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[merseyferry]

has any one built a graupner glasgow.i have the  large plans but not the little build book ..ive just started a rebuild  of a half built model my problem is the  paddle wheels...which ones right does the little brass bir point out or in ..in = towards hull

[Danny]

In the pic, the one on the left is the starboard wheel.
I've just fixed mine after the first outing.
Three of the 'rivets' came adrift and almost trashed the wheel - and water poured into the hull from the paddle boxes.
The cures are fairly simple.  Dump the rivets and assemble your wheels with stainless M2.5 x 10 pan head screws and nyloc nuts.  Check they are the right way round to clear the arms, etc.  Tighten until there is JUST free play.
The inside of the paddle boxes will not only need an L shaped lip over the deck edge, but will need silicon as well to keep the water out.
Last time out (Mayhem) I had no water ingress and the wheels stayed together :)
Cheers
Danny

[merseyferry]

my appologies  Danny i forgot to turn this off...were would i get the pan heads and the nuts  from ,i was thinking the little black studs looked a bit flimsy

[Danny]

Hi, you should be able to get them from your local "industrial fasteners" supplier, but if not
http://www.modelfixings.co.uk/machine_screws.htm


Forgot to say that they only seem to come in 6 or 12mm. The 6mm are too short to lock so if you want to make a neat job, you have to cut the 12 down to 10mm!!  Still, there's only 62 of them 
I also painted everything (blades, links, fasteners) matt black before assembly which (to me) gives it a less "toylike" appearance.
Cheers
Danny

[boatman1956]

I have used the Graupner paddle wheels on the Glasgow and the Bristol Queen and very successfully.
When I assembled them I dabbed a tiny bit of polystyrene cement onto each little pin end after insertion .Maximum revs at 3:1 on the belt and a 11:1 mfa 919d motor/gearbox. No trouble at all.