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Originally Posted by dvyws
I apologise for the way this is going to sound, but the whole tone of this post comes across as "that's not how its done here in America, so it must be wrong".
The flat fronted tugboat is primarily (but not exclusively) an American stryle - most others I have encountered have a more conventional pointed bow. Most of my experience is coastal/port (including the Houston Ship Channel, oddly enough, both al the way up to the City Docks, and aso to Barbour's Cut, about half way up), but a lot of river tows end up in these areas, so I've seen more thgan a few.
Not sure what the problem is with the funnel being aft of the wheelhouse? Most diesel vessels actually do have funnels, admittedly often for aesthetics, but they are useful for providing a way of shifting the exhaust outlet up and away from the crew.
The only vesses I am aware of (steam or diesel) that have funnels in front of the wheelhouse are Clyde Puffers, and I'm not sure if any of these still exist.
and finally, accommodation. This is not a luxury yacht or a pleasure cruise - witg individual cabins and a seperate bunk for everyone. Why would anyone (particularly in the austere T2K world) expect or want more than a section of deck to sit or lie on?
Oh, and post finally - what on earth makes you think that a restored Mississippi paddle steamer is going to available in Central Europe? I've been around most of the worlds waterways, and I've seen precisely one, and tat was in, err, New Orleans, on the Missippi!
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Don't know where the comments about the location of the funnel comes from; my only comment was that tugs often have air intakes in the funnel with the exhaust trunked up a pipe at the rear of the funnel.
Have to agree about the powerplant, converting diesels into wood burners...seems that it would be about in par with converting my John Deere to run on nuclear power!
The bad points of the module would have to be the deck layout, anybody notice that on the 1st Edition version, the VQ has another deck above the bridge level? And the maps for the river......let's just say that if you pull up detailed charts of the river, it just doesn't match the module.
Concur on the cabins....a dry spot of deck would be 1st Class in T2K!
There are a couple of paddle wheelers in Vicksburg...on-the-river casinos.