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1870 Scottish Fifie by GBModeler

This is a 1:48 scale model from the lines of an 1860 Fifie herring drifter found in "Sailing Drifters" by Edgar J. March, 1952, Percival Marshall & Company Ltd, London.  The hull was reduced proportionately from a 52-foot boat as shown in the book, to about 43 feet LOA.  Historical photos and contemporary photos of surviving boats were used to adjust lines and details in the model, which is built as a fictional boat circa 1870, working out of Leith, Scotland near Edinburgh.

 

The model is primarily made from basswood; sails are paper.  A complete build-log can be found at https://modelshipworld.com/topic/27283-fifie-by-gbmodeler-scale-148-typical-late-1800s-scottish-herring-drifter/?tab=comments#comment-784151

 

 

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Beautifully done...congratulations!

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