Model Aircraft Carrier

My carrier is a very un-orthodox hybrid construction.  I inherited a 4"x4" timber and 1" ply waterline stage-prop that a dozen sailors could walk about on as part of the RN recruiting programs over 25 years on the road. When I heard that it was going to be scrapped I asked for it and they gave it to me. The nightmare began then! I've had it 10 years but that doesn't mean I've worked on it for ten years , only in spring and autumn Lots to be done yet. It was incredibly top-heavy and most of the topside has been replaced with lighter materials. I'm currently installing floodable tanks for ballast (needs about a ton )  A drop keel and mechanism is nearly complete. It is powered by a 5hp Mercury outboard in a well behind the aft hatch where I sit. It can take another person in the front hatch as passenger. Like the old countryman said when asked for directions " if'n ah was going there ah wouldn't have started from here".   But it was too good to be go to the dump. Glad I did it now. 

I'd be happy to correspond with anyone interested in these boats.

Duncan Cameron  flyingcameras@freedomland.co.uk 

The Jpeg below shows my model of HMS Invincible being towed by tugs on the Shropshire Union Canal in England.