http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pop-pop-steamboats/ pop-pop-steamboats Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:37:42 GMT frankmcneilll http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pop-pop-steamboats/message/2131 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pop-pop-steamboats/message/2131 Hi Donald, Richard and all, I borrowed an illustration from the wikipedia article Richard cited to show that a Kitchen rudder does a lot more than the clam Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:05:18 GMT Don & Marsha Munsey Jr http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pop-pop-steamboats/message/2130 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pop-pop-steamboats/message/2130 Richard, Have you looked at the structure and operation of the clam-shell thrust reverser mechanisms found on aircraft jet engines in your radio control rudder Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:53:23 GMT frankmcneilll http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pop-pop-steamboats/message/2129 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pop-pop-steamboats/message/2129 Hi Richard, Thanks for confirming your earlier suggestion that a Kitchen rudder could be used to provide steering and reverse propulsion for pop-pop boats. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:39:50 GMT np2153 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pop-pop-steamboats/message/2128 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pop-pop-steamboats/message/2128 Hi everyone, A while back I offered the suggestion that a Kitchen rudder might be one way of controlling the speed and direction of a pop-pop boat, and might Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:54:52 GMT Don & Marsha Munsey Jr http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pop-pop-steamboats/message/2127 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pop-pop-steamboats/message/2127 Pete, I agree with you about Ed - He's great to work with! He has cut a few (tug, 2 barges & small engine house) of his 1:48 kits in 1:64 for my modeling at a Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:00:35 GMT Donald Qualls http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pop-pop-steamboats/message/2126 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pop-pop-steamboats/message/2126 ... Some of us remember when most software you could download was genuinely freeware -- this was back in the days before so many companies found ways to make Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:48:48 GMT Pete http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pop-pop-steamboats/message/2125 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pop-pop-steamboats/message/2125 I've worked with Ed Fillion on my Fulton Engine Project. He's a hell of a nice guy. He was a member of Pop-Pop but resigned as he didn't want to take time from Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:10:15 GMT frankmcneilll http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pop-pop-steamboats/message/2124 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pop-pop-steamboats/message/2124 Hi Don & Marsha, My post was based on the possibility that somebody who sells laser cut kits might be interested in developing kits for pop-pop ironclads and Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:23:51 GMT Don & Marsha Munsey Jr http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pop-pop-steamboats/message/2123 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pop-pop-steamboats/message/2123 The Deerfield Laser barges (coal & salvage) may provide a better starting point - as is - they are all wood, open frame construction - which would allow easy Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:23:12 GMT Tony http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pop-pop-steamboats/message/2122 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pop-pop-steamboats/message/2122 {:^) I can imagine what my wife would call me at the moment, if asked about my latest hobby... As it happens,I'm looking for a hull design into which to fit my Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:59:23 GMT frankmcneilll http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pop-pop-steamboats/message/2121 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pop-pop-steamboats/message/2121 P/S to previous message, Links to Deerfield River Laser and Frenchman River Model Works have been added in the links section. If anybody knows of other Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:23:13 GMT frankmcneilll http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pop-pop-steamboats/message/2120 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pop-pop-steamboats/message/2120 Hi Pete, We need to find somebody to produce models or kits based on those cardstock designs. Maybe Ed Fillion (Deerfield River Laser at edfillion448@... or Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:55:20 GMT Pete http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pop-pop-steamboats/message/2119 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pop-pop-steamboats/message/2119 ... Our Pete is Mr. Persistence Personified. My wife would say "Stubborn"! I have extracted ALL of of the Cardstock Files. They are all individual pages. To Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:13:19 GMT frankmcneilll http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pop-pop-steamboats/message/2118 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pop-pop-steamboats/message/2118 Hi Donald, I have "silently observed" that most software offered as "free" is about as free as the cheese that trips a mouse trap. Our Pete is Mr. Persistence Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:52:19 GMT Donald Qualls http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pop-pop-steamboats/message/2117 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pop-pop-steamboats/message/2117 There's a common program called WinRAR that will compress and decompress RAR format. This format was popular on newsgroups and some mailing lists, originally