Dixie Line Update

[jmarksbery]

The Dixie "Tow Boat" Line added another pusher to its fleet to handle the tanker bardges on the Wide Clyde River. The Patton, #12, designed by the little people is just a tad bit different from her sister tow the Swan #10. I thought you might like to see a picture of the 2 working in a night picture and the tankers, all of which are scratch built. Jim

 

[jmarksbery]

The tankers

yep

 

[satokuma]

very nice..............when will you post plans for this fleet?

 

[Catt]

Yeah Jim,how about posting some plans for these beauties?I have this big ol river on the GVR that could use a few tugs and barges on it.


Besides I can always use another project or 3.

 

[Lighthorseman]

Wow!

How completely excellent. I'd love to see a how-to.

 

[philip]

Jim: Thats a great model!

philip

 

[jmarksbery]

Plans

OK, here are the plans I used after I made them up on the computer. The black gives the length and width of each, the plan should print full size for N scale. Add your own fixtures and walla, a pusher and barge. Also, I used the lid off of the Priser people to make a couple of the barges, you can cover with wood as I did or use styrene. Have fun and post your versions. Jim

 

[jmarksbery]

woops

Need first plan first

 

[jmarksbery]

Did anybody get these plans???

 

[Bill Pontin]

jmark, excellent modeling. What did you use for your hawsers (rope for land lubbers) and tire bumpers? They look great and scale perfectly.

 

[jmarksbery]

Thanks

Bill, good to hear from you, the rope is just plain tan thread and the bumpers are small rubber 0 rings I had on hand, I give everything a second look since I started doing N Scale. You can't buy everything you need. I am still trying to come up with some N scale pigeons for the buildings, but just can't, any help? Thanks again Bill

 

[Ralph]

Jim,
Fantastic! I really like the company look of those tugs! Cool barges too! Nice little bit of computer magic with the water scenes.
Ralph

 

[aartwmich]

Very cool indeed..especially with the digi enhancement. Computers bring a whole new dimension to modeling, can enhance but not replace scratchbuilding tho.