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I worked a little more on my tow boat today.  There are very few photos of this boat out there so I guessed quite a bit on this.  The pilot house is still removable and I plan on detailing it at a future time.

The base is set in the envirotex now.  When it is fully cured, I will add some waves to the last layer.   

Dave

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Thank you all for the nice comments!  

The boat started as n RC 1/48 scale model.  The company was kind enough to sell me just the shell.  It was a tripple decker and pretty long with just minor detailing.

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I cut it down and shortened it quite a bit.

The prototype does have a smaller pilot house and shorter stack but I think I will leave the model the way it is and deal with the critics.  Like I said in the first post, I took some liberties. lol

Here is the best photo I have of the real boat.

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I also have a photo without the blue trim which I like better.

The scene is not a lock but rather a coal unloading facility and the tracks are not as close as in my scene to the water in real life but they are fairly close.  I didn't try to model THIS crane.  I think somebody makes a 1:48 diecast version of it but i didn't have enough space.

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Even though this photo is very old, the rivers are still green and brown.  You can still see the mix at the point.

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Malcolm,

The layout fascia is masonite and the rivets are just foam spheres cut in half.  I think I might replace the bottom baseboard rivets with wooden half spheres.  The foam ones are easily destroyed by shoes.....  I have wiped out quite a few myself.

Here is the gate to get inside the layout.  I will eventually put fascia around the whole layout, maybe add some lighting too.

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Again thank you all for the nice comments!

 

Dave

 

 

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Roo posted:

Dave.

The sunbathers look great. OH! and the modelling is superb to, like all your work.

It's hard to get water the right colour it's either to dark, to clear, you have nailed it.

Roo.

 

 Our ball team just had the annual "Christmas in July" day, maybe one day we'll get down there and see what Xmas in summer is really like!

 

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David Minarik posted:

Thank you all for the nice comments!  

Even though this photo is very old, the rivers are still green and brown.  You can still see the mix at the point.

Pittsburgh_-_Three_Rivers_from_Duquesne_Heights_[1968)

I can certainly attest to the fact that the Monongahela River water looks brown but the Allegheny River water often looks more green.  I have seen the rivers merge into the Ohio just as in Dave's old photo. I also remember when the Manchester Bridge crossed the Allegheny right at the point.  I can't recall the name of its partner that crossed the Mon.  You can see the  present Fort Duquesne Bridge (once the infamous Bridge to Nowhere) behind the Manchester Bridge.

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The model is great; yours always are.

The gate and trim?

How  in the heck did you access my dreams like that?

You would have loved the look created at my pals old house. A taste-- His shelf-like bed hung off the wall by two sections of chain with 8"- 10" links, the mattress sat on a 3" thick , metal banded, wooden flatbed from a vintage delivery truck. All scrap found between Zug Island and US Steel. Strong enough for me, him, his woman, and two dogs at 140 + 165lb (about 800 lbs) all stained dark and painted like your layout.

 

 

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