Sounds good Ron,
Look forward to you'r future updates.

Martin555.

Thanks Martin. I called the owner today, and he said the original plan was to have a sliding door on the wheel house sliding aft. It would have a rectangle window in it too. I will put these on the wheel house shown closed, as the wheel house floor on the model is partially open for the battery. A pilot wheel is to be installed and a skipper.

Hi Ron,
She is really starting to look like the photos of the real thing.
Well done.

Martin555.

Progress from this morning.

Looking good Ron - suggest you try to find the metal (aluminum?) clamps (like the blue ones) - seem to be better made and much stronger than the plastic ones. Make sure you get the ones with the big foot though - the thin ones tend to dent the material. Definitely last much longer than plastic . Been using mine for over 10 years now - unfortunately on commercial jobs too! Does interfere with ones hobby time.........

Never enough clamps. Those alligator type loose their strength after a year. And the blue ones loose the swivel foot. Time to find a sale.

Perseverance is the name of the game, never give up on a project its coming together now and is looking really good.

Will add some ballast over the keel area & under motor, around universal, stuffing box. Just to keep it from rocking when under power.

Water test? Right on!! Paper cut outs fit well too.

I used tapered balsa to get a slanted deck. The sub deck will strengthen the model before the basswood decking. This tugboat has a steel plated deck.

Hollowed the stern to fit double control arm on rudder.

Installed 3=1 geared motor.

Did a water test in laundry test and hull is water tight.

😀

Stuffing box is in and hull primed.

Hi Ron,
I can only agree with Martin and say what a great job you are doing. She will be a real credit to you when finished.

Nerys

Hi Ron,
You are doing a great job.
I think she will be a really nice looking Tug when she is finished.

Martin555.

Hull is fibreglassed and will be primed tomorrow. Paper gives an idea of above deck structure. Happy with how the project is coming along.

That is definitely taking shape now Ron.

Martin555.

Looking good now Ron ! Much better

Redid the stern using balsa 1/4” sheet sections glued together. Removed earlier parts and now it is looking better.

I started doing that last night. The top of the Bulkheads will be addressed after the hull sides are done.

For what its worth Ron it looks like the very top of the hull is a rounded section formed by the top plating tapering to a VERY narrow section at the stern (about 2/3 of what you have now) . The deck coaming is VERY slightly tilted forward at the stern which conforms to normal practice. It seems like the second plating forms two centered inverted V's on the chines at the stern . (Which agrees with your thinking about the two welded joints.)
As Martin says if you fill up the stern with blocks you should be able to sand/plane to the right sections.

Hi Ron, sorry I wasn't able to help you.
Cheers Colin.

Yes I have googled it and know that it had a former history as a Tugboat in the province of P.E.I. The owner sent me this, “ Her original name was Enmore built by Belmar welding of St,Catherines in 1959. She was owned by Dept Of Public Works until sold under the name TA2. transportation asset 2?”

I could not find any information about the tugboat, but hopefully someone will come back to me with something they have found.

Hi Ron, have you googled her name, it comes up with all 3 guises of the Miss Katherine.tug, prior to her being named that.
Maybe some pictures of her in navy form that might help.
Cheers Colin.

Its looking pretty good to me Ron ,if you trace the original photo (1) and place it over photo(7) you should be able to see where need to take off or add on.
Cheers Marky

Ron,
It's a shame about the owner, but looking at what you have done up until now you will not be far off.
And if it is a little different then it will not matter.
All you need to do is get it to the standard that you want it to be.

Martin555.

The photos are all I have and they are rather dark. I have asked the owner for some clearer pictures but am not getting much cooperation. 🥴

Yes, I am thinking the same way. The final outcome should show the distinct welded seams, not a rounded hull.

Hi Ron,
You are doing a great job, don't put you'r self down.
it is coming along nicely.
Maybe you could glue layers of Balsa wood to the stern and then slowly sand away what you don't need.

Martin555.

Sorry for previous post, hadn't looked at all your photos. Presumably you are building a model of the tug in the photo. I don't think you are far out, but if you had more planks going up to the counter you would lose the rather hard chine effect and have a rounder, smoother look.

Nerys

It's not really clear what sort of stern you are trying to create and on what sort of boat. More details please.