I am looking for someone with scratch model building talents to construct a model of the Portland Oregon Fireboat David Campbell to be displayed at the central fire station in Portland. The Fireboat David Campbell has a long history serving Portlands harbors and waterfront since 1927 and is still in-service today. The Fireboat is unique as there were three built in 1927 and the David Campbell is the last Fireboat left out of the three. I am presently a Harbor Pilot on the vessel and have had the pleasure of operating the Fireboat for the last 5 years.

Tim

I did some more research on your boat. it was built in the Joseph Supple shipyard about 1903, the city's first steel hull vessel to replace the older wood hull fireboat. The designer was R.A.Ballin. Go to amazon.com and buy a copy of Ferryboats, A Legend On Puget Sound. Used copys start at a couple of dollars. There are several pictures in there. Also do a search on books.google.com. You will find many references in early west coast marine publications.

Mike

Looking for any available plans for Seattle's Fireboats. Plans for the Alki, Duwamish, Snoqualimie, Leschi. I would like to attempt to scratch build one of these boats. Any help would be appreciated. I am a land-locked firefighter that loves fireboats.

Tim S.

It is notoriously difficult to find plans of fireboat, especially early fireboats. I would try to find the name of the constructing boatyard and contact the historical museums in that area.

Mike

I am looking for someone with scratch model building talents to construct a model of the Portland Oregon Fireboat David Campbell to be displayed at the central fire station in Portland. The Fireboat David Campbell has a long history serving Portlands harbors and waterfront since 1927 and is still in-service today. The Fireboat is unique as there were three built in 1927 and the David Campbell is the last Fireboat left out of the three. I am presently a Harbor Pilot on the vessel and have had the pleasure of operating the Fireboat for the last 5 years.

Tim

Are you looking for a professional model builder or a hobbyist? You will probably need a copy of the builders plans set which should be onboard the boat, in order to have an accurate model. You will also need lots of photographs. The only thing I could find on Google was a postcard. Professional rates can easliy reach many thousands of dollars. So that is something to keep in mind. There are many capable amateurs but keep in mind they will not be able to devote the time required to complete the project in a timely manner.

Mike,
Owner
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Microglass in the US makes a 1/32 hull for this ship. That makes it over twice as long as the Dumas Brooklyn in the same scale. Trying to find the original ship plans or photos though is a whole different story.

HI Joe

I have the general arrangement plan from Dynamic for that hull. Not much to it but you are welcome to it. *PM me for more info.

BigDutch