Model Gallery - Page 4

Low tide.

A wonderful shot of Dougie Sutherland's aforementioned (on Page 2) 1/72 scale Clyde puffer/coaster 'Fiona' - on a beach, somewhere.

1930s pilot boat 'Cumbrae' resting at Port Aubery on a Summer's afternoon.

Alan MacPhail's SS 'Talacre'.

The Point of Ayr (Wales) Colliery, Clwyd was unique amongst Welsh pits as it had direct access to the sea on the estuary of the Dee. From 1916 the colliery proprietors decided to acquire ships and between then and 1959, four vessels - the CLWYD, the TALACRE, the POINT OF AYR and the TANLAN - were operated. The TALACRE was built at Great Yarmouth in 1917, a steamer of 301 gross tons; she traded regularly from the colliery quay with coal for Ireland, the Isle of Man and around the Welsh coast. The ships were taken over by the N.C.B. in 1947, but by the late 1950s it was decided to sell them; the TALACRE was the last to go, scrapped at Dublin in 1959.

"Macht schnell!"

Alex McCart's Deutsches Feuerlöschboot looks to be on the way to a maritime emergency!

A sleek looking vessel is John Millar's example of HMS Invincible.

Used during the Falklands, Yugoslav and Second Gulf War, though a light aircraft carrier, she was the flagship of the Royal Navy fleet.

Stewart McKee's 'Pipefish' looks pristine, as if she's out on her sea trials.

Home!

Port Aubery harbours SS Raylight and SS Seguin, while two other unknown vessels navigate the surrounding waters in the background.

Club President Brendan Bocker's HMS Iveston (M1151) minesweeper finds itself directly underneath a steam locomotive dangling perilously from Port Aubery's own example of the James Watt Dock crane.

The original James Watt Dock cantilever crane at Greenock was built in 1917 by Sir William Arrol & Co. It was rated to lift 150 tonnes (150 long tons; 170 short tons), and is a category A listed structure. It was used primarily for the fitting out of ships.

To local folks, this wil be a very recognisable vessel.

This example of the familiar MV Loch Riddon was by Eddie Kerr.

Since 1997, Loch Riddon has been one of two ships undertaking the Largs-Cumbrae crossing, and often the only ship doing so (though in recent years, the more modern vessel 'Loch Shira' will tend to be the primary ferry on the route). A ro-ro ferry of course, she was built with 3 sisters in 1986 by R. Dunston of Yorkshire.

MV Loch Riddon's sisters are MV Loch Striven, MV Loch Linnhe, and MV Loch Ranza. All four vessels remain important ships in the Caledonian MacBrayne fleet.

793AD.

Equiped with the requisite Nordic warriors, Jim Martin's almost iconic Viking longboat looks as if it's about to surrepticiously land on a beach prior to pouncing on it's unaware inhabitants!

Was there a more beautiful small boat than the Riva Rivarama 44? Many would say, "Mai!"

Ricky Nardini's own scale model example is fondamentalmente eccellente!

First prize for originality.

Ronnie 'Dr Frankenstein' Milton built this craft that really has to be seen to be believed. The bow rat isn't just Bonez' friend - he provides his captain with a welcome counterweight.

Showing off her curves.

Close-up shot of the six metre class yacht, the 'Mae West' by Alan MacPhail