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I want to display my Dreadnought anchored to an anchor buoy. What did an anchor buoy look like in that time period. If I search google images for anchor buoys I get lots of shapes- if I restrict it to WW1 anchor buoys I don't find many images showing much.
Don Stauffer in Minnesota
I immediately think of Scapa Flow, probably the most famous WW1 anchorage as both fleets anchored there...
Here's the Kronprinz Wilhelm.
Kind of a barrel shaped affair.
Modeling is an excuse to buy books.
Here are a few that are a bit more contemporary, but the basics are the same:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lEtkuz8ScYM/TVFOE819K4I/AAAAAAAAESY/pBTDYoIMAk0/s1600/Scharnhorst%2B4.jpg
http://boatswain.us/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/BENNINGTON-006.jpg
Greg
George Lewis:
I believe the proper term is mooring buoy. An anchor buoy is a float attached to an anchor so you can see where it is underwater. I remember the mooring buoys in the harbors at Malta and Venice being as shown in the pictures. I suppose the design has been around since at least WWI.
Thanks, Guys! That is all I need to finish her. Maybe finish today or tomorrow. I can turn that shape on the end of a plastic rod, paint it and attach to base.
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