OO Boats

[St. Simon]

Hi,

 

I’ve been trying to find some boats to fill my Harbour / Basin Scene on my OO layout.

 

I’m looking for some medium sized pleasure craft, a ‘Cabin Cruiser’ type. However the only decent boats I can find in OO or HO are large fishing or Tug boats or are small dinghy and one man motor boats. The only suitable vessel being from Langley Models

 

Does anyone have any idea where I can get such a vessel?

 

Simon

[KeithMacdonald]

ScaleScenes?

 

https://scalescenes.com/dockscenes/

 

[Phil Parker]

Langley have a range, but you might find a look at some of the HO ranges useful. 

[South-East Rail]

If you don't mind HO, Kibri does a set of pleasure boats (kit #39160): 

 

 

Ed

Edited January 4, 2022 by South-East Rail

[ikcdab]

Highly recommend the Scalescenes ones which are very adaptable

Ian

[Andy Hayter]

https://www.artitecshop.com/en/ships/h0-187/kit/motor-ships/

 

Any use?

[Andy Hayter]

or

 

https://www.artitecshop.com/en/ships/h0-187/kit/historical-ships/

 

[ovbulleid]

Or

 

go all out with a visiting warship. 
 

https://fleetscale.com/store/gb/109-semi-kits-?id_category=109&n=38

 

annoyingly their tug and ‘small ships’ aren’t available in 1:72

[Dungrange]

I agree that there seems to be a shortage of suitable 00 scale boats.

 

https://premiershipmodels.co.uk/product/rainbow-yacht-scale-180-model-boat-kit-amati-1700-11/ is a 1:80 scale yacht, which might be suitable.  It's still quite big, so being slightly under scale probably isn't an issue, but it may not be quite what you want.

[TheQ]

20 minutes ago, Dungrange said:

I agree that there seems to be a shortage of suitable 00 scale boats.

 

https://premiershipmodels.co.uk/product/rainbow-yacht-scale-180-model-boat-kit-amati-1700-11/ is a 1:80 scale yacht, which might be suitable.  It's still quite big, so being slightly under scale probably isn't an issue, but it may not be quite what you want.

A model of Americas cup defender Rainbow, built 1934 scrapped 1940

[DGO]

Rainbow was a J class yacht, whilst the original was indeed scrapped in 1940, a replica was built in 2012 to join the 3 surviving J class yachts and  5 other new ones, they were not small averaging 130 ft in length and about 21ft of beam with a mast of about 160ft they are beautiful vessels on the water, suitable for any harbour from 1930 to present day so long as you have 20 ft of water in the harbour to get in and out. 

[St. Simon]

Hi,

 

Thanks for the suggestions, I did look at the Kibri kits (I already have their ‘Passenger Boat’ Kit), but they were too small in terms of the Vessel, where as the Artitec Ships are all too big. My Harbour Basin is only about 2ft x 2ft, but has a pair of large railway bridges over it, so I only need done medium sized Cabin Cruiser type Vessels.

 

I’ll have a look at the Scalescenes kits, as they are about the right size.

 

I had a look at the Langley Range, and their Cabin Cruiser is a vet good candidate, but I can see whether it is a White Metal or Resin kit, does anyone know?

 

Simon

Edited January 21, 2022 by St. Simon

[Nick C]

There's a seller called 'anyscale models' on eBay (https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/anyscalemodels/1-76-scale-for-OO-railways/_i.html?store_cat=3994389219) - looks to be mostly military stuff, but they've got some boats as well.