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 The
real Motor Vessel Put-In-Bay was built in 1959 by The
Sturgeon Bay Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. It served the
bass islands in Lake Erie until 1994. It was lengthened 30
feet, renamed the Sacre Bleu and is working at Mackinaw
Island Michigan now.
Visit
Carls web site for lots more photos of this outstanding
model.
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See Towboat Joe's model
of the current car ferry at Put In Bay.
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The
model was built over a period of years. I estimate I
have over 600 hours building this model. The hull is
wood and has been gel-coated. It has 2 electric engines
in it and a twin rudder system.
The
model is in 1/25th scale and the deck will easily
accommodate 12 scale model cars/trucks. Everything from
the deck up is plastic. When I build I like to
concentrate on the details. In the pilot house on the
ceiling you can see all of the ships documents along
with a radar unit and ship to shore radios. The only
thing in the pilot house I didn't make was the ship's
wheel and the engine gauges. I made all of the ship's
decals on my computer using Corel Photo Paint and
printed them on my Alps printer.
I
had a blueprint cross section of the hull and deck. I
went aboard the ship many times while it was still at
Put-In-Bay to measure and photograph for all of the
other measurements and details. 
