algy Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 Just completed a scratchbuilt model of the narrowboat 'SHAD' took me a while as my hands and eye sight are not as good as they used to be, so the sign writings not up to much. Heres a few photos :- 'Shad' is a motor narrowboat of composite construction (steel sides with an elm bottom). She was a 'Fish' class boat built in 1936 by Yarwoods of Northwich for Fellows, Morton & Clayton Ltd. (FMC Ltd)., and known as a 'Josher' due to being designed by Joshua Fellows. The boat has a 9 Horse Power (HP) engine that would propel her 25 tons of general cargo and would have worked the canals between Wolverhampton Ellesmere Port, Manchester & Nottingham. She is preserved at the Boat Museum at Ellesmere Port. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 Wow that's fantastic Algy. You must have a lot of patience and the attention to detail is amazing. You seem to like boats, have you got a full size one ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 Nice job Algey can?t be that much up with your eyesight. All you need to do now is just make sure you hide it away when the grandkids come round otherwise it?ll be straight in the bath. Later today I might be calling round to see my in-laws who actually live on a narrow boat. They?re currently stranded due to maintenance on the Leeds Liverpool canal somewhere up near Nelson. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted March 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 Dizz & Bill thanks for your comments, we no longer have the boat we sold it many years ago, she was called 'The Three Treasures' a 36 foot narrowboat that we had built to my design, the hull was fabricated by a brilliant boat builder at garston docks by the name of John White then fitted out by Bridgewater Boatbuilders, she had a trad bow with a rounded cruiser stern a swam like a swan, broke my heart when she went, but the good lady wife never took to boating, she's now moored at Calverly on the Shroppy and now called 'My Sweet Lady. Bill no danger from the granddauaghters as all three (hence the name 'The Three Treasures') all all in their twenties. Regarding living & cruising throughout the year the unforseen stoppages are a big problem, and the Leeds Liverpool is a long canal to backtrack on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 .... broke my heart when she went, but the good lady wife never took to boating, she's now moored at Calverly on the Shroppy and now called 'My Sweet Lady. Not very nice to tie your wife up at a mooring Algy. I hope you take her food and water Only kidding, I knew what you meant really but it just made me giggle. We've got (well my dad's got really) a 23ft Cabin Cruiser on the Bridgewater Canal moored up at the Preston Brook marina. It was bought about 3 years ago with the usual intentions of 'we can do this and do that to it' and 'go here and there' but it hardly gets used now as the novelty quickly wore off for me as only having a few hours to spare we never got very far before it was time to return. Dad's going to get rid of it now thanks to our lack of interest which is a shame but better than it just sitting there doing nothing when someone else could be enjoying it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 Well done. How long did it take? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted March 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 A heck of a long time Peter, the hull I made out of a solid piece of srap wood and hollowed it out then fitted the bottom seperately, also the bottom of the boat is made up of dozens of individual planks, the prop I made from scraps of brass with the three blades soldered onto the centre boss, it has kept me quite over the winter, I dont think I shall do another though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 Flippin' heck Algy I'm even more impressed now. I thought it was one of those model kits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted March 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 Dizz, I 'm not into 'model kits' but a few years ago I went to a boat rally on the Leeds Liverpool and there was a chap there who made model narrowboats all the different types and liveries of the different companies - Fellows, Morton & Clayton, Grand Union Canal Carriers. Anderton, Cowburn & Cowpar and so on, the likeness, detail and finish were magnificent but he was expensive, I've attempted to find him many times since but I think what happened, he was too good and too expensive and must have packed it all in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 A fine job algy, I wish I had the skill and patience to sit and do something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 I'm saying nothing Lt Bet Obs will if he dares to venture over this way though, maybe he'll even supply you with the wood just to keep you quiet How long did you say it took you Algy ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted March 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 Dizz, I honestly couldn't guess the amount of hours spent on it as I used to pick it up and have a go when I felt like it. On the subject of narrow boats the Mrs & myself had a run out to Norbury junction on the Shroppie today, what a gorgeous day the sun was shining and not even a breeze blowing, I took some pictures and a couple of videos of boats on the canal, here are the links for my two videos: Norbury Shebdon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnRJWaPuXFE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 It looks lovely round there Algy. Good video's too and now we know what you sound like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted March 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Dizz, I have never been so dismayed as to here my own voice on that video, I sound a proper yokel, the mrs is in stiches every time she watched the video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Funny how when we hear our own voices recorded we cringe and are not at all how we 'think' we sound although others sound just like we hear them. Wonder why that is eh ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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