Greetings All! Have been aware of this site for sometime now and thought I would join. I have modeled to one extent or another all of my life. I seem to spend more time working on my "fleet" of full-sized boats, but I still manage a model of some sort every year or so. My latest models have been builder's models of small boats I am considering building full-sized. I have only scratch built one full-sized small boat, but have rebuilt/restored four. I'm interested in all types of ships and boats (anything that floats!) but my true love is paddlewheelers of America's inland waterways. I especially love smaller ferries, towboats, and little "mom and pop" type workboats. The alligator lumber tows of Canada and the Northern US are just my kind of boat. I live near Branson, Missouri, on Table Rock Lake and the Showboat Branson Belle is docked not far away. I'm looking forward to researching this site.