Looking forward to this one.👍

Good idea using scrap material, look forward to seeing progress.

Go for it Joe,

These ‘tub boats’ are fun to build, use up left over materials, and even give a chance of some sailing while locked down in the house and garden.

I will be following with interest.
Graham93

Thank you Joe.
It did not take long to make as the plastic is easy to cut and glue.
After an hour the glue has dried enough for a bit if rough handling.
I think the longest part was waiting for the paint to dry.

I was only able to make it that small because of the control equipment that was going into it.
But that did not work out too well.

Martin555.

Martin,
I was very impressed with your little tug, especially with how quickly you built her. The sub parts were a great idea, sorry you had the issues...
Mine will not be as tiny as yours as I am limited to using standards batteries and rx. I do have a micro servo for the rudder and little motor as mentioned. Will see how it goes.

Just continuing to have fun while staying home.
Thanks for your interest and comments as usual.
Joe

Hi Joe,
I am looking forward to this.
And i hope you have better luck than i did.

Good luck.

Martin555.

Joe, it will probably be ok.
I must admit i have not made that many prop's but the ones i have made have been pretty good and have not shaken the boats to bits LOL!!

Martin555.

Martin,
Have not, but thanks for the reminder. I am not sure how critical balancing is on such a small prop that is intended to run slow. We will see
Joe

Nice little prop Joe,
Have you spun it to see how balanced it is.

Martin555.

Looking good so far Joe.
Keep it up.

Martin555.

It is surprising how quickly these little boats can be put together.
Looking good.

Martin555.

Dibdawg
Thank you, I appreciate the interest!
Joe👍

Looking good!

Skydive,
I enjoy working with styrene, particularly the way it welds together. I just did some float tests on the hull and was pleased...no leaks! All welded seams did the job.
Joe

Doug,
Thanks for the comments and your interest. The little brushless outrunners were purchased about 10 years ago from HobbyKing, 18-11 2000. See link, I see that they are out of stock, was about $10 usd. A better option is the e-flite 180 as seen in photos. It's very nice and sold by horizonhobby.com for $30. See spec in photo- 8.5g ! I say better as Horizon has better quality control, my experience with direct purchase from China is about 1 in 2 work.

As to styrene, in the states we have a great manufacturer, Evergreenscalemodels.com. They have everything and are one of the main suppliers to the hobby shops (not many left) in the states. I just ordered more plain sheet from them direct and received within days, great service.

I always liked the Junkers aircraft design. My great uncle Charlie flew on a Ford TriMotor, (based on JU designs), he said it was extremely noisy and he had to stuff his ears with cotton.
👍👍 Joe 😎

https://hobbyking.com/en_us/18-11-2000kv-micro-brushless-outrunner-10g.html

lovely job Joe, Have you gone underground?😎 Your face looks like a sail boat.😁

Ooopps! I thought it was wood. Looks really good.
Peter.

Good one Joe - coming together well - very nice idea you had.

I quite agree, there is no end of possibilities with styrene, plastitube, rod ect. Easy to work with and needs little work to prepare for paint. I use wherever possible 👍

Getting on like a house on fire Joe👍
Luv the corrugated roof.
Did you chop up a model Junkers JU52 (Tante Ju.)?😁
Where did you get that tiny brushless?
Never seen one that small and light before. Especially as Outrunner.
Thinks!
I've dismantled some old CD drives, maybe I could use a motor from one of those!?

Your blog prompted me to check up on my styrene / polystyrol stock;
plenty of sheet from 0.5 to 3mm. Bit thin on the profiles though🤔
Mostly very small for plastic 'kit bashing'.
Off to the Krick (online) shop!
Keep it up Joe.
Cheers, Doug 😎

Good work Joe.
She is coming together nicely

Martin555.

Actually Doug,

I had used Push Button Switches!
And, Yes they have to be replaced!

One of my many projects to do!

Chees, Ed

Exactly Joe 👍
Those in my destroyer are over 30 years old and still working just fine.🤞
You could always fit one of your barrels over the toggle.
Or one of the crew? Laid back for OFF, Standing up tall for ON 😁
Cheers, Doug 😎

Doug,
I've had some of those slide switches fall apart on me even before the boat hit the water. I decided to go with a toggle, I have a bunch of types in my SS electronics boxes. I have had great success with these, I even left one exposed on my US1Meter which gets wet all of the time. I just put a dab of Vaselene on it every so often, keeps the water out.
Joe 😎

Hi Joe,
I don't trust those little slide switches.
They're always the first thing to go Kaputt in a damp atmosphere.
Ask Ed (Figtree) about his experience with them!

I prefer to hide more robust self-cleaning toggle switches under a hatch.
Attached pics show hidden switches and charge socket on my destroyer.
I first had them inside the equipment box between the two Oerlikons.
But that was a pain in the you-know-where whenever I needed to remove the deck🤔
Cheers, Doug 😎

Martin,
That's a good idea for the switch, will look into that. Thanks
Joe

Hi Joe,
How about mounting a slide switch vertical and attaching a strong piece of wire so that it looks like an aerial.
Pull the aerial up for on and down for off.

Martin555.

The boat name that is sticking in my mind is "Fauci".
Joe 👍👍👍

I was thinking more of 'visual overloading' Joe.
KISS! 😉
Can't wait to see 'Little Fella' whizzing round the Domestic Test Tank👍
Cheers, Doug 😎

Doug,
Won't overload it! Believe it or not I do engineer, do the math, for all my boats prior to building, even the baby boats. 😆

Joe,
I suspect Dibdawg may actually have been trying to 'rein you in' before you overload the Little Fella 🤔 (Now there's an idea for a name for my attempt at a micro tug!😉)
Doug 😎

Dibdawg,
Okay, you've encouraged me to add detail, time to get creative.
Joe

Well done Joe - it looks great - been watching the build with interest - also looking forward to seeing it in action

Looks great, more detail will put this little guy over the top!

Martin555,
Thank you for the compliments. I usually let my paints fully cure for several days before I put them in the water, sea (tub) trials soon!
Joe 😎

That is an awesome little Tug Joe.
Very well done.
The colour scheme is great.
looking forward to seeing it in action.

Martin555.

Looking good!!!

Martin555
The photos are progress photos and the rudder linkage was not in place at the time. So no, it does not have to be removed. The superstructure lifts off with just the machine room roof pulling up along with pilothouse.

Hi Joe,
I see you have your rudder linkage above the deck and a removable superstructure.

Looking at the photo it looks as if you have to disconnect the linkage before removing the superstructure.

Martin555.