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Paddler Modelling => Kits & Hulls => Topic started by: kiwimodeller on June 26, 2009, 07:52:57 PM

Title: STERNWHEELER HULL
Post by: kiwimodeller on June 26, 2009, 07:52:57 PM

Greetings all, does anybody know of any commercially made sternwheeler hulls. The original I want to model was 106ft long by 18ft wide so at 1:24 I would ideally like to find  a glass hull about 52 to 56ins long. The design was apparently used on the Nile and Zambesi rivers but as I am only going to do semi-scale I am not too fussy about details. Thanks, Ian.

Title: Re: STERNWHEELER HULL
Post by: Eddy Matthews on June 26, 2009, 09:30:27 PM

The only commercially available sternwheeler hull I know of is for the Chaperon, but that is only about 36" in length...

So I think it will be a case of building your own. Fortunately most sternwheeler hulls are fairly simple things, so it shouldn't present too much difficulty.

Regards
Eddy

Title: Re: STERNWHEELER HULL
Post by: herrmill on June 27, 2009, 09:40:46 AM

Loyalhanna / Hartman Model Boats offers 2 versions of a 1/50 Delta Queen hull.  I've been told they plan to offer several other paddler kits in the future.