By The MARK - Twain ! !

Oh , That One !

    No , though I saw it plenty when i had a night job at the park .Myself and three other lower rated Marines at the time needed outside work to house our families off base .

 We all got 6 hours every other day( night ) working on the rides that water as part of their exhibit . I worked mostly on the little subs .

     I saw the models of the  "Chicken " but never acquired one .  T.B.

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Don, is the name you're looking for Allan Bates? Or John Fryant? I just googled them. Mr. Bates no longer sells plans, but Mr. Fryant offers a pretty extensive range - at reasonable prices.

 

Fryant!  The plans and pictures I have are from him.  I am aware of Bates, have a book of his.  Also, there is a Steamship Historical Society (or similar name) that has some resources.

Don, is the name you're looking for Allan Bates? Or John Fryant? I just googled them. Mr. Bates no longer sells plans, but Mr. Fryant offers a pretty extensive range - at reasonable prices.

The "Pirate Ship" at the Park.

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/08/building-the-dream-the-making-of-disneyland-park-chicken-of-the-sea-pirateship/

It was sold as a model for awhile.

http://www.oldmodelkits.com/jpegs/Revell%20H337-149%20JollyRvgp.JPG

Hey ;

 That's one you'll have to clarify for this old man .Seems I remember two or three referred to by that moniker .   T.B.

The biggest one I've ever seen is the one at Disneyland in Los Angeles. It is 5/8 full size, or 62.5%.

Disney had a bit of a fixation on scale models, and he nearly broke the bank with the steam locomotives at the Park. #1 and #2 were built to Standard Gauge prototype dimensions, running on narrow gauge track. So the scale was 36/ 56.5, or 64%.

As it was underwritten by the AT & SF, it all got built. A sidelight was that while the "ticket" system still existed at the park, up until 1974, it was possible to ride the train using a Sante Fe Railroad pass, rather than a D ticket.

As the chain expanded to other cities, more conservative minds went about buying up old narrow gauge sugar cane railroad locomotives in the Carribean and tarting them up to look like early American locomotives. I've got a good book on the subject.

But I digress.

TB did you ever build the old "Chicken of the Sea"?

Well , Gee;

  Thank you DON .   T.B.

There are a couple of sources for plans of paddlewheelers and old steam rivercraft.  One- I forget his name- even offers photos for some of the craft  in his drawings line.  The name is on the tip of my tongue.  I will get his name from the plans of the Far West, a project I am building from his plans.

The sounding line or lead line has been around for a very long time.  The marked depths, in fathoms, are: 2; 3; 5; 7; 10; 13; 15; 17; and 20.    If the water depth matched one of the markers, it was reported as "By the mark two or twain."  If the water depth was between markers, it was reported as "By the deep six." 

Drop me a PM with what you have for computer system and what photo host site you have, if any. I have Photobucket, but not familiar with any others. I think we can get you up and picture perfect fairly easy.

Oho !

 But maybe you are not surround by folks who do not know how at all . T.B.

Pics are fairly easy to put up.  Let me know if I can help and show a quick way to do it. (and I'm an old, not computer savvy guy too.......)