Charlotte Dundas

[Frogeye]

Hi all, thanks for accepting me into your group, Iam a 73 year old engineer my interest is in restoration of veteran motorcycles however after my recent visit to the Falkirk museum as studying the model of the Charlotte Dundas steam boat I’ve made up my mind to try and replicate ( hopefully) in a scale around one metre in length, as it’s a famous steam boat I thought that obtaining detailed plans would be available even just for the construction of the hull sadly not that I can find, any help would be appreciated. Thanks David.

[DamienG]

en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Charlotte_DundasCharlotte Dundas

www.britannica.com › topic › Charlotte-DundasCharlotte Dundas | ship | Britannica
Charlotte Dundas, first practical steamboat, designed by the Scottish engineer William Symington, and built for towing on the Forth and Clyde Canal. She proved herself in a test in March 1802 by pulling two 70-ton barges 19 12 miles (31 kilometres) in six hours.

Author: The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britanni

[Barry]

Interesting that a 1852 model ended up in Australia.
https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/405358
https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/405356

https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-110782
 
https://www.modelengineeringwebsite.com/Charlotte_Dundas.html

Not of the other depictions have such a prominent paddle box as the one on the Falkirk site.

https://collections.falkirk.gov.uk/objects/31806/model-ship-charlotte-dundas

A laser cut kit is available. The thumbnails open to show the kits lines.
 
https://mraerodesign.securicom.ca/en/products/info.cfm?ProduitID=276

[Barry]

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?1481772-Charlotte-Dundas

https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co39599/model-of-the-ps-charlotte-dundas-model-representation-boat