Duckunder pictures - bird's eye view, roundhouse & powerplant, and Norfolk coal pier

Please elaborate on the ship!    Size, materiel list etc thx

Will,

LOVE your ROUNDHOUSE!!!

LOL,   Fred

WOW...I don't know why I had not seen this thread earlier...anyway....HOLY COW!!

Will...you and George have created, once again, a masterpiece!  When are we going to see something in OGR??  Please make sure that you send something to Allan...the readers are going to love this!!

Alan

Thanks very much.  the semblance of reality is exactly what we are shooting for.  I am going to separately post a series of shots in a few minutes highlighting the roundhouse and turntable scene (Quack Island Engine Terminal) because Fred Standa inspired me to take some pictures this morning.  I think some of those will really highlight the realistic look George and I try to achieve.  Hope you will take a look at that post, too.

Your kind remarks are much appreciated.  Thank you!  It's a lot of fun to keep improving on what we do.  George has been a master modeler for decades, but he never gets stale.  We are always coming up with new ideas to try to reach new levels of realism.  great fun!

George is mighty proud (as he should be) of the ship, and I will let him do the honors with details.  We both wish I had room for an entire ship instead of just the bow to midship section.

As you well know, that's YOUR roundhouse, Fred, the one I drove from Raleigh to western Iowa to retrieve, along with your turntable!  Thanks for giving me such a great deal on them.

Fred, you inspired me to take a bunch of photos of the turntable and roundhouse scene (Quack Island Engine Terminal) this morning. I am going to put them up in a separate post here dedicated just to that scene.  Let me know what you think, please.

Hope life is treating you well in Omaha.  Say hi to Mike Vana for me, and tell him to put you on his email distribution list for his rail photos.

Alan,

Be glad to do another piece for OGR.  I think Allan knows that already!  Many thanks for your very kind remarks.  

As promised, here are closeups of the ship and rotary tipple:

In case you are interested:

Fred Standa you inspired me to take a bunch of photos of the turntable and roundhouse scene (Quack Island Engine Terminal) this morning. I am going to put them up in a separate post on the OGR Forum dedicated to that scene.

Well done!

Peter

OK, to answer the ship questions, it is a composite of several as shown in Richard Prince's N&W book.  The basic material is Evergreen sheets and shapes.  The hull is scribed to simulate weld beads.  It has a base(hidden) of pink foam just to give a platform to work on.  The masts are tubing telescoped together.  The lines are Easy Line.  The bollards are push pins.  The anchors are scratchbuilt.  Note the plimsol marks on the bow.  The length is about 24 inches.

If we could push the wall out behind the ship the stern and the tailtracks for the dumper could be added.That would be a MAJOR project.

George

Thanks again, Peter.