creole queen

[tom bowen]

hi guys,my name is tom bowen and i just joined your forum,i live in oklahoma,usa.i have been working on a dumas creole queen and needless to say the wood is pretty bad.the only real problem i have had is their 1/8 strips,i don't know where they got them at but i could do as well with my knife.one of the main questions that i have is where are the doors on this thing,dumas does not show any doors in their plans and i would like to make it more realistic.is there anyone that might have pics or tell me where they should go. i am really injoying reading and looking thru your web site,i may have to build one from scratch,the only problem where i live there is no hobby shops for at least 45 miles away so i mailorder a lot of stuff.what would be a good build for a first time scrach build?thanks,  tom

[towboatjoe]

Tom, I'm here in north east Kentucky. Don't have any photos of the Creole Queen, but you should be able to find some doing a search on the net.

As far as a first time scratch build goes, consider trying a 1:32 scale model of Lady Lois. It's a pretty simple sternwheeled towboat. It's still in service today pushing crane flats on the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers.
Photos of a model i built can be viewed at http://www.towboatjoe.com/lois.htm

[tom bowen]

thanks for the reply,but i have been searching the web and can't find any pics that show where the doorways are,i guess i will just have to keep searching.the lady lois looks like a easy boat to build,looks good,i notice you have the old style speed control,i've been using the new speed controls where you don't have to use a servo and they work excellent.thanks a lot,  tom  ps, where do i get the plans for this boat?

[bogstandard]

Hi Tom,
Go to Google and type in "Creole Queen" using quote marks, rather than searching web, search images instead (just above where you typed in).
Lots of piccies on there

John

[tom bowen]

thanks john,but if you notice none of the pics show the doors.if you find a web site that does post it please.thanks,  tom

[towboatjoe]

I can send drawings and photos of lois. Just email me at towboat@windstream.net

If you go to my personal photo gallery, I posted a couple of photos of Creole Queen and pointed out where the doores are. I noticed from photos of the real boat and the DUMAS model there are some inaccuratecies (is that a word?)

[washtech]

sorry about the late reply. I'm also building the CQ. From what I gathered where dumas gives you two small windows, instead of the normal sized ones, those would be the door glass. hope it helps  greg w

[tom bowen]

hi greg,thanks for the reply,towboat joe sent me some good pics of the real boat and i kinda figured out from that,also i just used logic where i would put them if i was designing the boat.they may not be where they are exactly on the real boat but i think they look good.i have strayed away form the plans on a few things anyway so i guess it doesn't make a lot of difference.i don't like the decal railing so i made them all the same as the main deck.to me decals just don't get it.i have been doing a build pics as i go i should do a build thread on it,but i have so many it would take forever to download i might start one a few at a time.tom

[washtech]

Tom  I would love to see your pics. I don't like the decal idea either but I'm not sure what I'm going to do yet. I have thought about photo etch for the lattice work but haven't worked up the courage/energy to try that yet. Greg

[tom bowen]

hi greg,i'm not going to put anything on the lattice work until i come up with something .i was going to put some pics on but couldn't figure out how,i tried to add attachments but nothing would come up,what am i doing wrong?tom    ps.i tried to download and it came up with an error,maybe i need to rsize the pics for less bites.i checked on the pics and they are all under 400kb which should have no problem,any suggestions?