Scratch build, Clyde Puffer

Finished drawings, ready to cut wood. Yes, like almost of my scratch ships I will be building it using the bread and butter method. I found some lovely Aspen, and the thickness matches the lift intervals.

The Clyde puffers were small commercial ships serving northwest Scotland ports from the Glascow area to Lewis Ile and Hebrides. They were called puffers because they were single stage with no condensers- much like steam locomotive, so they had the same sound as steam locomotives. They are no longer in commercial service, but there are several still existing. The most famous is a museum ship, the Vital Spark.

I will be adding a new idea- I will seperate the left and right lifs with a thin sheet cut to the centerline profile.

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What scale are you thinking?

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It will be 1:48. Bib enough for lots of detail, small enough to not taking to much display space. Still wondering where I’ll put it when finished.

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That’s why I haven’t started on my 1/350 Star Trek ships… :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

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Here are the lines I am using

I was surprised at how many posts give puffer lines. I suspect the majority are Vital Spark..

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Got the profile up, and ready to lay out the lift patterns’

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Ran out of printer paper, so went to the store and got some. Printed them all. Then when I went to glue the first one to the wood, I was out of rubber cement! Have to bike to conveniance store tt=o get that :roll_eyes:

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Further progress:

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