Tugboat for a diorama

Lindberg's generic wooden tugboat kit is a gem, but there are two things that have always irked me about it.

1) The steam winch is odd.   It is not scaled after any steam winch that I've ever seen, nor have I seen any American tugboats of this vintage with a large steam winch on the stern.   

2) The wheelhouse sides are planked over so the windows only face forward.  This is probably due to the limitations of injection molding.  A tug helmsman would certainly need a better port-starboard view. 

Otherwise, its a fine kit with very tug-like proportions. 

Sincerely,

Dave

www.vectorcut.com  

Hi Dave,

I really like the first two tugs you did. The third one is quite different. How are you displaying these boats, in the water or on a drydock?

 Don

Will you be able to show us a picture of the completed diorama? I sure would be interested in seeing it if possible.

Don

I'll post a couple pictures of my progress and the finished diorama for sure. I'm going to take pictures from start to finish. They'll be on my Fotki page. I have an idea for pictures outside when it's finished. If it works its going to be very cool, if not it will just be a picture.

Thanks for your interest!