>Hi all,
>
>While researching the battle of Fort Donelson for its unusual acoustics, I
>was compelled to create a scale model of the City Class boats commanded by
>Foote. I thought members of your groups might be interested in downloading
>it from my site atformatting link
>Best regards,
>
>Jon
>
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Good job!
I recently built a 1/96 scratch model from plans of the Steamboat Idlewild as she appeared in 1916 [unpainted except for trim accent]. 22" from stem to stern, 5" beam, 9" to top of pilothouse. Complete with gangplank [add another
4.5"] and rigging, ladderwells, boilers and, although inacessable to view, engineroom equipments as determined from Internet pictorials. I had trouble with the paddlewheel and had to reduce the number of pusherboards by half.For a picture of her as she was, see:
Thanks for the encouragement!
-J> J>
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