rickybobbyboucher
Newbie
Hey everyone,
I’m working on a project for my dad’s 90th birthday, trying to build a model of a Romsdal North Sea trawler "Mareva" (similar to Torsk, Delfin, etc.) built by Hagen Shipyards and designed by the late Knut Hagen. He lived on one of these boats from the early 1960s all the way through the late 1990s, nearly 30 years of his life. It’s a huge part of his story. He’s always been really traditional when it comes to boats, joking around that anything built today is just "Tupperware" compared to the classics!
I’m hoping to 3D print the model at home and I want to capture the overall feel of the boat as accurately as I can from the day he purchased it. It'll be around 500mm long when printed. While working on it, I had a couple questions I was hoping someone here might know more about:
Were these boats typically painted with a white top hull, blue sheer line/stripe, and black or dark red antifouling? Or were there other common schemes back then? I have photos of it recently but want to capture the day he first got it, for instance, adding polished and non patinaed brass handrails and a brass propeller. Ive read that red oxide was more common on steel hulls and that maybe black was used on the wooden ones like Mareva?
If anyone happens to have photos or info on other Romsdal trawlers like Torsk, Delfin, or similar, especially showing the hull, waterlines, or color setups, I’d absolutely love to see them.
My dad sold his boat in the late '90s, and last he heard, it ended up in Victoria, Canada.
Appreciate any help or even just stories you might have. Thanks so much for reading!
I’m working on a project for my dad’s 90th birthday, trying to build a model of a Romsdal North Sea trawler "Mareva" (similar to Torsk, Delfin, etc.) built by Hagen Shipyards and designed by the late Knut Hagen. He lived on one of these boats from the early 1960s all the way through the late 1990s, nearly 30 years of his life. It’s a huge part of his story. He’s always been really traditional when it comes to boats, joking around that anything built today is just "Tupperware" compared to the classics!
I’m hoping to 3D print the model at home and I want to capture the overall feel of the boat as accurately as I can from the day he purchased it. It'll be around 500mm long when printed. While working on it, I had a couple questions I was hoping someone here might know more about:
Were these boats typically painted with a white top hull, blue sheer line/stripe, and black or dark red antifouling? Or were there other common schemes back then? I have photos of it recently but want to capture the day he first got it, for instance, adding polished and non patinaed brass handrails and a brass propeller. Ive read that red oxide was more common on steel hulls and that maybe black was used on the wooden ones like Mareva?
If anyone happens to have photos or info on other Romsdal trawlers like Torsk, Delfin, or similar, especially showing the hull, waterlines, or color setups, I’d absolutely love to see them.
My dad sold his boat in the late '90s, and last he heard, it ended up in Victoria, Canada.
Appreciate any help or even just stories you might have. Thanks so much for reading!
