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  • Category: Models
  • Founded: Jun 23, 2006
  • Language: English
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Hi Andrew, You wrote: Hi, I am in my 40's father of eleven children and interested in building a full size pop pop boat. well at lest a one man boat. A full...
7 Sep 3, 2007
2:26 pm

Pete B.
northriver07
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Hi, Jean-Yves, Pete, Carl and all, I have also seen something about that elusive boat with a pop-pop boiler made of barrel heads and have searched for it...
6 Sep 3, 2007
12:26 pm

Pete B.
northriver07
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The Home Page photo shows the 1/2 scale (approx 28 FT) replica of "The Experiment". The Experiment was a steamboat designed and built by James Rumsey in 1787....
1 Sep 2, 2007
2:14 am

Pete B.
northriver07
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Not much activity on the forum. Vacation time? After examination of the data of the best engines I know I thought it could be possible to build a very big...
2 Aug 23, 2007
1:19 pm

Pete B.
northriver07
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Welcome Ken Tait Sr. and D.Walker, I would encourage you to look through the"PHOTOS&quot;, "FILE" and "LINKS" sections. There's a wealth of information on the...
1 Aug 17, 2007
7:37 pm

Pete B.
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Good morning Frank, It has been determined that both images are the same boat. Carl and Dallas are fellow collectors and friends. The vintage boat is most...
5 Aug 4, 2007
4:30 pm

Jean-Yves Renaud
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I've been invited to join the Rumseian Group on "The Experiment" at the Clermont Site Steamboat Meet on the Hudson River. The group is from Shepherdstown, WV....
2 Jul 13, 2007
4:25 pm

Pete B.
northriver07
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Dan, I enjoyed looking thru your Dory pop-pop album. Nice looking boats. In one photo it looks like your gunwhale is under water. Did you stay upright? Lots of...
4 Jul 4, 2007
5:54 pm

danoyes1
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Hi Every body, I haven't find a conversation concerning this boat and I was wondering if Franck can tell us more about the boat (length, weight, size of the ...
2 Jun 21, 2007
11:08 pm

Pete B.
northriver07
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Whose Working on What? We're supposed to hibernate in the Winter! Anyone have a design or building project going? Cathy & I spent 3 days watching our...
8 Jun 20, 2007
9:40 pm

Frank McNeill
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The World's largest Steamboat Meet on Lake Winnepesaukee, NH. This year's date: 35 Annual Lee's Mills Steamboat Meet Town Docks, Moultonborough, NH September 7...
1 Jun 10, 2007
8:40 pm

Pete B.
northriver07
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Hi All, Go to <http://www.mysidewheeler.com/> for Ken Brockway's home page. I used Ken's picture for the home page to show you what a 63 year old kid should...
1 Jun 8, 2007
9:52 pm

Frank McNeill
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All of the businesses and web sites owned by members of the group have been featured, so the home page of Nori Muster's Steamboats web site is being used for...
2 Jun 8, 2007
11:01 am

Pete B.
northriver07
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The current Model Engineer No 4300, 25May to 7 June 2007 has an article on an electric pop-pop motor and its use in a boat. The French authors are using it to...
4 May 20, 2007
5:43 pm

Jean-Yves Renaud
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Hi All, The following message was posted to the ironclads group by a former member of pop-pop-steamboats who left the group recently. Chuck is a veteran, or...
1 May 18, 2007
1:12 pm

Frank McNeill
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got some good stuff at Michael's in their candle making section. Also they have something called a wick clip. A round flanged washer with hole in the center...
2 May 9, 2007
4:32 pm

Pete B.
northriver07
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http://www.johnsonsmith.com/...
1 May 9, 2007
1:55 am

wdsmith
wdsmith41
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I have made and refined several heating units using olive oil but wicks are a problem. What do you use and where do you obtain it? My most successful heater...
6 May 7, 2007
12:27 pm

eknispel70
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Hi All, Moving right along, this is a clip from our second link to a member's business, home page or web site. This one was clipped from the top of Buzz...
15 May 3, 2007
5:17 pm

danoyes1
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NO MORE SAUCE FOR GOOSE OR GANDER Posted by: "Frank McNeill" frankmcneilll@... frankmcneilll Date: Fri Apr 27, 2007 8:32 am ((PDT)) ... Hey, thanks for...
1 Apr 30, 2007
12:40 am

James or Carmen Dugan
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Hi All, It has been determined that pop-pop boat racing is one of the safest of all sporting events for participants and spectators alike. To see how safe...
1 Apr 29, 2007
9:46 pm

Frank McNeill
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Hi All, There won’t be any more goose sauce, but I added several Spam recipes to files at <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pop-pop-steamboats/files/>. Look for...
1 Apr 27, 2007
3:32 pm

Frank McNeill
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Hi All, Just an idea to spend time: build a merry-go-round powered by a pop-pop engine. Not only it works, but it runs faster than a floating hull. See two...
9 Apr 18, 2007
2:09 am

Pete B.
northriver07
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What kids are doing! The link below is a CNN video from the National Championship in Atlanta, GA for US First Robotics. ...
1 Apr 15, 2007
4:42 pm

Pete B.
northriver07
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My attempts to jump start discussion on cardboardshipsandboats haven't worked so far, so I decided to post clips from the home pages and businesses of members...
8 Apr 9, 2007
1:29 am

Frank McNeill
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Hi Frank, and all listmates, I got acquantied with pop-pops when Frank posted to a miniature wargaming group I am a member of. It is about 28-30mm scale, and I...
2 Apr 7, 2007
4:02 pm

Frank McNeill
frankmcneilll
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... From: "Frank McNeill" <frankmcneilll@...> ... Frank, the ground's well covered already. Your special idea was putting pop-pop motors in card models. ...
4 Apr 7, 2007
4:01 pm

David Halfpenny
tuppenced
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Please check out the file GOLIATH.pdf. Nice little paddle boat. It could easily be converted to a paper pop-pop. Can you translate article to English? Pete...
1 Apr 5, 2007
5:15 pm

Pete B.
northriver07
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Hi All, I don't usually post pictures of nudes on the home page, but am doing it this time to get some discussion going. ttfn, old Frank...
3 Apr 5, 2007
2:20 pm

Frank McNeill
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To All, I have just uploaded 4 pics to the album "Help Identify Pop-Pop <http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/pop-pop-steamboats/photos/browse/6082> ". I have been...
19 Apr 1, 2007
1:50 pm

Pete B.
northriver07
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