive the elements until one foggy night on the 14th September 1951 in a powerful storm the vessel skippered by Captain Boutrup finally succumbed to nature's fury. Unable to avoid being washed onto Birdie Beach, near Norah Head on the NSW Central Coast the life of the Allenwood ended.
Soon after she was declared a wreck and put out to tender for salvage. Marine engineer JP Scott of Warners Bay was the successful bidder. He paid £601 for the salvage rights. He used the timber to build a house at Warners Bay.
After big storms when sand is removed from the wreck site the superstructure of the boat can still be seen today.
Click on the image below to read more about the SS Allenwood.
Birdie Beach, is in Munmorah State Conservation Area being bordered by the rugged cliffs of Wybung Head to the north and Budgewoi Peninsula to its south. Rarely busy, Birdie Beach is a great spot for surfing and snorkelling though its best known as a clothing-optional beach.
All the Grok Ai animated images of the SS Allenwood that follow have been created from the image of Kevin Rasmussen's model boat shown in the first comment below.
I asked that Grok Ai create a realistic portrayal of the model in a stormy sea. In some renditions I asked it to add voices to the rendered image but had to specifically ask that it use an Australian accent.
Initial build of a 1/40 scale wooden Perkasa class fast patrol craft, almost 3 foot long, the keel, frames and chines secured along with the deck. Four vessels were built Vosper for the Royal Malaysian Navy and delivered in 1967.
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