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    Miss Jenna located in Mahone Bay, N.S
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    📝 Miss Jenna located in Mahone Bay, N.S
    4 years ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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    Mike Kelly owns the Miss Jenna, a Russel Brothers Ville Class tugboat built for use by the RCN for duty on the East and West coasts of Canada. It has an approximate LOA of 40', beam 10' and interestingly virtually no keel. The drawings found, show a visible keel beginning about in the middle. A 4 1/2" width and about 1 3/4" depth, which becomes increasingly more moving aft.



    http://www.russelbrothers.ca/xlisterville.html
    💬 Re: Miss Jenna located in Mahone Bay, N.S
    3 years ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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    Yes Mahone Bay is famous for the three churches.
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    💬 Re: Miss Jenna located in Mahone Bay, N.S
    3 years ago by 🇬🇧 marky ( Commodore)
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    Really nice tug , daft question in photo 2 are these all churches in the background?
    Cheers Marky
    💬 Re: Miss Jenna located in Mahone Bay, N.S
    4 years ago by 🇨🇦 Newby7 ( Fleet Admiral)
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    Good looking model .
    Rick
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    📝 Drawing coming along
    3 years ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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    Building 3/4” = 1’
    L.O.A. 30”

    💬 Re: Drawing coming along
    3 years ago by 🇿🇦 redpmg ( Commodore)
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    Looking good Ron - look forward to the build.
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    💬 Re: Drawing coming along
    3 years ago by 🇬🇧 Martin555 ( Fleet Admiral)
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    Hi Marky,
    Have you tried to remove the photos ?

    Hopefully i have removed the right ones.

    Martin555.(Admin)
    💬 Re: Drawing coming along
    3 years ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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    Yes I looked at this Army Tug, it is different from the Canadian Tugboat. I spoke with the owner of the Listerville, this morning. He said the tug has the ability to go aground and not get stuck being that there is no keel to speak of, though this also causes it to "Rock n' Roll" he said.

    Th army tug variation is different around the wheelhouse and deck structures.
    💬 Re: Drawing coming along
    3 years ago by 🇨🇦 Newby7 ( Fleet Admiral)
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    The drawing looks good.Will keep watching the progress.
    Rick.
    💬 Re: Drawing coming along
    3 years ago by 🇬🇧 marky ( Commodore)
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    😮lots of phantom pictures appeared with my post. I take it that their yours Ron.


    Hopefully i have removed the correct ones.
    Martin555. (Admin)
    💬 Re: Drawing coming along
    3 years ago by 🇬🇧 marky ( Commodore)
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    Hi Ron , I really like these small tugs they just have something about them ,this will be a really nice project.
    Cheers Marky👍
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    3 years ago by 🇬🇧 CB90 ( Commander)
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    Russel Brothers Tug
    please check this link at about 25 days ago very similar Tug


    gallery/#82715
    💬 Re: Drawing coming along
    3 years ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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    This tug is about 3 hours from me. In Port Dover, Lake Erie, Ontario, Canada. I hope to get down there to see it and take some measurements.

    Note the bow in the photo; the tug is used to break ice in the river where Tiller Marine is located. This is the Listerville.
    💬 Re: Drawing coming along
    3 years ago by 🇬🇧 CB90 ( Commander)
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    Hi Ron,
    Reading your notes about the boats lack of keel, could this cause stability problems especially with the boat being 30in long, and a beam of 7.5in.
    I assume it will be used as a radio controlled model.
    Are you going to put in a metal keel to keep Centre of gravity low?

    Regards Roy
    📝 My Scroll saw is the workhorse for cutting the ribs
    3 years ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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    Just starting to see how the design is starting to shape up. The keel is sturdy quarter-saw oak. The ribs are lightly tacked in place with a drop of CA, easily removed. A couple ribs are to be altered and the Stuffing box secured before the ribs are glued up.

    💬 Re: My Scroll saw is the workhorse for cutting the ribs
    3 years ago by 🇨🇦 Newby7 ( Fleet Admiral)
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    Progress love it.Nice job.
    Rick
    💬 Re: My Scroll saw is the workhorse for cutting the ribs
    3 years ago by 🇬🇧 Martin555 ( Fleet Admiral)
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    Looking good so far Ron.
    Keep it up.

