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Keith Black
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/tugboats Per Mr Google a tug with tow travels 8 miles per hour. The distance from St. Louis to New Orleans is 1,278 river miles requiring 160 hours. https://www.marquettetrans.com/SiteContent/Documents//RiverFleetPDF//TTU_v1_JUL2019.pdf Marquette Transportation list fuel capacity as 102,900 gallons. https://jennymarine.com/product/emd-r16-645e7-engine-2875-bhp-900-rpm/ Brian, I hope you don't feel like I'm trying to steal your show. I grew up in flatland Texas and the only waterway nearby was a creek which ran dry at the height of summer. Your build and barge travel on the Mississippi is all new to me. I'm sharing what I find as I educate myself, I hope it's okay to do so. -
Brian, there are also two 7,600 gallon tanks just aft of the 30,000 gallon tanks for a total of 75,200 gallons of diesel. There were two 2,700 gallon day tanks between the 7,600 and the 30,000 gallon tanks so she was designed to use a possible 5,400 gallons of fuel per day = almost $21,400 worth of fuel cost per day in todays world. That would be an expensive day trip. The two 30,000 gallon diesel tanks were the main tanks and the two 7,600 gallon diesel tanks must have been the reserve tanks. She had a run time (including reserve tanks) just under 14 days. Operating cost on fuel alone would have been a third cheaper in 2004 VS that of today, Then there were the motor oil tanks, water tanks, and ballast tank.
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Stan, welcome to MSW. Best of luck with your Kolderstock Statenjacht build. Glad to have you aboard.
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That would be grand! I agree. This group's work is pretty discernible compared to other groups.
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Brian, I can't tell from the drawing if the two largest diesel tanks on either side are 30,000 or 50,000 gallon tanks? If 50,000, in todays world filling up dry tanks in Pass Christian, MS (the cheapest I could find) at $3.959 per gallon would cost just over $456,000 dollars and just shy of $298,000 if those are 30,000 gallon tanks. Oh my.
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EE, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
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Scotty, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
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John, if you note, the fighting towers have arched portals on the model you restored and are different than the model Howard has. His model's fighting tower portals are simply round, not arched which would be a time saving step and makes me thank Howard's model was done at a later date.
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Shotgun!
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Chris, the images got lost in translation.
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Bryan, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
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Yeah well, seating goes quick and I didn't wanna miss out.
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Where?!
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Way cool Glen! I keep expecting to see Ragnar leap from amidships ready to do battle with the Kraken.
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Glad to hear you're out of surgery but sorry to hear you're in a lot of pain. Praying the pain diminishes and that you have complete and speedy recovery.
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Glad that you did, I learned something.
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While we're here.......... to accurately depict a gunpowder cask, should the withy hoops be a different color than the staves? A tad lighter in color? The below is the only image I could find of a barrel with withy (?) hoops but it's highly weathered. If all barrels up until the 19th century were made with wooden hoops then unfortunately, there are scads of models portrayed with inaccurate barrels and cask. Keeping up with historical accuracy can be a bugger. I'd say this could be an opportunity for 3D resin model makers to introduce a new line of "accurate" barrels and cask.
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Bruce, they aren't accurate because the hoops indicate they are made from metal. See my two post that bracket your reply.
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Something to note......gunpowder cask/barrels were made without metal hoops. I found the below whilst looking about in Google Land. "The ends of the cask are then leveled off and a groove cut into the inside edge to receive the barrel heads-the round ends that close up the casks. Almost all 18th and 19th century barrels were finished off by binding them together with wooden hoops, usually made from split hickory, oak, or ash saplings." To be accurate gunpowder cask/barrels should be painted all wood colors, the hoops should not be painted black, IMHO.
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Welp, here's everything you ever wanted to know about barrels.......I hope.
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In the last photo the two objects far right, just below what looks like a chest, are the port and starboard side running lights. I'm not sure about the paired object below the running lights unless it's supposed to be a bollard or possibly a pump? Regarding the stanchions, I count 18 with would be 9 per side, I don't think that is enough. You need to separate each one from the rail cap pieces and place them in the holes and see how many are left wanting and where they go according to their respective height. And the object that looks like a chest, I've not a clue as to its placement unless it goes on the forecastle which doesn't seem right? Regarding the stanchions, this maybe a case where you have to deviate from the original and purchase wood stanchions from one of our listed suppliers. I'd be better able to direct you in that regard if I knew your location.
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Too funny! 🤣
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1:24 = 12.70 mm per foot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_scale_model_sizes
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Pick you poison or you can try Cornwall Model Boats, they don't give scale, only size. https://www.google.com/search?q=1%2F24+scale+wooden+barrels&client=safari&rls=en&ei=n1fZY9uAKs-uqtsP05e08AQ&ved=0ahUKEwibzKGKsvL8AhVPl2oFHdMLDU4Q4dUDCA8&oq=1%2F24+scale+wooden+barrels&gs_lcp=Cgxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAQDDIHCAAQHhDxBDIFCAAQhgMyBQgAEIYDOgoIABBHENYEELADOgUIABCiBDoKCAAQ8QQQHhCiBDoJCAAQBxAeEPEESgQIQRgASgQIRhgAULMRWO4dYJQ1aAFwAXgAgAFViAHAApIBATSYAQCgAQHIAQTAAQE&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#ip=1
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