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Mess Deck: General Section => Model Boating => Topic started by: sentry on March 10, 2010, 10:33:52 pm

Title: studded anchor chain
Post by: sentry on March 10, 2010, 10:33:52 pm

Can anyone explain how many links per foot as in most of the common scales as i don't know which to buy mostly for tugs.
                                      Regards Sentry.

Title: Re: studded anchor chain
Post by: gingyer on March 10, 2010, 10:41:32 pm

hi there
I had the same question so did a rough measure when I got a visit to HMCS Montreal
(http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/brianc_023/PICT0234-3.jpg)
each link is approx 12" long
so it depends on what scale you are building if it was
1/72 then it would be 6 links per inch
1/36 would be about 3 links per inch

Title: Re: studded anchor chain
Post by: Bryan Young on March 10, 2010, 10:52:37 pm

Not quite true. The anchor cable/ chain is not a standard length per link. For instance, would you expect a VLCC to have an anchor cable with links the same size as a harbour tug? Of course not. In fact, many small vessels have "unstudded" chains. The "stud" is only there to prevent the chain binding (locking up) and so preventing the the chain from running free. A small vessel could well have links as small as 4" in length ....so you make your choice. There is a table of sizes required somewhere, but I'm just too tired to look for it at the moment. BY.

Title: Re: studded anchor chain
Post by: sentry on March 10, 2010, 11:02:05 pm

Thank you Brian am just after a routh guess for my model tug in the most common scales so they don't look silly
                                               Regards Sentry.

Title: Re: studded anchor chain
Post by: BarryM on March 11, 2010, 08:47:33 am

Try this     http://www.h-lift.com/anchorchain.htm

Just remember that chain size is measured by the size of the round bar from which it is forged and not by its length or any other dimension.

Barry M