Keith Simmons

Hello Giorgio,...I like the lines of your hull. Great job, looking forward to further images.
                         Good luck on the rest o your build...
   Keith

Hi Patrick,
  Your yacht is just amazing!... I am in awe of the detail you achieved in such a small area. Keep up the good work....
   
   Keith

Hello Giorgio,...I like the lines of your hull. Great job, looking forward to further images.
                         Good luck on the rest o your build...
   Keith

Hi Patrick,
  Your yacht is just amazing!... I am in awe of the detail you achieved in such a small area. Keep up the good work....
   
   Keith

Hi Girgio
 
Wow, what a beautiful job you've done so far. She's looking brilliant.
 
If it's help you wanted, you've definitely come to the right place!
 
Cheers and pls put me down as a follower.
 
Cheers
 
Patrick

Hi Folks
 
Here's a shot of Majellan in all her finery.  There's still a bucket load of more work to go, but at least you can start to get a sense of what's she's like inside.  The ship's tender and her two jet skis are also on display, having been removed from the tender garage at the stern.
 
***Igor - definitely looking forward to seeing your next beauty on the slipway.*** 
 
 
Cheers

Patrick

Hi Cathead,
 
   After seeing your thread I decided to take the hull design I was working on and create my twist on a river tug. Once I got started I added a second mission to the tug as a hemp trader just because I had the hemp string..lol

Hi Cathead,
 
   After seeing your thread I decided to take the hull design I was working on and create my twist on a river tug. Once I got started I added a second mission to the tug as a hemp trader just because I had the hemp string..lol

Hi Cathead,
 
   After seeing your thread I decided to take the hull design I was working on and create my twist on a river tug. Once I got started I added a second mission to the tug as a hemp trader just because I had the hemp string..lol

Hi Cathead,
 
   After seeing your thread I decided to take the hull design I was working on and create my twist on a river tug. Once I got started I added a second mission to the tug as a hemp trader just because I had the hemp string..lol

Hi Bob, that is one good looking ship. I am quite sure you will create a wonderful model of her. Good luck on your build, will be watching the fun.
 
  Keith

Hi Cathead,
 
   After seeing your thread I decided to take the hull design I was working on and create my twist on a river tug. Once I got started I added a second mission to the tug as a hemp trader just because I had the hemp string..lol

Hi Bob, that is one good looking ship. I am quite sure you will create a wonderful model of her. Good luck on your build, will be watching the fun.
 
  Keith

Hi Bob, that is one good looking ship. I am quite sure you will create a wonderful model of her. Good luck on your build, will be watching the fun.
 
  Keith

Hi Bob, that is one good looking ship. I am quite sure you will create a wonderful model of her. Good luck on your build, will be watching the fun.
 
  Keith

Hi Bob
 
The link to the ship that you've posted is a marvellous resource. Talk about a 'wealth of detail' in those plans!
 
I'm really looking forward to following along.
 
Cheers
 
Patrick

Welcome All, the more the merrier.  I hope there's enough popcorn for everyone.  I only ask that you don't get popcorn oil where I need to glue.
 
Bob

Hi Bob
 
I'm joining Jack in the front row!
 
Cheers
 
Patrick

Hello MSW,
 
It took quite a while but I finally decided on the boat to build.  I have a too long list and will probably not come close to building them all.  As I have said before I live in a small house without room to to display large boats.  The options are build small boats or build in small scale.  This time I chose small scale at 1:200 and cross my fingers that I do it justice.
 
The US Coast Guard Pequot (WARC-58). 
 
During WWII this cable ship laid top secret Indicator Loop cables to protect harbors from German U-boats. Her mission ranged from the ports of Virginia up to Argentia, Newfoundland.
 
The Pequot was built in 1909 by the New York Shipbuilding Company in Camden, New Jersey with the name General Samuel M. Mills and first commissioned as an Army mine layer. As a twin screw ship she was able to conduct the critical maneuvering required for precise cable laying operations. The Pequot had a length of 166' and a beam of 32'. With a draft of 13' she displaced 1106 tons. During wartime the crew consisted of 6 officers and 63 enlisted men. The ship was armed with two 20mm automatic fire cannons. On top of the rear cabin her signal letters and radio call sign, NRFQ, was painted so aircraft could raise the ship on the radio. The Pequot's official visual call sign as designated by the Chief of Naval Operations was W58.
 
Pequot was named after an Indian tribe resident in Southern Connecticut, members of the Algonquian language grouping.
 
From the information and pictures I‘ve been able to able to find the Pequot and her sisters were of riveted steel for the hull and maim deck housing.  Above that she was wood. So it look like I’ll be re-studying the build style of MSW member Nils (Mirabell61).
 
Bob
 
As the General Samuel M. Mills

 
As the Pequot

 
 
 

Thanks for participating in the straw poll! I'm still dithering, but tending toward vertical orientation.
 
Meanwhile, work on the ensigns continues. The first sides are painted. As these will be hanging naturally in folds, the coat of arms is more impressionistic than realistic. The 'white' is actually more a cream color.

Well, a dozen dolphins done! I've secured the model permanently on the base and pedestals and set up a trial placement for the sweeps on one side. Comments, anyone?

I don't know about the Heroine but pertaining to later paddle wheel boats they did not use as much wood as much as you might think.  Years ago I read (don't remember where) the boats were built as light as possible in order to carry more cargo. The hull and decks were built of 3/4" thick boards, the walls on the main deck were 5/8" thick and the walls on each higher deck were reduced in thickness by 1/8".  Some of the wheel houses had walls as thin as 1/4".  So the riverboats were not built with the thick frames and planking of an ocean going boat.  Maybe that is why they were so easily sunk by running into snags. 
 
Bob

John, Kurt, or other moderators: given the immediate interest expressed in riverboats worldwide, should we just change the title of this topic to something like "Steamboats and rivercraft - general discussion"? I'd be happy to edit my opening post to make it less focused on the US if we all think it's better to have this topic broadened.
 
Keith & leclaire, welcome to the steamboat addiction! To the latter, at risk of self-promotion, check out my build log for Bertrand. If I can scratch-build a steamboat, then I suspect many others can as well.

When it comes to riverboat tugs, there is the Eppleton Hall, now located in San Francisco. She was sailing from England to SF in  1969/70, and was (is still?) at repair works in the SF shipyard, as Theodore Miles from the SF Maritime National Park Library wrote to me via mail in 2014. He attached a photo from the ship to that mail, I`m allowed to show. Dont forget, the EH had no steering house, but an open steering stand! There are good plans for free at the LOC  http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ca1508/
 

 
Regards
Gerhard

Hi Cathead, I have been thinking about attempting a scratch built riverboat. Your thread has me thinking a bit harder about how I can take a riverboat and put my twist on it...lol. Thanks again for the thread, will be watching...