Welcome to the forum, I noticed that you are in the St. Louis metro area. On this side of the river there is a scale model boat club, St. Louis Admirals. We are a bunch of guys, 88 in all, who love building and running boats and having a good time. We have a web site http://www.stlouisadmirals.com We have meetings once a month along with sailing days, come by for a visit. We are glad to answer questions and help you along with your build. Heck someone may have a set of plans that may suite you.