I am working on Revell’s old T2 tanker USS Mission Capistrano. One of the items I am replacing is the anchor windlass but I can’t get any good close up pictures of one to accurately depict one. I have scoured the internet looking at photos but need more detail. Does anyone know of a source that might have information on this.
Thanks,
Ron W.
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Have you looked at the photos of that class on Navsource.net? May take some digging, but you might run across some. Otherwise, there is a walkaround online of the Red Oak Victory (a Victory class freighter) that might be close to the T2. How close would a Liberty ship windlass be to a T2 class? Photos of Liberty’s might be easier to find.
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Here’s what it looks like on the Jeremiah O’Brien
On the John W. Brown
Maybe you’ll find some info here : https://www.aukevisser.nl/t2tanker/t-tankers-2/id659.htm
H.P.
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The tricky part of an anchor (chain) windlass is the wheel/wheels shaped to engage the links of the chain.
In this case it looks like simple lumps of steel welded to the sides, others can be forged with smooth rounded shapes.
just one single example of one of many possible designs
Anchor windlass on the SS Stevens, built as USS Dauphin APA-97
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Hope this helps
Yes it does, helps with other areas of my build too. Thank you.
Ron W.
Yes, I have been going through all of the Mission Class oilers. I have found some decent pics but I need a little more detail. It is slow going through each ship looking at the photos. I will take a look at the Red Oak Victory but so far liberty ships have a different design.
Thanks,
Ron W.
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That is a different design. T2 tankers appear to have a simpler design.
Ron W
I got some ideas on how to make those teeth but at 400 scale I can cheat. The windlass on the SS Stevens is really close to what I can see from photos of the tankers and it has a lot of detail. Really appreciate it.
Thanks,
Ron W.
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That is really close. Between the Red Oak Victory and the SS Stevens I might be able to construct a reasonable anchor windlass.
Ron W.
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Make it ready for going to sea, covered with a tarpaulin?
That is an interesting idea. I am going to try to make it, just to see if I can, but if I can’t then a tarp it is.
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Tarps have covered many a mistake on models …
Just saying
Getting a model tarp to look good has it’s own challenges so it is not quite such an easy way out as some may think.
Honestly, I have never doing a tarp before. I would have to do some experimenting off the model.
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Thanks Frenchy. I looked up the names of these vessels and that took me to other sites that I haven’t seen before, which is giving me more information. The pictures you posted also answered some questions.
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Can you use pieces of stretched sprue for the teeth of the windlass?
I don’t know, this is something worth experimenting with. Did you have an idea in mind? Remember though, I am working 1/400 scale on this model.
If the diameter of the “toothed wheel” on the windlass is 3 feet in 1:1 scale
it would only be 2.3 mm (less than 1/11th of an inch) in 1:400 scale.
That is rather small …