Hello everyone;
Well, I started the tanker back up in earnest.Then discovered I had made some really bad Boo-Boos. Had to remove the bridge house and revamp the forward port side of the Boat deck!! With that repaired I started the piping and ran out of parts.
Started the Ladders( Inclined stairs) and ran out of material in the right scale! So everything went back on almost hold.Then I remembered, Hey! I haven't done the Fairleads or Bollards ( for those not familiar, Fairleads are where the ropes go over the deck edge through Fairleads to Bollards or Cleats. Cleats on smaller boats. Bollards on Ships)( you could say a fairlead is a flattened donut through which the ropes pass going to the Bollards, and are rounded on all sides .
That way the lines don't fray and get cut by sharp edges! That and the lifeboat Canisters. Yes, Fellows she has been remodeled ( at least that is what she represents.) Inland ships really don't need the heavy Hardware and full size Lifeboats. Canisters with Self inflating Rafts are allowed!
The other stuff will be here by the fifteenth and I will get photos, Upload to Flickr and share, Okay? I could order metal A.M. Fairleads but I have handmade them for so many years I just automatically go into Fairlead construction mode. You'll see.