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2025 "Legacy of the Lakes" Boat show in Alexandria, MN
Alessandro, The steam-powered boat and its two pictured sister boats are all scratch-built by a club member. He has a friend in Norway who has a full-sized boat that the Sunita (the bottom of the 3 in the picture) is an exact model of. The …
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Clyde Puffer Hull
… Puffer Hull, the hull is 44 x 9 inches. and is ideal for a steam plant, there is nothing like a steam Puffer on the water, if steam is not for you then electric with a smoke unit will still look just as great. This hull leads it self to a …
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Re: Fantail launch
… e of the kits on eBay. They were originally designed to use steam power.
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Maxwell Hemmens GRP hulls
… y mostly coming from the estate of the late Maxwell Hemmens Steam Engineer. Some are named EG “Formidable”, “BAT ?” and but there are pictures. 7 now sold Its a once only chance - Please Email mturpin01@gmail.com if you want more detail Hal …
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Hull construction and sheathing (the art of)
Guguseli, it's me again . . . The hull of the stern wheel steamer was a disaster. It was twisted in the longitudinal axis by 7 mm . . . At first I thought of rebuilding it. But a German shipbuilder (real boats) gave me the tip to fill it wi …
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Where do you build your models?
… shment not far away. He said it had come from an old paddle steamer which was being possibly refurbished but the various sheets about 2 inches thick, had been at the establishment since the year dot! And that was over 30 years ago now. I op …
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Admiralty Coaster C642
… e being lengthened and widened in a conversion to a tanker. Steam propulsion was retained until she ended her days in a scrap yard in Antwerp in 1969.
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Pat's Yugievale
The Steam Drifter With the introduction of the Fifie, Scaffie and Zulu sailing fishing boats during the 1800s they all became very successful during the herring fishery, building larger sailing boats and using bigger nets. The herring indus …
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Maggie M
Recently brought a model steam drifter on impulse - its a lovely model - there is only one problem - its too big to get in and out of my flat so I have disposed of it to a shipmate. As a replacement I am looking for a model of Maggie M - mu …
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HMS Manchester
… inches (6.3 m).[4] They were powered by four Parsons geared steam turbine sets, each driving one shaft using steam provided by four Admiralty 3-drum boilers. The turbines developed a total of 82,500 shaft horsepower (61,500 kW) and were des …
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Interesting trivia ..
THE GREAT SEA STORY (Trivia) The passenger steamer SS Warrimoo was quietly knifing its way through the waters of the mid-Pacific on its way from Vancouver to Australia. The navigator had just finished working out a star fix and brought Capt …
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Zwart Zee
… in the Park on May 31 /June 1st, weather permitting, at the Steam Museum in Hamilton. I ran the Zwart Zee last year.
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Venice water Taxi just about complete.
… t update will cover the launch and hopefully a video of her steaming along. I am not sure if the notes for each photo is attached but if not I am sure you will all get the idea. Let me know if you have any questions. Cheers Ian
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Can Anyone ID this one for me?
Looks a bit like a Cervia Thames steam tug or a Sun, also a Thames steam tug.. The Sun is the monochrome picture...
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Submarine, type 1x c/40 U190
… motors which I will try to fit, these have come off my old steampunk which in principle worked but not as I'd wanted so these if they fit will be repurposed. Also a mini esc which should fit. Not sure about servo for the rudder due to spac …
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Deans Marine LCM6 1/24th scale landing craft...
… job. I will add extra embellishments as time allows. Got 4 steam boats to restore now...
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Flysky radio behaving erraticly
Hi all. I bought 3 steam launches last weekend. I am just installing radio gear, and it is behaving most erraticly. As soon as I bind the tx and rx the whole thing goes nuts, operating on it's own with no tx inputs. Once it has settled down …
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Question of the Day?
… istory Channel about Weserübung, I also had the pleasure of steaming passed the fortress last September, on the return leg of a Norwegian cruise on Mein Schiff 3. Cheers, Doug BTW: Operation Weserübung (Invasion of Norway) was the inspirati …
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Restarting the Refurbishment
… ously decided he’d gone far enough and hadn't fitted any. I steamed the Obechi Gunwale strakes using a plastic tube and wallpaper steamer, then clamped them to a frame mould I’d cut to shape them, which made them easier to glue and pin. I u …
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Dumas Crockett build
… sed really light this one a little heavier, which I used on steam paddle boat hull. It’s easier to tack n trim if it’s heavier, don’t know the once’s. It’s a rainy day here so I might have time to start glassing. I like the building of plan …
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Re: CAD software
… evening everyone, have a nice dream! Your Michel-C. PS: The steamship Gallia is still in service. Come and visit Lucerne in Central Switzerland and take a tour of the lake!
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Re: Port Area
… hanks! Greetings hobbyists Michel-C. Ps:ow on to the paddle steamer . . . . Must do the water test . . . And my bathtub is too small
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Re: Graupner Optimist
… llow you with admiration. . . Too busy with the stern wheel steamer. Michel-C. PS: See my “harbor”.
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Even a blind squirrel...
… d, but, I have just purchased plans for a Windermere paddle steamer. I now need to clear enough space to build it.
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Pre-Dreadnought Era Models
… the pre-dreadnought era as navies transitioned from sail to steam, there are several projects underway on opposite sides of the pond - the Pacific, in this case - that should be of interest. Cactus RC, who I have cooperated with to develop …
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Sail material
… I bought had a quirk that I hadn't been expecting; I used a steam iron to iron in the hems (I expect there's a nautical term for these), and found that, as a result, the edges of the sails had shrunk somewhat. This was after I'd washed the …
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Re: Graupner Optimist - Jib improvement
… o applies to all other models) It bothers me that my paddle steamer requires so many solutions. One day, I hope, mine will be back on the see. Tinkerer's greetings Michel-C.
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Model engineers lathe
… onze for the steering mechanism on the William C Daldy (old steam tug here in Auckland, google daldy.com) with a bore of 1-1/4 inches finished true and parallel. The OD of the gears was close to 3.5 inches. The lathe handled the job well an …