I’ve noticed that in real ports and offshore terminals, steel mooring buoys and floating hoses are very common, but they’re rarely seen in scale ship models.
While researching how these are actually arranged and connected, I came across some clear diagrams and photos on industrial marine sites like https://www.jerryborgmarine.com. It made me wonder whether these elements are usually skipped in models because of scale limitations, or just because they’re not well understood.
For those doing industrial or tanker-related scenes:
Do you include mooring buoys / floating hoses, or do you feel they clutter the layout?
While researching how these are actually arranged and connected, I came across some clear diagrams and photos on industrial marine sites like https://www.jerryborgmarine.com. It made me wonder whether these elements are usually skipped in models because of scale limitations, or just because they’re not well understood.
For those doing industrial or tanker-related scenes:
Do you include mooring buoys / floating hoses, or do you feel they clutter the layout?