The Frenchman River "Steamer" is based on a "Clyde Puffer", a type of ship which works the islands around the river Clyde in Scotland. The design appears to be unique, and at a minimum, the builder should reverse the wheel house and stack so the stack is behind the wheel house. At that point, it resembles a small work boat or lighter, and is more reasonable for use in an American harbor.
It also worth mentioning that the Lionel railroad tug offered in several paint schemes a few years ago, is really S scale rather than O. The Santa Fe version is often available at a reasonable price, being less popular than the east coast (B&O, NYC and PRR) paint schemes. Open barges or "scows" do work well across scales, as long as the bits and other details are reasonable sizes. Those with cabins or covered barges are a bit more problematic, and a car float that holds fewer than three cars on a single track is rather odd looking. Pieter E. Roos --- On Fri, 9/16/11, Lamont Heppe <[email protected]> wrote: > While the 50 foot coastal > freighter might look like a caricature, compared to > some of the stuff I've seen floating around the Caribbean > the past 40 years, it is downright plausible. Sure, it > uses the HO hull with an S superstructure, but many > real boats/ships are made in a variety of lengths sometimes > giving them a caricature look. Given the limited space > on my portable switching layout harbor, 2' x 2' , that has > two wharfs and a car float, this model is about all that > will fit. Bt the way, the steel barges are not yet shown on > the website, but are in a catalog sheet they sent me with > the parts order. they also indicate that a line of > wood barges are on the way. Since barges come in many > sizes, these are usable across a number of scale. ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
