Scale: 1:12. This model of a northeast coast salmoning coble was made by Mr L. D. Towns, Director of the North East Coast Boat Builders from where we acquired the model.

These twenty-eight foot motor vessels are perfectly adapted to close inshore salmoning along the Northumberland coast. The model shows well the highly distinctive shape of the coble and very deep, plank-like rudder. It comes with a pair of oars, themselves unusual in their own right, and a canvas awning that covers the entire forepart of the boat held aloft, tent-like, by a collapsible wooden frame. There is provision on the model for a small motor to drive the propeller. It is a very realistic-looking thing even down to the roughly painted matt black protective coating applied to the bottom boards.