Barge design 2014-03-14 : First steps
Here's my first attempt at a barge design un SketchUp.
Overall view (bow)
Around 90cm by 40cm
As basic as it can be
Will require a removable/modular deck
Three skeggs from bow to stern
Skeggs project approximately 10mm from hull bottom
Square skeggs
X-Ray view
Flat rendering
Basic flat rendering, no color scheme
Cross section
Huge internal volume will certainly require some heavy ballast
Overwall view
Overall view with some transparency
Overall view
Overall view with some transparency
First attempt indeed ... Design is very crude to allow easy build from plywood (and more honestly because my 3D modeling skills are seriously lacking).
General design comes from barge pictures found on the internet, mostly on Model Tug Forum.
I have absolutely no idea whether those skeggs would prevent barge from drifting or spinning. They're supposed to act as "rails".
Obviously there's still some modeling work required for the inside of the hull: stanchions, beams, maybe even compartments.
I also have to get the measurments of 2-litre soda bottles to make sure I could fit four or even six of them to ballast down the barge. Fill'em up at the pond instead of "static" lead ballast.
Deck could be a simple plywood sheet (with beams). Could probably have multiple "modular" deck sheets to switch barge from one application to another ...