Guys I found this by accident, you have probably seen it already, but it opened my eyes to the possibility of a gray hulled paddler

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://website.lineone.net/~tom_lee/drawing.jpg&imgrefurl=http://website.lineone.net/~tom_lee/skiddaw2.htm&usg=__Y4NCD82NsGNqrJvl7Eqmt29xtHA=&h=395&w=510&sz=150&hl=en&start=9&sig2=jTWmAdV6eAZyY9spwrmHBA&um=1&tbnid=Ohtwvlvvw8jTgM:&tbnh=101&tbnw=131&prev=/images%3Fq%3DCampbells%2BBritannia%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1&ei=eNnRScu6EIOb-Aa_kKydBQ

David

Several pictures there of ships in wartime guise, see the link 'pleasure steamers at war' lower down that page ( http://freespace.virgin.net/tom.lee/navy.htm ) I think I remember someone here finished a princess elizabeth kit like those...