Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Pinnochio, Mr Shima's boat (Japan)


It is a well sympathetic story which I will tell you gradually!
I received one day, a few times after Rétronautique in Enghiens, an English e-mail, signed of a name with Japanese consonance, which required of me how to get in touch with the owner of Mike, the wonderful small steamboat of Michel.
One of these friends to Japan, Mr. Shima, very famous pop star having model making like passion, was building a small steamboat of the same size that Mike, and was looking for contacts that could help him.
Or that becomes really astonishing is that the person who sent this e-mail to me is based in the USA, that it had had the adress of my blog by a new zeeland forum of steamboating , to put in contact a Japanese steamboat builder, with another French steamboat builder!!!
Quite sympathetic like helps around the world!
The contact was organized between Michel and Mr. Shima, and I was maintained with the current of the continuation adventures that I would tell you!

Here already some photographs of Pinnochio, and some details on its equipment.
The hull, which I suppose, was bought already finished, is a pretty clinker hull of 2,8m length, it must be equipped with Stuart N°1 and his boiler.

Talents of model maker of Mr. Shima




The hull



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