Non-enlargable Select Features

Forefoot		Forefoot
Imagine yourself at the bottom of a graving, or dry dock.		I even have the Docking Plans for the Wyman. Note the "soft wood".
Prow		Bilge, and Keel Blocking
Numbering by typewriter.		I even have the Docking Plans for the Wyman. Note the "soft wood".
Port Anchor		Bow Lookout Platform
The anchor is laminated cardboard using Elmer's glue. Note the "Tipping Bar".		The railings are copper wire...I hadn't learned about "Q Tips".
The Stbd Riding Pawl		Windlass' Wildcats
Laminated paper here again. The chain is hand-made from copper bell wire.		It's all paper, and cardboard. It took me four-days to fashion 18" of chain.
Anchor Windlass		Closed Roller Chock
Paper, and glue, even the brake wheels.		Looks rusted, but it's just paper.
Inflatable Liferaft		Port Repeater, and Signal Light
15, or 20 Person...I forget which. It's just a tube of paper, with paper bands glued around, and painted. The stand's also paper.		The door behind the Repeater Stand goes into the Wheelhouse, the ladder behind the 12" light goes to the Flying Bridge.
Kent Clear View Screen		Standard Compass, and Searchlight
Glass whirls around...throws off rain, and spray. View is at Starboard side of Wheelhouse. That searchlight was used alot in ice at night.		Magnetic Standard Compass, and 18" Searchlight on the Flying Bridge. Periscope allows compass to be read from below in the Wheelhouse.
Explosives Box		Ship's Whistle
Mostly used for storing Black Powder when we had the old "Lyle Gun"...a cannon like line throwing thingy.		Three whistles in one...it really sounded nice. You can see the High-Line Transfer Gear boxes in this view.
Main Antenna Trunk		Top of Main Mast
Leads Main Antennas into house, and support for "Umbrella Antenna".		Radar Platform, Ensign Halyard Gaff, and Direction Finder Antenna.
Port "Aero Vane"		Aircraft Warning Lights
Port Wind Anemometer...the ship had two...the other to starboard.		Used in port, these red lights warned low-flying aircraft. Gads!
Port Yard Arm, and Gaff.		Engine Room Ventilators
Notice grated footing on Yard Arm, and halyard blocks.		Forced Ventilation Intakes to Engine Room on Stack.
Mainmast		Port Bridge Wing LifeRing
Upper Range Light, and upper Survey Light ( red ).		Quick Release Lifering with Waterlight, and Smoke Signal
Lifeboat		Lifeboat
Stern of Lifeboat #2 ( Port side boat ). Note the propellor.		Bow . Both of the model's boats are made of writing paper, glue, and paint.
Lifeboat		Lifeboat
Looking down into #2 boat...see the boat hook.		View of stern of #2 showing un-shipped rudder.
Port Lifeboat Winch.		Starboard Lifeboat Winch
Wyman had two Lifeboats, plus numerous inflatable rafts. Note Fueling Station Valve.		These model winches are functional manually. Both Lifeboats swing out.
Starboard Lifeboat Davit base		Starboard Lifeboat Davit head
Partially shown is the crank - painted red.		These falls overhaul...the blocks function.
Port forward Lifeboat Davit.		Accomodation Ladder
Davit shown swung out. Model's boats can be lowered by finger.		Aluminum Accomodation Ladder in Stowed position...it can be lowered.
Bottom of Accomodation Ladder		Aluminum Brow ( Gangplank )
Turntable, Wishbone, and Slide. Further back is Swing-out Bracket/Rest for ladder when "flopped" out in preparation for rigging handrails, falls, etc.. Used mainly when at anchor, and away from a dock.		The Wyman's Aluminum Brow, or gangplank was always used when alongside the dock or other vessels. Here we see the head of the Pettibone Crane's Outrigger, or extension, where it is normally stowed.
Head-ache Ball, and Hook.		Fenders
The heavy steel ball was used to overhaul the crane's cargo whip. The model, as seen here, is simply a "spit-ball" coated with paint. The shackles, links, and hook fashioned from bell wire. The pad-eye - paper, and "Q Tip" painted with yellow dope. Brow is in the background. Making these things were fun.		Like most MSC ships, the Wyman had a large allowance of foam-rubber fenders, models of which are made of soft foam material encased in Saran Rap, the ends twisted, and sealed with a touch from a soldering iron. A copper wire pin pushed through, and fashioned, and a little black paint finishes the job.
Pettybone Crane		Pettybone Crane
Hydraulic rams are "Q-Tips"...shown here elevating boom.		Boom down...note pilot ladder on deck.
Pettybone Crane		Pettybone Crane
Point where "Outrigger" afixes to crane boom head.		Pettybone cradled. Note sloppy paint job on cradle.
Capstan		Closed Chock
One of two on the stern. Easy to make - cylinder with paper cap.		Shaping paper can sometimes be difficult. Cut-out in bulwark sloppy.
Closed Chock with Horns		Stern Light, and Chock
Inboard view of chock. "Horns" substituted for bitts.		Not too bad a job on this chock.
Lifering with Water Light		Sample Blocking
Lifering cutout of styrofoam packaging, thread, and painted. Waterlight is rolled up paper.		Real wood, but not oak. Staples ( real name ) is from paper stapling machine. Adds to model's presentation.
Stern Frame		Rudder Post
Zincs, and Propellor...all paper. Notice draft marks ( numbers )...done on a typewriter.		See outline of "Palm"...model rudder can be unshipped, is hollow, and made of paper, and painted with latex.
Skeg		Skeg
Probably the most delicate part of a ship...part of the Stern Frame, usually a one piece casting. That's why ships are launched stern first...the Bow taking the weight as it drops off the weighs. Here it's laminations of paper, and glue.		End of tour. Pictured above is the Skeg...in the rounded part is the Pintle Pin Bearing for the Rudders Pintle Pin. The real pintle pin stands about three feet high, is about a foot in diameter, steel, and stabilizes the bottom of the rudder.