Hulett Unloader

[pnolan48]

Would this one do? The AlgoSteel.

[BCR751]

That would certainly do, Pete, but if you want to leave out the self-unloader, the name is incorrect.  The ship's original name was the A.S. Glossbrenner.  She was renamed Algogulf in 1987 and in 1989 she was converted to a self-unloader and renamed Algosteel.  Obviously, the self-unloader wouldn't work with the Huletts.  Just sayin'.......

Doug

[pnolan48]

That would certainly do, Pete, but if you want to leave out the self-unloader, the name is incorrect.  The ship's original name was the A.S. Glossbrenner.  She was renamed Algogulf in 1987 and in 1989 she was converted to a self-unloader and renamed Algosteel.  Obviously, the self-unloader wouldn't work with the Huletts.  Just sayin'.......

Doug

Sigh --OK, here is the Algosteel,



I haven't even announced the self-unloader yet. So it had previous names prior to my finding enough good pictures that I built it, rather than the Edmund Fitzwhatever.

[BCR751]

 No, the  name is fine.  Just make a set of decals with the original name so that could be used with the Huletts.  Would that work?

Doug

[pnolan48]

No, the  name is fine.  Just make a set of decals with the original name so that could be used with the Huletts.  Would that work?

Doug

That works just fine. I appreciate the information! Ships change names every day, it seems.

BTW, the Hulett shown is N scale, with Z scale railings, stairs, and ladders. I was interrupted so many times during the build that I forgot what scale I was working in. Between trips to Birmingham for Kay's eye specialist, and thrice daily runs to the Decatur hospital to shuttle private nurses around for Kay's aunt, I just forgot the scale. And I also built it at 1.950 mm:1', instead of the proper 1.905 mm:1'. Scaling down the plans was trivial, but it just goes to show what happens when I get distracted three or four times a day.

[pnolan48]

What do you folk think of the self unloader? It's nominally 250' in length, with a positional platform--up/down, side to side. It's pretty easy to build. I just haven't had time to introduce it properly. The rigging is pretty much the standard very large crane rigging. I think this could also be non-ship based.