An ancient newbie here!
Thinking of scratch building Jupiter, a Clyde paddle steamer from 1898. Length will probably be just over a metre, say 1100mm.
I would like to go R/C live steam, but need advice on suitable engine/boiler installations. A new area for me, and I don't think anyone up here builds live steam models.
I would like to use feathering paddles, but I doubt there are any reasonably priced ones at 100mm diameter, so I will make up some fixed ones.
Advice please!

Jupiter was a beautifull paddler- especially in her early grey hull colour scheme. I also love her near sister (Atalanta) even though she was a 3 screw turbine ship!. You have many Scottish paddlers to plck from!Go for it ma wee laddy!! Regards, Walter.

1100 mm lenght may be a little less for this rather narrow and light draught paddler. Not so much the steam engine, but the boiler will have some more weight than an electric batterie. I made nearly 20 live steam driven paddlers - may be some examples will help your imagination comes to reality.

Smallest paddlers I `ve build are "Hjeilen" in 1 : 32 of 850 mm lenght and "Rigi" in scale 1 : 50 with 820 mm. But theese models are driven by  dimunitive oscillating engines also with very tiny boilers.

For practical use a lenght between 1200 to 1800 mm should be the better way. I will post some pictures and you may be ask me some questions about live steam paddlers.

Thomas

Many thanks for that, Hank. Superb models, and an amazingly tidy workshop too!
After scaling up the drawings I had, and looking at the boiler/engine combo I am thinking of using (Clevedon Steam 'Virgo), I realise there is no room at 1;48/1100mm!
Time to look for another paddler- I am just seeing what drawings are available- I might just come up with a non-scale 'generic' model.
Never built a steam paddler before, but have built a few boats. Here are two more, both scratch built; the schooner is R/C: