OTHER RESOURCES FOR MODEL BUILDERS

photographs
are available from the Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse, LaCrosse, WI 54601

other model plans
- Excellent plans for other boats are available from John L. Fryant, modelplans.steamboats.org.
- David J. Meagher, 208 Thach Lane, Meridianville, AL 35759-1624 specializes in boats of the Civil War, including gunboats, tinclads, the SULTANA and others.
- For plans of the Delta Queen contact Hartman Fiberglass R/C, P.O. Box 86, 233 Melrose Street, Argenta, IL 62501
- Contact Underground Railway Press, Inc., P.O. Box 11279, Burke, VA 22009-1279 for railway and steamboat information and plans.

For just about everything under the sun about the Western Rivers contact The Steamboat Store, P.O. Box 3046, Louisville, KY 40201-3046

riverboat publications
- join the Sons & Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen, 126 Seneca Drive, Marietta, OH 45750. The association publishes the quarterly magazine The S&D Reflector, filled with photographs and text about steamboats.
- Join the International Steamboat Society, Rt. 1, Box 262, Middlebourne, WV 26149
- Subscribe to The Waterways Journal, 666 Security Building, 319 North Fourth Street, St. Louis, MO 63102 for a weekly magazine about the river, past and present.

materials
First visit your local model or hobby shop with an open mind. Many products made for model railroads are adaptable to riverboat modeling.

basswood scale lumber and scribed sheets
- Northeastern Scale Models, Inc., P.O. Box 727, Methuen, MA 01844.
- Mount Albert Scale Lumber Company, 18647 Centre Road, R.R. 3, Mount Albert, Ont LOG 1MO, Canada.

plastic sheets, shapes, moldings, etc.
- Plastruct, Inc., 1020 South Wallace Place, City of Industry, CA 91748;
- Evergreen Scale Models, 12808 N.E. 125th Way, Kirkland, WA 98034.

metal components, shapes, tubes, etc.
- Special Shapes Co., P.O. Box 487-R, Romeoville, IL 60441.
- K & S Engineering, 6917 West 59th St., Chicago, IL 60638. Catalog 25 cents.