it is ready to send to my pal in Scotland for him to finish
I have put a 10" shaft & a 42mm prop in with a Johnson 600 motor all the seats & rudder are made for him to fit along with the dodger that I am busy making for him, I will be starting another soon the planks & transom are cut ready to assemble on the jig

I bought the hull from a friend who moulds them then built it from pictures I had taken of the actual boat in Blyth harbour it runs on a Graupner 700bb motor 12v battery Robbe Fixed Kort Nozzle with Rudder & 60 mm Propeller lights on a separate 6v battery & figures from Adrian Clutterbuck
the ships cat was a stray

Northsider built from a Tyne Model kit
History M.T. Northsider & M.T. Ironsider:
Completed April 1967, at Richard bunston Hessle for the Lawson
Batey Tug Co. Ltd., at a cost of £106,500. Then chartered to the Tyne & Wear Tug Co. Ltd., working on the Tyne for harbour towage. Also visiting other UK and European ports during many coastal tows. After a long and eventful service on the Tyne, sold in 1996 to BaltagI Pilots in Bahrain and renamed 'BaltagI 6' there it remains in service today. M.T. Ironsider Completed September 1967, a sister ship to the Northsider, also chartered to the Tyne Wear Tug Co. Ltd., until 1992. Then sold to Proodos Maritime Co., Piraeus and renamed 'MegaloharI 12' still in service today.
Both tugs are similar to Alexandra Towings Tug, 'Sauria' which, was based at Felixstowe, UK. .

Building from plan going to run on a Johnson 600 powered by a 3 cell lipo with a 10" shaft & 42mm propeller it will be going to a pal in Scotland when it is finished

Here is the last shot of the lady Lusitania in the scale of 1/350 makes this a very sizable model to be hold.

Here is another view of the Lusitania this is the starboard quarter shot. A Beautiful ship she is sunk May 7th 1915 13 miles off of the little head of kinsale in 300 feet of water.

Ahoy
Here is a display model I built it is the late great RMS LUSITANIA scale 1/350 built for show only it took me 7 months to build a one of a kind kit something you don't see everyday built from a kit mostly scratch built did not like some of the kit parts so I made my own.

I have made the sails & starting to put them on winch servo fitted running line is on it runs around the top of the deck

mast & booms fitted sails attached the next step is to try her out when we get a suitable day

here is a couple of photos on her maiden voyage just a couple of hiccups winch
motor not right ordered new one had to modify the deck to remove the motor
engine sound system not right other wise very pleased with te boat r w angus

KaSaBon, Caldercraft Riverman, 30 inches long. Has been left on shelf since I acquired it awaiting some TLC. Not done too much to it as. Thinking of modifying the wheel house and putting in steam funnel etc

Making progress with MOLLY my Northumbrian Coble 1st picture jig for the planking, named Molly after my dear late Mother, my other boats are named after my wife and 2 daughters