I have built to many tug boats & we have a member in our club that has a Clyde Puffer and he hardly ever runs it so I've decided to build one .The bottom isn't flat but no one will know that except me & anyone that reads this. I have a lot of finishing up on the model but that's always the fun part adding doors windows more planking etc. etc.

Here's what my AI had to say about the flat bottom on a Puffer ( The Clyde puffer is a type of small, coal-fired, single-masted cargo ship that was primarily built on the Forth and Clyde Canal in Scotland. These ships played a crucial role in providing a supply link around the west coast and the Hebrides1.

Key Characteristics:

Bluff bows and a flat bottom: This design allowed them to beach and unload at low tide, which was essential for supplying remote settlements without suitable piers.

Time for cabin windows which I hate doing .I tried a different method made frames for windows & installed in holes I made in cabin. Looks a little crappy but it will have to do.

Add a little paint Mast , Boom ,hatch covers Stack .And still a lot of other things like railings , vents .life rings, doors etc.

My wife thinks my Puffer looks like Noah's Ark I think it's because of all the rain we have had here since the hurricane season has started . My next stuff are Navigation lights doors & a little life boat. I'm so tired of buying these things & paying big bucks to get them after 2 weeks so I'll just make them my self. P.S I like a messy work space. Used spar varnish on the deck & hatch covers .

Door's Nav. lights Led lamps messy work bench spar varnish on hatch covers & deck P/S my wife thinks it's Noah's Ark because of all the rain we have been getting in Ontario because of the early Hurricane season or global warming ?

Over the many years in a model boat club I have let kids sail my models but lately the little kids have filled my models up with water & that destroys the receivers in the model SO my solution to this is to use the many Tylenol head ache pill bottles to keep receivers dry. So if I let any kids run the Puffer hopefully Only a few other electronic parts will get wet 🤔

Was going through my junk drawer & came across this lit gem Hope it works Its so old I don't think I'll get my money back.