small Scottish paddler required for a model

[Paglesham]

Hi, I have been asked to make a set of patterns for a model in 7mm-1ft scale of a "small Scottish paddle steamer".
Now I can't find anything particularly small, except possibly a ship called Dolphin, which I've found a picture of in use as a ferry into Tayport, which I think is Loch Lomond.  It appears to be very similar in style and size to a paddle tug, which would be just about usable on the model railway he is building.

Does anyone have any drawings of a similar craft. I'm guessing around 100 ft,l.o.a.

This would become an available kit if we can find enough info on a suitable vessel.

Many thanks,
Martin

[TailUK]

There's a plan in the download section for a paddler called "Strongbow" which might serve your turn.

http://freeshipplans.com/  This site has some small paddler plans.

[Paglesham]

Many thanks for those references.  I can't work out if Strongbow is a real ship or a generic.  We need a real ship, preferably one like Dolphin which has a known history as a passenger carrier/ferry.

Martin.

[Bob Golder]

Hi Martin, Tayport is on the river Tay and the ferry would have been sailing to and from Dundee.  I suggest contacting Dundee museums who may have drawings or plans for the Dolphin.  No doubt you can find Dundee museums through Google.

[Paglesham]

Thanks, Bob,
I'll have a google of Dundee museums.

Cheers,
Martin

[Bierjunge]

How about the Eppleton Hall? Well, it's Tyne-built and not scottish, but it would fit very well you specifications and is tremendously well documented:
eppleton hall measured drawings at Library of Congress

[Paglesham]

I have downloaded drawings for that one, but no answer from the client yet.
I have also found a nice big picture of Dolphin, which is said to be 88'x17', which scales at just over 2 feet.
I'm thinking a vac-formed hull in 6 pieces and perhaps laser cut wooden bits and some w/m details.

It's all down to how many he thinks might sell.

Martin

[Roderick Smith]

There is a lot on PS Eppleton Hall in Paddleducks: search in the search window.
Here is a thread which has four of my photos at reply 2:
www.paddleducks.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=5154

Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

[Paglesham]

Thanks, Roderick,
I don't think the customer will go for a Newcastle ship, though it would be a lot easier.

I sometimes wonder , when a ship is supposed to be getting restored but just isn't for whatever reason, why some kind of hit squad doesn't get in there and measure and photograph the Hell out of it so that at least it is recorded for posterity, which is effectively what restoration is for.  So many vessels of all kinds, rather like aircraft are not really restored, because they are not restored to their respective elements.  A boat ain't a boat on a bloody stand in some cold museum and neither is an airyplane if it ain't flying, so we only get half way there.
I wonder if many of these artifacts, even when we do still have them are ever properly drawn and photographed into a complete info pack to be published or stored by the museum.  After all, museums have a habit of coming and going, often leaving their exhibits to an uncertain future.

Martin