Fifie "Reaper" - 1:87

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A rough model from years back of the fishing zulu Reaper, part of the Scottish Fisheries Museum. I drew this sort-of from a 3D scan of the real vessel that I found on Sketchfab: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/reaper-fifie-class-sailing-herring-drifter-d691c70c9c944ec79dee11a503095a59 I wasn't able to access the actual file to get the hull shape perfect, but using side, top, and end views from the scan I was able to get it reasonably close. From my experience of the Puffer, I wanted to see if it was easier to take a smooth hull and manually add strakes - this turned out to be the case. The scan is also great to reference for building the deck furniture - it was just hurriedly scratchbuilt on my model. If I'd taken the time to get proper dimensions it'd be better, but it was done on a time budget. For the ship's wheel at the stern I reused the steering wheel from my Clyde Puffer Model. I believe the motor I used was an N20 with a 1.7g ultra micro servo for steering. I would very much suggest printing this at an enlarged scale. R/C at 1/87 isn't for the faint of heart. Scaling it up by a factor of 2 would get it close to O-gauge at which the are several fisherman figures available.