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Looks super!! I wish I was ship modeling back when I worked in the ship yards where we built both barges and push boats as I had access to all the blueprints. One of the yards where I worked was in Paducah, Kentucky which was owned by St. Louis Shipbuilding that built American Beauty. Next life,,,,,,,
Allan
 
AllanKP69 said:
Looks super!! I wish I was ship modeling back when I worked in the ship yards where we built both barges and push boats as I had access to all the blueprints. One of the yards where I worked was in Paducah, Kentucky which was owned by St. Louis Shipbuilding that built American Beauty. Next life,,,,,,,
Allan
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That’s always the case for us old farts. Shoulda, coulda, woulda. If we only knew then, what we know now.
 
Very nice model!

I worked for Dravo Corporation for twenty years. They operated a large shipyard on the Ohio River downstream from Pittsburgh that built barges and towboats. They closed it in 1987. Their archives were stored in an inactive salt mine somewhere nearby. I wonder if they’re still there?

Roger
 
Toolman said:
Wow. Beautiful job. I have this kit and just ordered the deck fittings kit. Can't wait.
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If you notice that on the rails, I added plastic round rod on top. I didn’t like the bare top of the rails. I also added a stairway on each side from the 2nd deck to the third deck, on the real boat, but not on the model plans. I also added down spouts, on the real boat pictures, but not on the plans.
 
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