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Originally Posted by caliph There is a replica Trow at Blists Hill open air museum part of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust complex, I did obtain a copy of the drawings from IGMT some years ago but passed them on to a friend who is into inland waterway vessels.
The Trow at Blists Hill is the 'Spry' which lay for many many years at Diglis Basin near Worcester and when salvaged was so far gone only one or two timbers were usable such as the keelson but with the advent of Dutch Elm disease there was plenty of timber to build a replica using the old hull as a prototype, if you do take on a model let me know as i have a load of close-up working photos taken during her reconstruction taken with a modelmaker in mind,
regards, Terry (caliph) |
Terry
Ihave been in touch with the museum and they told me that they didnt have any drawings as the guy who was in charge of the reconstruction (Allan Williams) took them with him when the he left after the project ended .I found out that he moved to essex and opened a small shipbuilding yard, I found his phone number and spoke to him and he said he would not let the drawings out of his possesion to be copied by me as they were the only ones in existence but a couple of years ago his brother in law had some copies done and he would ask him if he still had them and let me know so thats where i am at the moment if you could let me have a look at your photos I would be very gratefull as i cant get too much information. regards Ray