Hi
I’m Neil from Plymouth, UK, and have been building and restoring full sized boats for many years, got into the model side about 2 years ago and have a range of models in different sizes and scales; a mix of powerboats and yachts. Have mainly restored older boats though have built a 1:24 Perkasa and currently have a 1:48 British Yard Mine Sweeper build on the bench along with the current restorations of an RAF launch and a 1970s Marblehead yacht
I’ve recently bought a number of hulls, kits and boats from a local auction. The last lot I bought was a collection of all the boats that didn’t sell in the previous auction including a 4’ stern wheeler.
Not had a paddle boat before and the more I cleaned and repaired this boat the more I liked it, so have been spending a fair bit of time reading about paddle steamers and came across this site. I think this is based on a river gunboat. Have put all the other projects on a back burner while sorting the stern wheeler.
I also have a 1:48 Waverley hull that I was going to sell, but having got into paddle steamers I think I’ll add that one to the project list, so be prepared for lots of questions!
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