Super excited to get these today after pre-ordering them.
They look fantastic and the book is extremely helpful..full of pictures and information.
Not sure when I'll be building them but I had to have them for the collection.
What a great way to end the day..
I had some time this weekend to do some model work and finally got a cargo boom built! I think I did a great job. I used parts from a Rainbow Derrick and Crane set III( Ise Class).
I finished it off by making a boom gallow for it to rest on.
I was also able to place down more handwheels which I hope to finish in the next few days. I have a few more small things to figured out and place.
I will be redoing the 20mm tubs with ones from Micro Master.
Once that's all done I'll start figuring out the railings.
So I didn't get to placing the rest of the handwheels down as I wanted to...but I did test out an idea I had for the hose racks that are on the sides of the catwalk. I think it turned out pretty well, these were only seen on the YO & YOG barges.
I should have time today and this weekend to finish up the handwheels and get an idea how to make the boom crane.
I just finished reading Battleship Sailor by Theodore C. Mason. What a fantastic book with some of the best descriptions of PreWW2 navy life. It has a amazing account of the attack on Pearl Harbor as the author was in the birdbath as a radiomen on USS California. I highly recommend this book.
He's also got another book "We Will Stand by You: Serving in the Pawnee, 1942- 1945" about his wartime service on a fleet tug during WW2. I also highly recommend it as well.
My next book to read is also in the picture,
"The Fighting Flying Boat: A History of the Martin PBM Mariner"
by Richard Alden Hoffman who was a PBM pilot..
Very much looking forwards to reading it!
I had some time yesterday to figured out and start placing the handwheels on the YO barge. Today I'll try to finish that up and get an idea how to make a boom crane and rest for it.