Scale: 1:16. A working model of a fictitious 75-foot motor fishing vessel 'Ocean Harvester' (1946) of a type built during the Second World War for the Admiralty as a fleet tender and subsequently sold to the fishing industry. It is built from scale drawings and information contained in the Transactions of the Royal Institute of Naval Architects, 1946, and is the fruits of three years’ research and seven years of building. The trawl winch, made from original construction drawings, is fully working and the trawl itself has been made to scale. It was also built as a working pond model though the engine and radio receiver was removed by the previous owner.

The years of research and construction produced results as in 1974 the model won the Model Powerboat Association prototype cup for the best scale working model. On balance it is very competently made with some nice touches, like the realistic ageing, scuffs and partial ‘repainting’ of the hull.