Hi all
i have been interested in paddle boats for a while but haven't built anything
as yet, after joining this site i have got myself into gear and i am going to start  building the EPPLETON HALL any advice welcome.

       cheers  Ian

Build it in very large scale if you plan to cruise it at Darwin: crocodiles eat anything small.

Where in Australia are you based, and what will be your likely waterway?

Regards,
Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

Hello Ian,

Welcome to Paddleducks. I received your PM but it was too close to my bedtime so I was unable to reply. I'm assuming you have the plans that are available here; http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=hhsheet&fileName=ca/ca1500/ca1508/sheet/browse.db&action=browse&recNum=0&title2=Steam%20Tug%20EPPLETON%20HALL,%20Hyde%20Street%20Pier,%20San%20Francisco,%20San%20Francisco%20County,%20CA&displayType=1&maxCols=2&itemLink=r?ammem/hh:@FIELD(DOCID+@BAND(@lit(CA1508))) ..? Since she is still afloat and on display as part of the San Francisco Maritime Museum, I often do a search on photo sites like Flickr to see what photos people have recently downloaded of her. At one time I gave consideration to building her but other projects have caught my fancy instead.

Once again, welcome

Randy

Going to the search function on the archive brings up 32 messages about PS Eppleton Hall.

My four photos, taken at San Francisco in 2010, are at www.paddleducks.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=5154.msg26497#msg26497

Regards,
Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor