I was asked by an old friend of mine who is a total J P Knight 's tug fan if I could make the katra on an old JOFFRE TUG HULL on checking the size of the hull it worked out to exactly 1/24th scale 1/2" to the foot for the Katra , so here we go on a little build blog for her, the first pictures are the real thing, the one of her all in gray was taken during the war when they neede a small tug for work in invergordon Scotland , so they sent Katra.

two of thes pictures show the hull as it was ,and the other two of work started on converting it, first by raising the sheerline.

first picture is the hull filled and sanded, then with the deck cut out and fitted and finally with a cardboard cut out superstructure ,this was made to get the shape and lines right as I was just working from photos and memory of the real tug.

At this stage the bulwarks and main casing are on and now made of ply ,the shaft and prop have been fitted along with the original rudder, but I change this later

wheelhouse now made and fitted along with the new shaped rudder.

well here she is looking more like a tug with some undercoat painting done

here she is now with some real coolour added to her,it makes all the difference now

she now has some white linies and a name .and starting to add some more details.

here she is nearly completed a lot more detail work done. she is really looking the part now

Well she Is completed now, and has had her Indoor test tank trials all worked well, she Is now ready for the lake . The end. look out for the next one.