This is a decidedly part time pursuit and not to be over done...down in town with whole family on shop hunt , so I decided to leave them to it and went walkabout, on the way I called in to a ships chandlers and asked if there was a chance of any old naval brass or bronze bits lying about, after some thought he directed me to the marina boat yard, where I had to find a chap called **R*..having duly found him I then put the same question to him, describing what I was going to use it for ...after about 15 mins, hunting he handed me a 4ft, length of bronze propellor shaft tube, and a 10'' approx. propellor. plus a few small bits and pieces.
A very nice bloke indeed, but I wont push my luck, not for some time yet
John.