That's exactly the first drive I tried in the Lulongu tug only my building skills at the time weren't very good, I have since gone to a Tamiya twin gearbox and plastic chain.
Regards
Nick

very well done little paddler, one question if I may, you used papermache for the hull, what glue did you use and with what did you water-proof the hull. (yes I know thats two questions sneaking in there). I have been fiddling with a block of pvc foam which I can quickly modify to get the proportions and shape right for the two 1864 stern paddle boats I have been researching and have been trying to find a quick way of duplicating from this multiple hulls which I can then modify to suit the different configurations of each boats multiple changes. Had in mind using resin and class tissue, but polyester eats foam and epoxy is a luxury a little out of reach. Your little boat hull construction is the answer I've been looking for. (those senior moments just seem to be getting closer together as life goes on - thats when the brain goes blank for those to young to have experienced this). Will be lifting a female mould from the buck using plasterers gap filler, which is relatively cheap out here, and will layup the newspaper inside this. Undecided re what glue would be best.
Magic little boat, well done
Kiwi

Hi Kiwi,
About the " Had in mind using resin and class tissue, but polyester eats foam and epoxy is a luxury a little out of reach. " if you coat the foam with a thin coat of drywall compound (Plaster of Paris) it protects the foam from the poly.
Regards,
Gerald

Thanks for the suggestion. But, the end use of the hulls does not justify the cost of resin and cloth, hence the paper hull (at 1/35th scale) lifted from a dry-wall female mold taken from the foam block which is plated with card and paper plates. I wish to lift 5 hulls from this, the last one will be fitted out with electric using bits from a kids r/c toy. The other 4 are proof-of-concept only of a temporary nature. Have a choice of watered down PVA or the original craft paste, unless there is some other cheap alternative.
cheers
Kiwi

Just use ordinary wallpaper paste to make the hulls - The fact that it's water soluble doesn't matter as long as the hull is well waterproofed afterwards. For waterproofing, shellac is good as it soaks into the papier mache, hardening it up and waterproofing at the same time. Add your paint as a final barrier to water, and all should be fine.....

Well, I used a car repair kit (resin and glasscloth) to waterproof and strengthen it but I should think it could be done with sanding sealer/celulose dope (as in the recent articles in model boats) as long as it has a couple of good coats of paint over it
Thanks for the comments, by the way

I've now made and fitted the lifeboats (carved from solid block of balsa, green covers are just painted on - you can see the planks through them - pulley blocks were purchased and are a billing boats item...)
Also decided I didn't like the light coloured rigging thread for the mast and replaced it with dark brown elasticated thread from woolworths (or any sewing shop, it's the same as used on the funnel) which keeps straight as it's stretched slightly.
Unfortunately the superstructure, which is where the reciever batteries are, had become stuck to the coaming within and cracked drastically during removal so I need to repair it or, ideally, make a slightly larger one...

Has it really been six years since I posted in here? (guess so)  I now have a useable computer again at last, that can handle photos so I'm just going to try it out on this topic - I see also that the photos which were hosted on the BT website are all gone since BT discontinued providing it some time ago, anyway, here are a few details I've made and added to the model, just need mooring posts and a few ventilators  now...

Time just flies by Mick!

Good to see your getting back to the model though! I have a few that I really need to devote some time to!!

Regards
Eddy

performs just the right way , turns are verry nice as well
and for filming with one hand while steering , it is'nt that bad
she looks good in the water
job well done
gr from The Bombus

A really great model you've produced well done.