Santa came up trumps again and presented yours truly with another kit. Slight difference this time as my present is an unloved and unfinished project sold on Mayhem by another contributor to the forum. The paddle steamer is a boat that has fascinated me for some time and as this one was barely started it seemed like a good idea to take it on and hopefully finish it.
It came to me with the hull beautifully painted red below the waterline and black above a geared motor and gearbox fitted and the paddle wheels and boxes modified, some other bits done and several bits to be rebuilt.
I think one of the problems has been and will continue to be the Graupner fittings and finish. I have already ordered brass portholes (about 20 ) to replace the plastic ones supplied, the previous builder has modified what he felt was a flimsy paddle wheel set up although the paddle wheels themselves seem very good.
There are already several bits I dislike intensely number one being 'phillip' screw heads on show holding the paddle boxes in place others are the winch on the bow and no doubt I will find more.
As the 'Glasgow' is generic and I cannot find a reference to such a boat this will have a name change and probably several design changes from the 'Graupner' design I had even thought of building her as a WW1 minesweeper, not sure as they do look pretty in their red, blacks, white and creams.
Anyway I hope that this build will be of interest to someone and as always look forward to comments good and bad
To be continued.