My dad spent a few years in South Georgia back in the 1950s on a Whaling ship and has hinted a couple of times that he'd like a model of it. I decided to make one out of the Revell North Sea Trawler and scratch build what I needed. Some of you may remember me starting this build a few months back. Yet another of my glacial builds.

This is my original trawler (which I actually quite liked).





There weren't many reference pics to be found and most that I did find were in B&W but this was his and this is what I would be converting it to.




This is all I used of the Revell kit



Some of the scratchbuilt stuff, the whole bow was pretty much cut off and rebuilt, the hatches were cut from the deck, half the sides removed and new superstructure made from plastic. The ladders were cable ties cut to fit.



I got an old picture frame with Perspex and made a box behind it which was then stained and varnished. He had some ancient (tiny) pictures of other Whaling ships and himself as a young man in South Georgia. These were blown up, cleaned up and added as a backdrop to the model. The ship is anchored to a Sperm Whale tooth he had.

And this is the finished article:










I gave it to him a couple of weeks ago and he was chuffed to bits with it.

Hope you like it too.

That is a very nice conversion, and a really terrific display. It tells a lot about the story behind the model. That is the sort of project a lot of us would like to do for our fathers, and you have done it extremely well. Al

If I understand your phrase, then it accomplished what matters most! I think your model is fantastic, but to impress the man who actually went to sea on it is the real trick.
Well done, all around!
-Sean.
(Where is South Georgia anyway? I'm guessing there's one in Britain? I know of the Georgia in the USA and one in Russia-- is it one of those? I'm clearly ignorant here.)

Not only a fine build but allso a very nice presentation - solid work.

Perhaps a bit too clean for a whaler - but I guess any ship left the yard at some point

Congrats/Jan

An excellent project--I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who starts with 20% of a kit and produces a different product!

How long is that hull, Murdo?

--Karl

Thanks guys, very glad you like it.

Sean: South Georgia is a "UK overseas territory" about 800 miles south east of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. (Red ring in the picture).




South Georgia was also the first place attacked during the Falklands war when the Argies raised the Argentine Flag there. iirc there was a handful of Royal Marines there and the Arctic Survey ship HMS Endurance but I might be mistaken about the ship, my memory is a bit hazy.


Karl: The hull is about 14 inches long. It's made from the Revell North Sea Trawler in 1/142 scale. (Sometimes seen as the trawler "Kandahar").

It's a nice wee kit that's hard to find but leaves lots of room for detailing.

Nice looking model, and display.
Glad you posted the story and photos.
Your dad has something to be proud of, not just a nice model, but a fine son.

Beautiful piece of work, well done !
Julian

Thanks all, much appreciated.

What a wonderful job you did on this build for your father. Great workmanship on the model and then - the icing on the cake with your display case. Compliments to the chef on this one!