    Martin555.
    📝 On Board the Loganville today
    3 years ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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    My wife, Catharine and I, were invited by the owner of the Loganville to come down to Port Dover, Ontario, on the north shores of Lake Erie. We drove 500km round trip today to experience walking the decks above and below. We enjoyed photographing the vessel by ourselves. The owner, Pete Spencer, of Tiller Marine, left us pretty much on our own to photograph, measure and explore the vessel.

    Pete has a No Visitors sign posted on the property. Best you contact him first before you coming knocking on his shop door. 🤓😉

    💬 Re: On Board the Loganville today
    3 years ago by 🇨🇦 Newby7 ( Fleet Admiral)
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    looks like it was a good day to see the boat .Was it Fri. that you went.How wonderful to be building the tug and then be able to see her up close.
    Rick
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    💬 Re: On Board the Loganville today
    3 years ago by 🇬🇧 mturpin013 ( Admiral)
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    It must be great to get on board the vessel your building and a great day out
    💬 Re: On Board the Loganville today
    3 years ago by 🇳🇿 jbkiwi ( Fleet Admiral)
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    Hi Ron, you couldn't get any better information and detail than that for a model !😁

    JB
    💬 Re: On Board the Loganville today
    3 years ago by 🇬🇧 Martin555 ( Fleet Admiral)
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    Hi Ron,
    It looks like you had a good day out.
    Plenty of photos and your lady wife taking notes.


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    📝 Keel and frames are glued up
    3 years ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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    The keel is Oak, strong & straight. The frames are cut and installed; also the stuffing box, and rudder. Making progress, length 30” width 10”, 3/4”=1’

    💬 Re: Keel and frames are glued up
    3 years ago by 🇬🇧 brianupyonder ( Warrant Officer)
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    its looking good and strong
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    💬 Re: Keel and frames are glued up
    3 years ago by 🇿🇦 redpmg ( Commodore)
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    Hi Ron - very nice job so far . Cant quite make out how big she is. Looks like a pretty hefty geared motor you have there too .
    You could end up like one of the members of my old club who used his tug to pull the clubs safety /rescue duckboat around - with him in it !
    💬 Re: Keel and frames are glued up
    3 years ago by 🇬🇧 Martin555 ( Fleet Admiral)
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    Looking good Ron.

    Martin555.
    💬 Re: Keel and frames are glued up
    3 years ago by 🇨🇦 Newby7 ( Fleet Admiral)
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    Hi Ron making progress looks good .
    Rick
    📝 Four wheel secured
    3 years ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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    The skipper from Port Dover, said that a tugboat’s propeller is called a wheel. If you drive the tug with a four blades it is called four wheel. Thus two, three, five also a two wheel, three wheel or five wheel. Learned something new.

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    3 years ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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    https://www.miwheel.com/
    https://www.workboatshow.com/exhibitor/michigan-wheel/
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    💬 Re: Four wheel secured
    3 years ago by 🇿🇦 redpmg ( Commodore)
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    Heard the expression before Martin in a few American movies - and books - not from the local tugmasters - think its a term peculiar to the North Americas - Canada included.

    A ships wheel in English influenced countries is the usually spoked item on the bridge or deck used to steer with.....................
    💬 Re: Four wheel secured
    3 years ago by 🇬🇧 Martin555 ( Fleet Admiral)
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    I think Skipper Pete meant the vehicle he used to get to his boat. LOL!!

    Martin555.
    💬 Re: Four wheel secured
    3 years ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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    Wheely now you gotta ask. I wasn’t kidding, really it is what skipper Pete said. I will be driving a 4 wheeler. 🤦‍♂️😎
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    3 years ago by 🇨🇦 Newby7 ( Fleet Admiral)
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    What will you wheel the boat with.
    Rick
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    3 years ago by 🇬🇧 brianupyonder ( Warrant Officer)
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    one of my mates was a engineer on a tug in l/pool dockshe used to tell some good tales😊
    📝 Planking coming along
    3 years ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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    I am pleased with this project it is coming along better than the Miss Katherine did last fall. Bigger scale helps too as does heavier frames.

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    3 years ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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    Thanks Martin.
    I cut a sheet of 3 ply 3/4” wide as they are as the original of 1ft steel plates. Some plates are wider than 12”. I did not follow those exactly or the manner of application these steel plates which were welded on the frames. The photos show the plates were over lapped allowing welding inside and outside the hull. A welder who repairs these vessels told me about this manner of construction.

