HI All, I put up another sketch of a radio controllable water pulse engine that looks like one that was shown before, but has a few changes. The principal ...
Hi All, The first news item for today is that there are forty-one of us now. wdsmith41 is our new member. The second item is a link to Frappr Map, a feature...
Hi All, There are forty-three of us now. Our newest members yesterday afternoon were hlfuzzball and dyscord2003, welcome to the group guys. There's also a new ...
RE: The North River image The image was created in KeyCreator CAD software from a 3D Solids model. Each component was created in what is known as wireframe...
Hi All There are forty five of us now, ijopson is our forty-fifth member. He specializes in models of seagoing vessels that evolved from ironclads to become...
Greetings All, Those great images of the NORTH RIVER have drawn me out of Lurker Mode. I am hoping you gents can help me out a bit. See I am an old Snipe with...
Hi All, Pete Baker's series of North River Steamboat images on the home page has been interrupted temporarily to suggest that patterns for paper and card stock...
Dan, I am relatively new to the steamboat world. I started about 2-1/2 years ago when I got interested in the building of a "CLERMONT" replica initiated by the...
Frank, As always, great suggestions for ideas and resources. Thanks... Pete ... has ... card ... pop-pop ... little ... kids. ... Pete's ... model ... and ... ...
Hi All, There are a lot of paper models of steamboats that could sail on that cardboard sea. They are mostly waterline models, so suggestions for converting...
Hi All, The "This" is that I haven't "introduced" new members to the group for a while. The last time there were forty-five of us. Now there are forty-seven....
Greetings All, You guys are GREAT! Thanks for all the links. I only get online on none working weekend mornings so I am sure these will keep me busy for ...
Hi Dan and all, Thanks for your post Dan. I asked David Hathaway for information about the use of copyrighted material and pasted his reply to the end of the...
Hi All, I "borrowed" the new home page image from the Delta 7 Studios website because it shows paper models of several of Robert Fulton's that I haven't seen...
Mornin Frank, I too had found this site. Paper models are an interesting source for creating metal versions. All of your advice on the subject is good. I've...
Hi All, Early because the Sun hasn't come up yet and Late because I should have reported this several days ago. Anyhow, the last census report was that we had...
Hi All, I learned that there is a new flatbed ink jet printer that can produce high resolution images on wood, metal plastic and glass. Now I need to find the...
Hi All, Does anybody still read this stuff? If there are any metal workers or model builders in the audience, please take a look at today's home page image and...
Hi Frank Ya,, somebody is still reading the Pop-pop groupe news. Maybe we don't post as often as we should but we are here. As for fastening metal parts...
Hey! Suppose we should build a round thing with a stick through the middle? Maybe we could call it a "wheel?" ... Now, all seriousness aside, how about doing...
Hi All— — and thanks to Ron Root, Barry Gorman and WD Smith for their advice about methods for attaching sheet metal components. As you can see from the...
Hi All, There are fifty of us now. Matthew Sparks is our fiftieth member. He designs paper models and has constructed pop-pop boats. Go to links and click on...
Hi All, The new image on the home page shows variations of a method for joining strips of semi-rigid materials as an alternative to skiving or lapping. Go to:...
Hi All, The current image is a pastiche, or hodgepodge, of one of Pete Baker's computer generated images of the North River Clermont with a photo of a paper...
Hi all, I through up a photo album of some of my clermont images- Matthew Sparks McClatchy Newspapers Desk (916) 321-1887 Cel (916) 825-3880 Fax (916 321-1879 ...
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