Hi,
I enjoy building and sail all types of model boats from FE to yachts with my son. I intend to get him the Pelikan Bohemia kit for christmas from puffin models. Can anyone tell me a little of the history of this boat?

We are new to paddle boats and would like to know what other people think about this kit?

Thanks
Daryl

Quote from: DarylHi,
I enjoy building and sail all types of model boats from FE to yachts with my son. I intend to get him the Pelikan Bohemia kit for christmas from puffin models. Can anyone tell me a little of the history of this boat?

We are new to paddle boats and would like to know what other people think about this kit?

Thanks
Daryl

Nice to have you with us Daryl...

One of our moderators, Walter Snowdon, recently bought one of these kits. Sadly he's offline at the moment because of computer problems, but I have had a quick look at the kit he bought....

I'd have to say it's very basic, but the drive motor/gearbox is simplicity itself and seems perfectly adequate. The model could do with a bit of time spending on it to add extra detail etc, but could certainly be made into a very nice little paddler.

If you've ever built a kit with vacformed styrene hull and deck you'll have absolutely no problem putting it together.

BOHEMIA was built in 1841 in Prague and was the  first paddle steamer to operate on the River Vltava/Moldau in Prague, She was  built there by J Andrews and J Ruston, who were her owners, and had a  two-cylinder oscillating engine by John Penn of Greenwich.
In 1851, she was sold to the Säschsische-Böhmische  Dampfschiffarts-Gesellschaft (Saxon-Bohemian steamship company) for service on  the River Elbe at Dresden, and was scrapped in 1856. Her engine was then fitted  in the steamer STADT MEISSEN, built in 1857, which was renamed  PILLNITZ  in 1873 and scrapped in 1883. The following year another  PILLNITZ was built which inherited the engine, and is still in operation, now  named DIESBAR. The engine is the oldest surviving operational marine steam  engine in the world
 
Alistair
 
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Hi,
I enjoy building and sail all types of model    boats from FE to yachts with my son. I intend to get him the Pelikan Bohemia    kit for christmas from puffin models. Can anyone tell me a little of the    history of this boat?

We are new to paddle boats and would like to know    what other people think about this kit?

Thanks
Daryl



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Thanks very much for the information it is interesting that they moved the engine around so much.

Very best wshes
Daryl

Hi PD's - Daryl - from the posting by Alistair [a renound knowledge bank within our PD group on European paddlers] would simply suggest the engine by design/quality outlived three hulls

This [engines being transferred from vessel to vessel] is also well documented in the earlier Australian PD history - Derek

- I am sure Alistair has posted comments on non-European paddlers  also - sorry Alistair