Nice transformation,very nice tribute to your grandfather, well done.
I managed to find the book on Amazon, thanks WOT. Sandy is very interested in anything to do with ships, and I'm sure he would enjoy this so I thought I'd give it to him for his birthday on the 27th..(I can also get to read it too )Elaine
the soldier on the far left.
Like adding a hole at the bottom of the pipe to shovel coal(?) into.
Like, did they burn coal in the pipes?
Yes, most likely the Frederick S. Fales would have been triple reciprocating steam engined....No, in a specific box (called “fireboxes” IIRC) that were at the base of the “Stack” (BTW, those pipes are called “stacks”; “pipes” are another set of constructs within the ship).