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Crack in seam Repaired!
… m's with that one at all! I can't wait to see your Springer Tug! From what I've read you should seal her. Before you paint her! Ed
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Crack in seam Repaired!
… dheres to plastic hull well. My current build is a Springer Tug Rescue Vessel, I am hoping to get the plywood hull sealed only with paint. We will see... Joe
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Crack in seam Repaired!
… Test Tank. For 20.0 hours and she is dry as a bone! Eureka, Tug Brooklyn is now repaired! Now all I have to do. is Spray her bottom! And just a few electrical repairs. And she'll be ready for her spring Maiden Voyage! Long awaited but, pati …
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Hatch & Tow Bitts
… n progress. In addition, I showed some shots of my Brooklyn Tug Bitts. These are heavy duty and were made of brass! Still enjoying this simple build..... Joe
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Crack in Seam Update!
… f the Test Succeeds. I will then repaint the aft end of the tug! And put all of her Ballast back and her batteries! Hope my repair works!!!
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Artesania Latina
i had a damaged thread on my new artesania tug boat kit propshaft ? i have been sending an email every week since august .They agreed to replace the part but have never posted the part to me ? i have purchased another shaft but will continu …
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Brushless motor(s)
… c' from my model airplane days..... I model slow boats like tugs and just assumed that they would be too fast for these boats, but I don't know if this is true or not.... Maybe someone out there knows? Joe
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Deck, servo mount
Put together a pilot house based on some tugs I've seen. Just freelanced it as I went. I build a lot with styrene so I am used to just cutting and building. I use liquid styrene cement that fuses the materials together. See photo, will trim …
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Chieftian build
… ristmas. Im just starting a new build and its the chieftian tug paddle steamer and I was wondering if anyone had any information about her or any where to get parts for her. Seems most model boat sites don't seem to have much to do with pad …
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new sails
… , I have been working on a cart that wii carry my yacht and tug, still designing. Joe
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Day Two Springer
… first ever Build Blog, bear with me.... Picked the Springer Tug as it is very simple and it will just be used ss a backup recovery vessel. I intend to build it a zero cost from my parts box and scrap wood pile. I put together my extra props …
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Oh, NO Water Everywhere!
Captain's Log: Ok, I like to float Tug Brooklyn! Last night I did this. I filled the tub with water. Then placed Tug Brooklyn. I left it alone for about half an hour. When I came back. I started looking at her. She looked different in some …
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Arctic Privateer H441 Deep Sea Freezer Stern Trawler
Have just made two small tug hulls from glass fibre and whilst, the results are satifactory, they are labour intensive. For a one off think “plank on frame” more suitable
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VB30
Scratch building a barge for my tugboat Miss Doris to push. May deck it over to become a tank barge I used to push on the Delaware River. if i do deck it over, I'll hinge the deck to make use of the space for my RC gear.
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USS Coeur de Lion
… 'Rachel Erin' is a freelance sternwheeler 'quarter wheeler' tug that uses a worm drive to the paddles. She does not steer well. The last ship is an enlarged version of Graham Goodchild's Santa Anna.
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Being Sociable.
… video of the steam plant in my latest not completed as yet tug, the Lady Jane from Mobile Marine, I don't really rate the kit, it is more of a scratch build using their hull. I don,t know what this websites M.byte limit is so maybe I'll be …
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RMAS JOYCE A193
… turner it was made about twenty eight years ago. Based on a tug that I worked on in and around Portsmouth harbour. This model has a working voith unit opening engine room skylights. Working lights, removable deck hatch to get at the unit li …
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Being Sociable.
… k end, with the prop shaft running underneath them. A 1930s Tug or Drifter would be less of a headache, and easier to remove the complete steam plant if necessary, let me know how you get on. Thanks for the info on Keith Appleton he has a l …
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aeronaut classic
… build over the winter , i have had to suspend other models (tugs) due to fumes and winter ventilation . it will be my first wood kit build , i would like to fit a brush-less motor in the Classic but do not know which motor i could use to re …
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Ship rudders
… d so cannot recall the seller at present. On my 1:24 Danube tug I believe I glued on many, many, many thousands.
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Miss Doris
… name is derived from my mothers name and that of a similar tug I captained for 12 years, on the Delaware River and Chesapeke Bay.
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SLA question
Hi J.Barry, I run SLA's in my tugboats! Yes, you can put them in any position! They are sealed and there's no liquid in them. The batteries are sealed electrolyte-tight, immune against installation attitude they are solid! Cheers, Ed
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Smoke generator
… or Models in the US! You didn't mention how many volts your tug will be! But what about something like this! https://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/acatalog/graupner_2324.html#SID=253 Cheers, Ed
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Boat shaft connectors (which stuffs to use and which is good)
… on some places , fast spinning motors doesn't match. But my tug works well. The problem is where I live, there's no hobby shop here. The closest is China. Think that! I live in Bangladesh
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Various PLans for sale
I have the following plans available for sale:- Tug Jan by SMB-Bauplan 1:25 two sheets £12.50 MV Benarty by Nexus Plans 1/96 six sheets £25.00 Clan Ross by Martins Models 1/96 two sheets £15.00 SS Jason by Model Maker Plans service 1/16" to …
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All hooked up, nowt happens...
… ny sense from it. I can't ask any locals as they're all old tuggers with basic electricks. Cheers, Martin
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Landing Ship Tanks (WW2)
… ropping Graf Spee and HMS Belfast, upgrading my Southampton tug are gathering dust Materials gathered for 1/350 Plastic Magic conversions of KGV (thanks Colin) and PoW battleships, HMS Hood, HMS Ark Royal, T45 Daring class (witnessed the bu …
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samson
artesania kit of the tug samson .I always fit extra bits and pieces as i like to have individual non scale additions made from kit scraps attached or small resin items.They class this model as suitable for the inexperienced,i believe there …