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General => Introduce Yourself => Topic started by: abmbarry on October 31, 2013, 08:43:41 PM

Title: Hello from Oz
Post by: abmbarry on October 31, 2013, 08:43:41 PM
Good Day to you all.
Just a quick background: Building model boats for about 45 years.
They are all scratch built. I like using timber for the hull's and Tinplate for superstructure and deck where applicable. (Easy to weather with mild acid then airbrush.

Three of my builds are Steam powered, mostly electric some IC.

I have been gathering data on paddle boats for some time, so now it's decision time?

There are a lot of fine examples in the members gallery to entice me to lay the keel down so to speak.
Planed propulsion being Steam, I need to get familiar with the best engine for the chosen hull.

I'm looking forward to a new learning curve.

Just a quick question; I tried to up-load a pic to my gallery and it failed, stating "No Category selected? It didn't allow me to select a category?

Best Regards, ... Barry Manclark  Australia
Title: Re: Hello from Oz
Post by: derekwarner_decoy on October 31, 2013, 09:02:17 PM
Hi PD's  :whistle....& welcome on board BarryM......

The words ....Steam, Timber & Tinplate....are all  :hammer good words here on PD's........

Please take your time & read through our extensive library of PD history & post threads........  :gathering

Naturally any questions with your planned paddler build .....just ask...........

With respect to posting images.......just read & follow the rules  :41 ...............Derek :beer