Trainman, Your modeling skills are something to be very proud of, excellent work. Reminds me of the gleem I would get in my eye every time I went into the various units control rooms to review the unit scale models for discussion/review of what we were to perform on a specific line/valve assembly/vessel or whatever. The unit models were for the most part close to 1/48 in scale (without actually measuring any) and I always envisioned how they would look on any of the layouts I had while living in Houston. In another forum on here I spoke of building a column/tower/vessel for an oversize load on some heavy flats. I experienced off-loading quite a few in my construction days, and when I started doing heavy rigging while working on the docks and loading these on board ships for transport over the Hess in St. Croix or the Texaco refinery in port-a Pierre USVI. TWH Models makes a great Manitowoc 4100 250 tn lift crane, complete, and Titan Models makes all sorts of the needed rigging, cables, shackles, etc. needed... all in 1:50 scale... close enough for me. Again, really like seeing what you are modeling, and envious of the progress, I need to find the time for progress on my layout... LOL!!
Jesse TCA
