Good to see you here on this forum Capn' Haddock. We have very recently been posting on the other site. I know you are a very active contributor but you will see this one has a rather more laid back pace.

Will be very interested to see your builds.

Tim R

Captain H,

The magazine item for Sirocco was featured in the June 1962 edition of Model Maker magazine, attached below. Like so many of these old items, there really isn't much information, I think the authors of articles in the modern magazine have to provide much information. The plan is still available from Sarik as MM704.

Some years ago, I paid a couple of visits to the Windermere Steamboat Museum, which were a good experience. Only last night I was reading an old Model Boats magazine from December 1979. The article of interest was Basil Harley's 'Mabel' design which is a stand-off-scale model based loosely on the Branksome in the museum.

But bear in mind that you might have problems finding somewhere to run it!

Colin

Hi Captain H,

I made a couple of visits to Coniston to photograph the Gondola and what a lovely steamer she is, A superb model was built of her in the 1980s and this was featured in the October 1984 Model Boats magazine. I can't remember the builder.

Wishing you every success with the building projects, Vic's 'Moonglow' should be a good project and if you manage any photographs when the model is finished or on the water, it would be good to see them.

Tony

Back in that era, it wasn't just vibration that happened – the motor mount and whatever the mount was fixed to had to withstand the rigours of starting with a lanyard round the flywheel. Embarrasing to pull it out by its roots. For electric, since electric motors are so much smoother in operation, a lot of lightness can be added around there.

You might have to position the battery so that it sits at the correct angle on the water but other than that, as I said before, I would be surprised if you had to add any ballast. The shape of the hull means it is not affected much by reasonable weight differences and once on the plane it is irreverent anyway.

Displacement hulls are a different kettle of fish as you do want them sitting correctly on the waterline.