R/C Clyde Puffer

An R/C clyde puffer I designed and built a few years back. It's not a particularly easy build, as it will most likely require modification. This was also before I got better at hull drawing, so there is some discontinuity in the hull near the bow and the skeg. Filler and sanding should sort that right out.

The motor it was designed for was about 30mm in diameter.

The steering is done via a servo under the wheelhouse mounted on the motor mount, attached onto a chain that runs through the two channels on the aft deck to the rudder (see photos)
On my model, I had a pair of ancillary chains on magnets that went from the servo up into the wheelhouse, and around the steering drum. This meant the ship's wheel would turn as the boat steered.

It's drawn from hull lines of VIC32.

LOA is 400mm, giving the scale to be about 1:50.

The rudder is intended to be glued onto a 2mm brass rod, threaded through the rings on the hull.
To attach the propeller, crossdrill the shaft and put