I just can't stop myself Our club had a swap & sell meeting on Tuesday And I spotted this uncompleted tug the Zwarte Zee for $ 30 Canadian no tax. She is missing a lot of parts & may take a while to build .The first thing I thought about was all the port holes that it will need . Buy them or maybe use something else to fill the holes . The first thing I started was the stern area so put a plastic plate over the hole & I'll need to have a way to get to the rudder area.

Because I don't think my friend that I got this model from has the fitting kit I have decided to fill in the port holes. I did a little searching online & portholes are too expensive & I can't find plastic ones online either. So today I decided to make the Funnel from some scrap wood & that's the fun with building model boats It's not the greatest looking funnel, but I made it to look like the plans. I did a decent job on it, I think. A fitting kit would be nice but most of the fittings can be handmade. Filled in porthole holes also.

Thanks for all the suggestions on portholes. I also have two full plans. The model I have is the 30-inch Zee wooden kit which is a kit #NR8009 the other plan is a 34-inch plan # NR592 I think. I'll go to our neighborhood Fabric land store & look for some gourmets to use as portholes. Because it's a wooden kit, most of the structural parts can be made with plastic or wood. The 34-inch had two props. The plan method of build shows a drawing that shows two props.

O/K everyone is right looks better with hull portholes. Long story short after I retired from Stelco 15 years ago I cleaned out my lockers. Because I was a Maintenance Electrician, I had a lot of odds & ends to take home & I also remember I had taken these small rivets home. So, they will make great portholes. The Photo with the rivets isn't finished yet the rivets will all need to be set straight on the hull .