A Slight Diversion From Bow Creek....But It Will End Up There !

[Eastsidepilot]

Saw this on 'That Auction Site', RRP is £105, it was open to offers so 30 smackers got it posted to me !

It's 1:43 scale, all complete and there is a rigging kit available from Mantua.
Something to enjoy on cold winter's evenings, that is if the misses doesn't divert me .


Col.

 

[simond]

I’m a) jealous, and b) really surprised it‘s 1/43 rather than 1/48.

nice catch!

Simon

 

[Osgood]

I have a Gardner 6LW if you wish to motorise that (popular motor for converting junks) - we could get it scanned for 3-D printing in 1/43

 

[Eastsidepilot]

I’m a) jealous, and b) really surprised it‘s 1/43 rather than 1/48.

nice catch!

Simon

There are a few 1/43 scale boat kits available from Mantua

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Although this kit of Achilles is not really of the correct era for Bow Creek, it's American for a start and was built in 1815 as a pilot boat, but I thought it wouldn't look too out of place as perhaps a small ship tied up in the creek awaiting repair.
I do have the plans, drawn by David Metcalf, for the Thames coastal sailing barge 'Celia Jane' which I'd like to build eventually. The plans are to 1/2" to 1ft so I need to get these copied to 7mm/ft, with the finished model coming out at 630mm in length.