Impressive work. Can't believe I missed that thread being mislead by it's diminutive title!

Great work on those railings!

Matt

Belated thanks for your kind words Matt. I did try to see if I could edit the title as the thread “growed” to “HO scale lifeboats and slightly larger vessels” but found I couldn’t.
What I should do however is contact the Moderators to get the ability to reinsert the pictures sometime soon.
I see it’s been a couple of months since my last update and while I’ve been preoccupied with other matters, like making a living, and problems with my computer not talking to my camera, which now seems to have somehow come right (I wish I could claim it was my supreme technological repair skills ), some progress has been made.
I struggled for a while on how to set up the stairs from the deck to the bridge, then how to make the parts, and then work out the correct and logical assembly procedure while making sure that I had not forgotten anything. Apart from the actual railings up to, and around the bridge I’ve had a successful trial fit (famous last words???? I hope not!!) Apart from painting I have finished the deck railing.

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Thanks for looking,
Cheers, the Bear.

Well I was going to get all excited and say I’ve finished the railings, painting and all, but there is nothing like a close up photo to show those missed spots; that said Yay!!!!

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Thanks for looking,
Cheers, the Bear.

Sorry for having arrived late to the party again, but I hadn't been getting notifications and missed about two weeks of my usual check-in due to a break for vacation.
Your railings look great , Bear, and the results are well-worth the effort which you put into them.

Wayne

Wowee! I'd be a proud feller if I'd made those railings - really well done

Heck!!! I see it’s over 6 months since I last posted anything, so a very belated thanks to Wayne and Shortliner for their encouraging words.
Well I’ve finally taken the time to make the last items that I think are required for my wheel house. Just hope it won’t be another six months before I “finish” the ferry!!
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Cheers, the Bear.

Over six months, and that's it?

Seriously, though...very nicely done.

I took the liberty of re-naming your thread to take into account the expanded scope of it. This covers the original post and most on this page, but all the ones in between still carry the original title.

Wayne

doctorwayne Wrote:I took the liberty of re-naming your thread to take into account the expanded scope of it.

Thanks Wayne, I‘ve been thinking for a while that I’d been too cute with the title and by doing so have probably not helped myself in my search for more information on the Detroit Car ferries and their operation.
I had been thinking that when I get the time to ask permission to redo the photos I‘d see about changing it then, you’ve saved me one task.
Now I just have to find out why when I’m not logged on, I’m getting this, “You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post”.
Cheers, the Bear.

JaBear, The radio operator's table, chair, microphone and radio, are superb bits of detail.

please don't take this the wrong way, I mean it in good fun.....
Shouldn't He (or she), have a note pad, a pencil, and a cup of coffee, there too ?

Oh, wait, no, :oops: I guess not, seeing as there is no one in the chair, only the pad and pencil would have to be there

There's already a pencil there ...

Sumpter250 Wrote:I guess not, seeing as there is no one in the chair, only the pad and pencil would have to be there

Is this better???

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Actually I was going to point out that a tidy radio operator would have placed the pencil and notebook in the top drawer provided as part of the desk, BUT of course I can’t resist a challenge.
However, I’m pleased that you let me off the hook regarding the coffee cup. I still haven’t resolved how I would place a legible company logo on the side of the cup. :?
Cheers, the Bear.

" I still haven’t resolved how I would place a legible company logo on the side of the cup."

Unless the logo was a single character, it wouldn't be "legible", and. Decal film would be about the thickness of the side of the cup, not to mention that even a flea would be too big to take a bath in that cup!!

Pad and pencil look great

Bear!


But, be glad you have choosen a modern two-way radio set.

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Is it steam powered?

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So it may be could happen, radio operator tuning his set. No coffee mug.

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Period style standard tin coffee mug. Mugs were a little bit bigger and the coffee was darker ...

Lutz

Sumpter250 Wrote:Pad and pencil look great

Glad you approve Pete.

Schraddel Wrote:But, be glad you have choosen a modern two-way radio set.

Gidday Lutz, for some illogical reason when I happen to think of ships radio, I seem to visualise the radio rooms of the RMS Titanic and RMS Carpathia from the 1958 movie “A Night to Remember” which would about match the radio in your first link. I used Google images to look for a 1940s-50s ships radio and after a bit of searching came up with the one I chose, for no better reason that when I scaled the image down it did not become either an olive drab or grey blob. I would presume that it is steam driven.
For some years when I was traveling around contracting to various companies I had a 2 ½ cup enamel tin mug like the one you show. Here in New Zealand employers are required to supply tea, coffee , sugar and milk and it was a standing joke at two of the companies that I regularly contracted to, that not only were my rates extortionate, but I drank far more than my share of their employees coffee.!! Unfortunately the enamel cracked after a lot of miles and coffee, and after a long period of no use had badly rusted, helped by the hydrogen sulfide in our geothermal air. It was beyond saving unfortunately. I now have a larger stainless mug.
Anyhow the completed interior of the wheel hose before it gets hidden. Thank goodness I model with the 3 foot rule in mind as a 6 inch distance photograph certainly shows the flaws.

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Thanks for looking,
Cheers, the Bear.

Deviation from topic.
I just found out that we have a significant radio museum in Guelph. There is a festival called Doors Open where various interesting places have an open house, and the museum was on it.
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They have an extensive collection from primitive Marconi sets through plastic table models. One big item is a unit that was intended for a Russian bomber but not delivered when WW2 ended.