I understand your problems with the paddle wheels Doonie, I am at the same stage.  I have now decided to make them out of 3mm plastic which I pick up on Wednesday night  mine are 180mm diameter with 16 paddles For the Mississippi Paddle steamer Robt. E. Lee on the forum.  I tried a sample of them out of 3mm ply and it seemed to work ok cut out rough with a scroll saw then clean up in the mill easy as but time consuming job. I to saw the ones at Float a boat and thought they were to expensive  anyhow keep up the good work and photos I will do the same.
Jaydee
John

Goodonya John.   If'n you saw them at Floataboat then you are in Vic.   I live in Briag, SE Gippsland.   You anywhere near that?

Doon

No Mate South Springvale will be looking for a place to float my boat when it is finished.  Where do you go? anywhere towards Melbourne.  $50.00 for the paddle wheel plastic, I will get started on them at the weekend.
john

Jaydee when I lived in Springy Sth I used to travel to Boxhill by train with my mobility scooter with model attached to sail with the Surrey Park Model Boat club which I was a member of.

http://www.spmbc.org.au/

Damien.

hello
Beautiful hull, I like this boat, where had you the plan?
Cheers

Not sure what you mean mate, if you are talking to me.   However, if you mean nice boat so far, thank you, and I got the plans from Float a boat in Victoria Australia.   http://www.floataboat.com.au/

Cheers,

Doonie.

Nice boat
bad translator, sorry .

gday folks , there is no reason why you cant build your own paddle wheels , dont forget aluminium , 2/3 mm, then you bolt on the floats w "J" bolts , home made out of 2 mm s/steel bolts BUT it took me a LONG time to finnish my floats ,almost 3 months , out of brass plate =too heavy .
but my FaB paddle wheels were built in 4 hrs ,a good product , i still think
regards bill s

G'day.   Done a bit more on the boat.   I've decided to build it as the RMS Dispatch, which is what she was before being sailed around to geelong.

I've bit the bullet and ordered the paddlewheel kits from floataboat and also got onto a nifty esc for paddleboats.   It's a Sabretooth 2 x 12 rc esc.   Here's a link to the website.   https://www.dimensionengineering.com/products/sabertooth2x12rc and a link to a YouTube demo with a snow plow thingy, but you'll get the idea.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbLJotA2L6I

Cheers,

Doonie

Done a bit more.   Made the sponsons, then realised I'd have to put the steel sides on before I could mount them so I did that.   That two motor speedie turned up. as did the paddle wheels so its full steam ahead at the moment.

and

and

Got the rustic deck planks on, and the sponsons.

Hi PD's........looking good Doonie 

Difficult to tell from the images  ....but could this be 

1. cedar deck planking?
2. pine planking on the hull?
3. hardwood for the sponsons?

I think the deck planking when aged/preserved will be a brilliant representation

Derek

Good work Derek and thank you.   Hardwood for the sponsons, balsa ( plus fibreglass) for the hull and Meranti for the deck.   I added ten drops of black dye to the glue when gluing the planks and rubbed it in as I went.   The planks were all rough cut so some were higher and some were lower.   When the glue dried, it dried clear leaving the black dye in between and on top of some of the planks.   I plan to also paint the deck with a wash of turps and black paint to accentuate the colours.   I hope to end up with a silvery grey look, similar to weathered fence planks.   As you know, I' m building the Dispatch, which was a whacked together cheapy with not a lot of pizzaz.   Making it up as I go.   Only got two old photos to work from.

Doonie.