bertram31.com

Maybe you have already seen this, but it is still pretty cool

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt ... CC8Q9QEwBg

Peter

Best I've ever seen, by far.

UV

The hull at the transom looks like it comes to too much of a 'point' not as rounded as the real thing. Regardless, much more talent than I have.

Anyhow, this was built out of more than 1 pc of wood... what do you say Randall?

Ian.

Fantastic work! As a humble woodworker I take my hat off to someone with talent like this guy and Randall!

I never noticed before that the prop shafts are at such a pronounced down angle.

You could build a full sized boat from this model!

i want one !

That is a beautiful model. Put me down for one too. This guy could probably sell a bunch of these if he could create a mold from the original.

JR

Nice, without a doubt you are a pro at the model building craft. I would say you nailed it. There is some serious man hours in that model and it shows, again very nice.

Just to be perfectly clear... I did not make that model.

I have made some half models and I take particular pride in getting the hull for EXACTLY like the lines, including in some cases the "cheats"used when lofting the real thing.... but I am just not at the level this modeler is in deck hardware, interior details, and so on.

I'm glad you all enjoyed seeing it. It really is very cool. I did see at the bottom of his page ther are in deed ordering details, but I know nothing of him or his reputation. I only found his web site by accident.

Interestingly enough, he is out inSoCal where Bertrams are not as prevelent. Out there anything as old as a Bert is an Antique! And who wants an antique when you can buy a new boat.... :wink: (Sorry LA dwellers, I have to poke a little fun when I can!)

Peter

On the other hand I just got the new issue of Southern Boating with a feature on "sport cruisers".....now talk about Hyena Boats.....got to be the biggest gaggle of Clorox bottles and Butt-Ugly floating garbage cans ever in one singe magazine issue. Most of them cost over a million bucks and ain't worth the C-4 it would take to blow them up, and it would not take much....if fact, you could probably toss a beer can thru most of the hulls....one particular offending pile of guano lists its specs down to how many watts the stereo puts out, but fails to mention what kind of engines the tubb has.

But some things never change, a fool and his money soon part.

UV, the disgusted.

Its close, real close. The bridge needs to rounded a little more up front in the corners and the engine box's aren't quite right but it is close. It is pretty.

I was just checking out his page again and saw the builder is frome Maine, not SoCal.

That sort of seems more in character with this type of work, no disrespect to So Cal crowd, but ship models (or in this case serious boat models) seem more like a Maine-iac kind of craft.

I wish we had a better look at the Bertram logo's on the fly bridge supports... How about one of those for a lapel pin or a tie tack?

Peter

Ive always wanted to build a scale model of the 28 bertram. I wouldnt even know where to start with getting the hull shape right though. Having some machine tool training with a touch of perfectionist i would kill myself with the details and over measuring.

Its good to see people are still taking the time to do more custom one off type models. Im not old by any means but i remember models in general being much more popular 10 or 15 years ago.

Hi everybody,

I would like to wake up an old chat about scale models on the Bertram 31. I’ve been looking around a lot and not many seem to make them with impressive quality. One company that’s based out of Miami have been in the market for a long time. I know it’s a lot of money for one of these scale models, but for me based out of Stockholm, Sweden the season is short and I really would like one during winter.
Do you guys think there would be an interest on our forum to make a larger order of custom models on our beloved one's from Abordage. He seems to make the best models on the market including interiors. His first price was USD 1950 for one without tunatower, but when I asked for one to my friend here in Stockholm with a 31 we could have it for 1600. He said that if we put a common order for 5 pieces he could go down to USD 1400 for base model with interior.

So, anyone interested in discussing with Mr Denis Cartier at Abordage to have our 19” custom models at a reduced price?

http://www.abordage.com/custom-models/c ... a-hog.html

Cheers
Walther

Walt wrote:So, anyone interested in discussing with Mr Denis Cartier at Abordage to have our 19” custom models at a reduced price?

http://www.abordage.com/custom-models/c ... a-hog.html

Have you seen the cheaper ($399 - presumably smaller) version he has for sale?

http://www.abordage.com/fine-ship-model ... am-31.html

That smaller one looks like it's a 31 topside set on some other boats hull.

The smaller one is 12" and was made for Bertram Anniversary. This one is without windows and interior.

Walt

Sorry you missed out on the half hulls we had done. The site chipped in and procured the half mold and had made to order models made. I believe they were all sold.

I think 1,400 for the model is steep. I know a lot of time goes into them, but I am not sure the hull is accurate.

Yeah, the halfhull and transom Models are nice, but I really would like a full custom model similar to mine. Agree that the model is not perfect but the one they show seems to be really good. I spoke to Tod Dunn Microyachts and he no longer make these models. It would have been nice to see this model live.

Walt ,
Have two left, just sent one off to Bertramp. If one could take the time to replicate the other half and make a mold....who has a digitizer? BH

Hi Bob,

Do you have a pic of the halfhull?

Cheers
Walther

Can't it be printed from a 3d printer?

Walther,
Here is a pic of the half model on the right is out of the mold on the left sanded out. Mold is getting long in the tooth and has a few spiders. But it is the original!BH

Beautiful!