    The model will have auto spot, glazing putty applied to the small spaces between the planks, then sanded, and fibreglassed prior to painting.

    Ron
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    💬 Re: Planking coming along
    3 years ago by 🇬🇧 Martin555 ( Fleet Admiral)
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    Hi Ron,
    In my opinion the hull is always the trickiest part of building these models.
    You are really getting the hang of it.
    With a little more practice you will have joints you can hardly see.

    Keep up the good work.

    Martin555.
    💬 Re: Planking coming along
    3 years ago by 🇿🇦 redpmg ( Commodore)
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    Hi Ron - getting along apace - looking good so far - should be easier as its simple round bilge unlike Ms Katherine with the multichine hull . She ended up looking very good - so this one will undoubtably do the same.
    📝 Nearly ready to fill seams
    3 years ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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    Hope to utilize the unseasonably warm weather to get the seams filled with spot putty/glaze tomorrow. Final section was glued in this evening as the rubber bands and clamps show.

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    3 years ago by 🇬🇧 Martin555 ( Fleet Admiral)
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    Another little trick is to use thin cotton sheet and Varnish.

    Coat the inside of the hull quickly with the Varnish then put on the cotton cloth then more Varnish and allow to soak in and let dry.


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    💬 Re: Nearly ready to fill seams
    3 years ago by 🇩🇪 RNinMunich ( Fleet Admiral)
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    A word to the wise Ron😉
    Before you start trowelling on the filler, put a layer or two of glass fibre tissue on the inside of the hull.
    Stops the filler squishing through and looking unsightly inside.
    Had to do that on my fish cutter restoration, as it was like Chantilly lace after cleaning off 1/16" of old paint and 10 lbs of filler!😝
    Cheers, Doug 😎
    📝 More progress
    3 years ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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    Initial sanding done; filler applied and sanded; glazing spot putty applied and sanded; fibreglassing complete; Fine detailing with glazing auto putty yet to be done since the primer was done.

    We in Ontario have enjoyed warm weather and that has sped things along.

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    3 years ago by 🇭🇺 MouldBuilder ( Vice Admiral)
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    Looks good Ron. Always wondered how you would make the hull water tight. Now I know.👍👍
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    💬 Re: More progress
    3 years ago by 🇨🇦 Newby7 ( Fleet Admiral)
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    Nice work Ron looking good .
    Rick
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    3 years ago by 🇬🇧 Martin555 ( Fleet Admiral)
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    What a difference Ron.
    Well done.

    Martin555.
    📝 Keep those cereal boxes
    3 years ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)
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    Made a pattern from cereal boxes to cut-out the deck. This will be done in two sections. Bow to aft line of the engine room will be one section; the other will be added after I make and mount the tow bollard.

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    3 years ago by 🇬🇧 mturpin013 ( Admiral)
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    I save all my cornflake boxes and cut to flat sheets, my grandson loves to make things with them and they are good for template card.
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    💬 Re: Keep those cereal boxes
    3 years ago by 🇩🇪 RNinMunich ( Fleet Admiral)
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    "The worst part is waiting for the empty box LOL!!"
    Decant into a plastic or glass container Martin👍
    😎
    💬 Re: Keep those cereal boxes
    3 years ago by 🇩🇪 RNinMunich ( Fleet Admiral)
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    Go easy on the milk & sugar Ron😋😁
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    3 years ago by 🇬🇧 brianupyonder ( Warrant Officer)
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    its looking very good,try eating two bowls in a morning and a bowl for the dog
    💬 Re: Keep those cereal boxes
    3 years ago by 🇬🇧 Martin555 ( Fleet Admiral)
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    Hi Jb,
    RE :- You're obviously not eating your fibre fast enough.

    It is because i am still on the Ice Cream and Yogurts. LOL!!!

    Martin555.
    💬 Re: Keep those cereal boxes
    3 years ago by 🇳🇿 jbkiwi ( Fleet Admiral)
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    You're obviously not eating your fibre fast enough Martin😁

    I also use the large cereal boxes for patterns, I have a good stack saved up and used some for the Hartley cabin sides, windows etc.

    JB
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    3 years ago by 🇬🇧 Martin555 ( Fleet Admiral)
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    Ron,
    The worst part is waiting for the empty box LOL!!

    Martin555.
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