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Engine Room Deck!
… or. 12volt 5000rpm this should be enough power for this big tug! Note: If you are going to use the Dumas motor. The height of the engine room deck is just right. But, if your going to use. A combo /drill motor. Your going to have to lower t …
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Polyurethane the Fantail?
… w should I finish it off? Can someone please advice? On one tug I worked on 30 yrs ago the fantail was painted! I didn't like the way the fantail looked painted and all. I know the fantail on this kind of tug gets a lot of abuse. But maybe …
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Deck position line
… board should be symmetrical.... If NOT when you look at the tug from the bow the rub rails. will be off and NOT even!
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Boat Stand
Tug Brooklyn comes with a temporary boat stand, included in the kit. it's OK for building the kit. but not for full time use! A wood stand should be created! oh, the Tug Jersey City didn't come with a boat stand! just the outline drawn on p …
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Finally the glue arrived
… enty of glue! although 2oz of Medium CA. was enough for the tug jersey city. I maybe cutting it close with the Tug Brooklyn. She's a bigger boat, more glue used than the tug Jersey City! Note: The Booklyn will take about 2 1/4 Oz of Zap-a-G …
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Fenders for Sale.
… cale 1/11th ideal for Huntsman 31 or larger, also perhaps a Tug boat or other old school pleasure craft. A lot of attention to detail has gone into making these, 1 set offered. Stephen.
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Layout and Limitations
… strike me that before I mess the current systems up on the Tug, maybe I should find out how they work. So although I am leaving the Bridge/Wheelhouse until after the Hull layout is resolved, I need to check out what connections are made to …
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Removing The Deck
… lanning a layout. Am I in too deep already! I did place the tug, with all its standard bits, in the bath before I started and marked the water line for a comparison! Next time I hope to be looking at 'lay-out' in the hull and sizing up the …
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34" Precedent Huntsman
… ct drive, but this has since found its way into our 'Imara' Tug and is more than well suited. I cannot decide either to use a Tornado 850 or a brushless motor, the pro and cons are immense. As can be seen my mother use to paint all my dads …
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Anteo 2
I have just begun building this tug from a wooden kit and will keep everyone updated as the build goes
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San Pedro Push Boat
For those of you who like push tugs, here is my San Pedro Push Boat at different views.
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Lincolnshire poacher
… l flags from 1.96 to 1.6 scale weather there for a lifeboat,tug,yacht,warship,fishing boat etc etc(Scale flags & ensigns 01476 573331 Mike)
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Now It Begins
… ay's kit. Decided to go back to lifeboats for a change from tug's I have had a few before but sold them (as you do).
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Edmund Gardner Liverpool Pilot Boat
Tug Hercules Fireman Rick wanted to see how I fixed the rigging to masts. Sorry but nothing clever or fancy just tied on with waxed string and super glued In place. Small brass loops to secure to deck.
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Building a Kort Schottel Drive Unit
I started to build a "Rhine Tug" it's a pusher called the Egrete, from a set of plans that I bought. Selected it because it had some neat challenges. 1st was making the telescoping wheelhouse so that the pilot can see over 2 containers stac …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
… everything is tight! 8 bolts holding it all on, bring it on tug boys!
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
… deck with another plate underneath, my goal to to out tow a tug! with this hook, twin brushless and 28volts at my disposal I should have a fighting chance (nobody at my club has taken me on yet! )
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Danube V
I have got a few more bits added to the tug now, and she is starting to look nice.
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Danube V
… more colour in her cheeks and is looking every inch a steam tug, she will be powered by a 12 volt M G cooling fan motor with a 26amp battery
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deepstar
hiim looking for a small tug boat a wyeforce would be nice or a al khubar or one like the above model boats has any one out there have one for sale regards deepstar
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Katra
well here she is looking more like a tug with some undercoat painting done
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Katra
… ht as I was just working from photos and memory of the real tug.
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Miriam moran
… ng work is done, it is time to start making her look like a tug. the Bow fenders are on they are really heavy rubber fenders around the bow. and I use 20mm x8mm rubber strips in two layers and smaller strips for the lower fender,the half ro …
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Mirium moran
… Bow Bumper support plat abd knees in place , this class of tug has a bow fender/bumper consisting of 4x14inch square rubber fenders around the bow so quite heavy steelwork would be required on the original ,which I have tried to model here …
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Mirium Maran
… though that I should post a couple of pictures of the real tug for you,and also of the funnel which is made from plywood and the two towing bits made from brass. More to come later.
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Mirium Moran
… gs, the only thing that I had to do different from the real tug was to make extra opening for access to the steering gear and to make a large opening in the after deck to allow ballast to be put in and taken out for sailing she is going to …
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A 1/24th scale Mirium Moran
… time. Moran towage have let me have a set of plans for this tug, she Is a typical American Harbour tug and twin screw.. the model Is built at 1/2" to the foot, which gives amodel of 54" long with a beam of a massive 16", I have decided to f …
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Propshaft Coupling arrived - Construction Full Speed Ahead!
… e Marine Models in Lincolnshire - it is really intended for tug use and as such the power is transmitted through two shear pins (visible through the plastic tube) Pic 3: Motor Mount Side View - The angle of the 'wedge' matches the angle of …