Paddle steamer aircraft carriers

[McColm]

So I entered paddle steamer aircraft carriers in the search engine Google and surprise !
The USNavy commissioned two as fresh water aircraft carriers for advanced training, carrier take-offs & landings on lake Michigan, the great lakes.
Both were former passenger side-wheel coal fired steamers. Greater Buffalo- USS Wolverine (IX-64) & Seeandbee/Sable -USS Sablefish (IX-81). Built around 1912 and in Naval service in 1942, scrapped in 1949.
  This got me thinking of building something along similar lines. Either converting something modern or kit bashing .
Any help on this subject would be greatly appreciated in kits and scales.

[McColm]

Been on eBay and Revell has a 1/160 model kit of the Rheindamper Goethe which is a side-wheel steamer.
There's a vacform kit but it's a bit pricey, I guess it's a case of choosing a popular scale within my price range and gaining the experience in building them.

[NARSES2]

You could do a scalearama with 1/160 ship and 1/144 or 1/200 aircraft.

[PR19_Kit]

You can't see much of the paddles anyway, if at all, so almost any hull would do I'd guess. It's got a VERY low freeboard, so I hope it didn't get too rough on the Great Lakes.

[loupgarou]

For a more ancient look, say WW1, Lindberg has reissued Fulton's boat:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lindberg-200-1-96-Fultons-Clermont-Side-Wheel-Powered-Steamboat-/331883170555?hash=item4d45c74afb:g:Q7kAAOSwmtJXYo~e
and the blockade runner:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lindberg-Model-Kit-1-124-Civil-War-Blockade-Runner-/311530576314?hash=item4888ab59ba:g:bPsAAOSwCypWn2E1

[jcf]

You can't see much of the paddles anyway, if at all, so almost any hull would do I'd guess. It's got a VERY low freeboard, so I hope it didn't get too rough on the Great Lakes.

Seeing as they're really inland seas ...

https://youtu.be/hgI8bta-7aw

[royabulgaf]

Yes, they can get quite rough.  The Great Lakes, especially Michigan and Superior, are littered with wrecks including the 26000 ton Edmund Fitzgerald, some 729 ft in length. 

[seadude]

http://www.heroesondeck.com/

[Captain Canada]

Nice find Seadude !

[Doug K]

1/144th scale, RC, handles terribly (like most model paddlers), dunno if this link will work but this is my Wolverine wallowing on Inverleith Pond, Edinburgh!

https://www.facebook.com/244852565540179/photos/a.245757542116348.82704.244852565540179/245758322116270/?type=3&theater

[tigercat]

There are lego duplo paddle wheels if you wanted to scratchbuild

[seadude]

Just recently got posted. 
http://www.modelwarships.com/reviews/ships/cv/IX-64/Wolverine-700-brm/brm-review.html

Nice find Seadude !

Yep. I have the DVD. Highly recommended for anybody interested in the Wolverine and/or Sable.

[McColm]

Sometimes an idea pops into my head and I think did anyone build that?
On this occasion they did !