They look good lewz I guess they where built for a particular use in real life strange looking boats , you say push offs is that two boats head to head to which can push the other one back sounds good fun.
Great to see you enjoying yourself.
Philuk👍

Great news and wonderful boats Lew!!! Perseverance wins the day!
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Phil H, yes it is. Pretty hard to do with Springers. They are small and quirky. Lew

Phil, the "Springers" are fictional model based on "truckable pushboats" being about 25 feet long. They are most often used in ponds, lakes, rivers where the boat is transported on a trailer. The pilot house can be removed so the load is not so high. The job they perform is usually moving work barges, but the can serve other needs.

The one Springer with the man holding a pole (back of the group) is based on a boat that moves floating debris away from the locks on the Little Goose Dam out in Washington State.

Lew

Lew! Is that dam on the Snake River? Drove by it last Summer.

Jumpugly,

You are correct. I found this info from "Mr. Google":

"Little Goose Lock and Dam is a hydroelectric, concrete, run-of-the-river dam in the northwest United States, on the lower Snake River in southeast Washington."

Dave B

Yessir Dave, and an incredibly rugged and beautiful part of America. Wonderful driving it as well.
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Hi lewz thanks for the explanation I have seen the models before but did not realise they where based on a real boat
Cheers philuk👍

Phil H, not really based on one particular boat that I noticed. There are so many designs out there for the real boats.

Examining on the size of the boat and human figures I derenmined that the best combination would be in the 1/16 to 1/18 range. They can be a smaller boat, say 20 feet at 1/12 scale, but the cabin would need to be taller. Also, I noted that the odd shape of the hulls seem to be for those in the mid 20 feet length range.

The actual original Springers (models) have a one design specification for the size, hull shape, propeller, motor, and battery. This is so they can be used in competition (racing, games). This is why my models based on real boats that have two motors/props and I have only one motor/prop.

Lew