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[tghs]

hello, long time ship modeler with way to many projects in the works, so deciding to add another.. most of my R/C models are from the Spanish American war era.. years back when I picked up a unimat SL plans were always to do some live steam work.. looking at 36ft US navy steam cutter in 1/12th scale.. short fat boiler and a two cylinder compound engine.. at this time its an ongoing design project along with collecting plans, parts and materials.

project got little bump when I was given a 9" section of 3 1/2" copper pipe/tube of the needed wall thickness..

My USS RALEIGH a steam cutter would have been carried as one her ship's boats.. thanks todd..

[DamienG]

Welcome Todd.
Some very talented live steam folk among our members sadly I'm not one of them.
Whilst this is a predominately Paddle related forum, Feel free to post any steam related threads in the Live Steam section and your none paddle models into Other Models.

DamienG.

[tghs]

yes looking for live steam knowledge, but also in my stash of plans for years is the USS Neosho/Osage civil war sternwheeled river monitor.. 1/48th would be a nice sized model (45") a 1/96th version at 22.5" would be a fun thing to run at the 1/96th warship gathering we have!!