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HMS Bustler
HMS Bustler deep sea rescue tug ,built at Henry Robb Shipbuilders Leith where I served my time . Hull is 6mm ply with 2mm ply deck ,superstructure and bridge were constructed earlier from 18mm mdf . Ship will be a static model ,one day I wi …
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Deck line in place!
… ructions were very well written! Having built my last three tugs. By Dumas of course! Has given me more knowledge. On what to do with a more advanced kit! In this Billing Boats kit. You better know your way around the build! Or have a lot o …
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Kort Nozzles Arrived!
… be and the fittings kit! Then I will start the Build of the Tug: Smit Nederland! Oh, I do have another pair coming from Canada. Can't have too many Kort Nozzles!
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Kort Nozzles, from a far!
… his means I have to wait to start work. On the build of the Tug: Smit Nederland! I know what about the ones coming from Denmark. I just don't know if they are on there way! Always good to have a second plan!
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Refund is in!
Well today I received the refund. For the Tug: Atlantis! Which I took and used part of it to fund. The build of Tug: Smit Nederland!
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Where's My Refund?
OK, I sent back the Tug Atlantic. Back to the company. This I did over two week ago! No refund in sight. So, I call them and was told. I have to wait till they have enough refund to process. What ever that means? It's funny when you order f …
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New Motors and Throttles (ESC)!
… 9D 11.1 Ratio! They should prove to be ample power. For the Tug: Smit Nederland!
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Project: Cancelled!
Hi All, After receiving the model of the tug Atlantic. And close inspection of the instructions. I regret to say this Project is being cancelled! The instructions are just pictures. On a cd, there are no written instruction what so ever! Th …
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Not at all amused!
… do? I'm very use to building with mesurements! Looks as if Tug Atlantic is going to be shipped back!!!!!!️️️
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Gear Ratio?
OK, I've built model tugs and have used. 3.1 ratio but the tug Atlantis is more of a ship! I'm thinking what gear ratio should I use? Should it be 11.1 or 50.1! See,I don't want the model. To take off like a rocket! I'd like a scaled look t …
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Graupner Taucher Wulf-an ongoing drama
… lt 2 more boats in the past year, the Neptun and a Springer tug, and I learned a lot from both of them, so I pulled the Taucher from it’s hiding spot and began anew. I will post some pics from last year, then I’ll post the most recent. I ma …
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Offshore Crane Vessel Bokalift 1, Build by Dutch sailing group Mail-line
… ing the conversion. Partly because many members already had tugs from shipping company Smit, the decision was made to build a model of the BokaLift 1. (scale 1/50) During a construction meeting in spring 2018, the members decided to build t …
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Dumb Barge
Having a couple of tugs in my fleet. I always considered building a dumb barge to play with. However i was always concerned about the weight required for ballast, etc. However june 2019 model boats mag has come to the rescue. The hull desig …
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Yorkshireman refit towing post deck
… ing us into contact with far more experienced modellers and tuggists. These guys have been brilliant and helped with my forward planning of the refit. One area that needed addressing was the towing post connection, the original was just bon …
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Port of Call Name Plate!
… rom a label. But I didn't like it! So, I made a better one! Tug Brooklyn Hails from "New York"!
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Lifeboat and Davits
… oat while hanging under the davits were also secured to the tug using straps. I made these out of knicker elastic with wire eyes on each end.
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Bridge Construction
… result. I again did a bit of research and found that these tugs had a whole load of different designs for the bridge. So I designed my own with straight sides making it a bit simpler. The wheel house was made from 1/32 Birch plywood. As yo …
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Fabricating the Paddle Drive .
… did not recommend it due to the high risk of capsizing the tug if one was on Drive and the other in reverse. Therefore went for a single motor drive via a gearbox. The plans show this arrangement. After a long hunt using Google found a sup …
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Manufacturing of Paddles
… pleased with the paddles so could start thinking about the tug hull. ,
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end of week report LOL
… ek, i should of said that there are 2 of us working on this Tug, myself and my father. this means that we are splitting the work up and as he is retired he can spend some more time on the boat than i can. so, (and i forgot to take the "befo …
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Back to 12 volt Smoker!
… volt smoker and motor. For my next build. Which will be the Tug Douglas Greg 1/25 scale! See the 6 volt smoker. Smokes like a diesel throttling up! I'm going to make the Douglas Greg a diesel Tug! Here is the 6 volt smoker compared to the 1 …
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Auxiliary motor, rudder servo, bowsprit bitts
… the pond. Made a stuffing tube just like I did on my rescue tug build. Made a shaft from some 3/16" steel rod, threaded it and polished it up, works great. Photo of the aft section shows continued hull framing and upside down mount of the r …
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Next Build!
PS. Next Build a 1/25 scale Tug Douglas Greg! Is in the works, OK the planning phase!
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Final Entry!
Captain's Log: Final Entry! Tug Brooklyn is totally completed. Along with sound effect and Running Lights! I'm looking forward to a Maiden Voyage in the spring! On to the next project!!! Well, anyway some where out there is my next Project! …
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RAM48 Sound Generator!
Captain's Log: Tug Brooklyn is a 1910 Steam Tug. So, Why not have it sound like a Steam Tugboat! I ordered the RAM48 Steam engine sound generator. All I have to do is install it! The RAM48 doesn't go connected to the motor. Like other RAM s …
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PS Iona - on the water
… dd to the boat so it gets finished and looks like a working tug.
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PS Iona - Motors
So to power the tug I needed some sort of motor gearbox arrangement, and I wanted 2 of them so I could drive the paddles independently, using 2 ESCs / batteries. The answer came in the form of 1:16 scale model tank motors/gearboxes. I manag …
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PS Iona - ballast
… oughly calculated how much to use to infill the base of the tug - about 1 inch depth distributed bows to stern, up to the level of the frames, so I could fit a wooden floor to mount the motors / electronics onto. Luckily this came out about …