LIRR Tug MEITOWAX in Z Scale

It's done! Check it out at: www.trainboard.com/grapevine/showthread.php?141577-LIRR-Tug-MEITOWAX-in-Z-Scale

Enjoy,

John

Very nice looking tug, John. Well done

Very Fine Job, John!! It's a lot harder to replicate a specific tug boat than it is to make a general tug of a well known fleet. A lot of crashing and bashing. Neat how you raised the wheelhouse, and cut down the bow. The vents on the after house,the outside ladders, - even the early radar mast and davits!!
Looks real! It's fun to see how others make these boats "Thier Own".
Fred

Fred,

You are the boat-man! I used a totally new hull, parts from two different 1/200 model ships, railing from Rolfs-Laedchenhttp://www.rolfs-laedchen.de/, numerous brass parts from Tom's Modelworks www.tomsmodelworks.com/catalog/ and lots of styrene.

I truly believe that if it wasn't for you continually bugging me I would have never completed this project! Thanks Fred!

John

So I was the "BURR UNDER THE SADDLE" I was wondering about the hull and rub rails-- different hull. Great to see different applications for same original model. I think I have to upgrade my tugs a bit. Very believable replica.
Fred