04-01-2010, 11:07 AM
This was the Lindberg "Coast Guard Tug" kit,(82' in HO scale),before modifications.
The fenders were fashioned from strands of a standard Navy swab (mop for you land lubbers).
The side fenders were four strand, "box weave"( like the plastic strand key chain craft project) The bow fender was a "tassle" of several strands, inside out, frayed and arranged, and set with a thin wash of white glue.
The "Ship Chandler" 518 East Northwest Highway, Mt. Prospect, Illinois, 60056 (847)577-8044 (No web site on the business card) might have metal castings for fenders for a tug. If you want to join Finescale.com, Kalmbach's board, you could ask in the SHIPS forum, and might get better answers from some of the modelers there.
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The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!