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Upper deck
… s site for quite some time, I have just seen the SMIT OCEAN TUG. What an absolute work of superior craftsmanship, your attention to detail is amazing, sorry I gone on too long. Outstanding effort
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Smoke Generator (Water Vapour type)
… ill set it up and test its suitability for a 1/24 scale TID tug boat model I am building. Problem might be size of smoke generator and other components required to fit in the hull in addition to a 12 volt 9ah battery scooter battery, there …
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Working radar
… d a way to build a working radar for my 1/32 Statia Relaint tug. I don't like the idea of feeding the radar movement from the bottom with a rod but rather with pulleys or a micro motor with low rpm that would fit under the radar base. (Thir …
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Painting Wood and styrene
Hey guys: Im getting ready to slap some paint on my Statia Tug. What kind of paint will be the best to paint my wooden hull and styrene upper structure?
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floating barge and another !
… mething else interesting such as a schooner or fishing boat/tug. Been having a look on ebay and popped by a couple of local model shops but nothing found yet. Maybe some old radio control ones (without working parts) or ones needing some re …
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Working radar
… having worked with South American navies (mainly Brazil (Portuguese I know!), Chile and Ecuador) for several years. "It is better to give than receive" and "It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive!" I just realised that you are in D …
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No power
Hi tidtug! don't get too excited - we don't know if we've solved it yet! Mainly cos Nick's feedback is very sparse and we're not sure if he tried the step by step tests we suggested or what exactly he did and happened. As an electronics eng …
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Model Engineer December 1962
… s Martin of Walton on Thames giving a final check to to his tug before launching it on an indoor pool at the Model Engineer Exhibition in 1962. It says in the write up that boys and girls can see radio controlled models demonstrated. I gues …
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Triton
… e vessel and "Triton" was born. "Triton" is a Springer-type tug push boat. With a hull and superstructure consisting of an “Indiana” style command cabin, it was built using a pretty basic birch plywood American kit designed for swimming poo …
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Mannanan Festival
… festival of model boating, Saturday includes a steering and tug-towing competition, while Sunday includes a static scale, an On -the Water scale and Fun competition. All visitors welcome.
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Book
… del boat construction ,my first gallant attempt is a static tug (I will attempt to post pictures ) for my next project I thought what ever it is should move , can anyone recommend a good book on basic radio control , there is loads of advic …
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Fairplay X - Plastic Magic! :-)
Nice one Saintsalvio I have the Revell Harbour Tug kit - ca 15cm and intend to do the same as you and motorise it. Micro motor, servo and RX already purchased. have to be very very careful with the weight; max 96gm payload!! What battery ar …
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Statia Relaint
… will post more progress pictures later on. The name of the tug is “STATIA RELAINT”. This is one of a fleet of four vessels built by Samakona Yards in Spain. I chose this one because of the stealth lines that has throughout the structure or …
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Flickering LED
… k you have got a flickering LED, they are used in old steam tug, to imitate oil lamps. I hope this helps. Dave
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Winch operated large or heavy boat launching and retrieving apparatus
… fantastic! I could use one at the pond. I sometimes take my tug to!
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Fairplay X - Plastic Magic! :-)
… - merely responding to command - foolish steering - lovable tugboat. hope this pics can help (Excuse me but I sealed the fruit before fixing to the hull with a lot of electric tape and sealing paint to waterproof it! So I haven't images of …
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Tor Viking icebreaker
It's the tug used in the film North Sea Hijack (with Sir Roger Moore RIP)...which I was watching the other day....just wondered if a kit had ever been produced, if you don't ask you never get :-)
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Fairplay X - Plastic Magic! :-)
… think he was talking about working on a mini Smit Nederland tug. Or was he asking a question? Never the less this is why I responded like I did. "Oh, I think I get it! Push the ship side ways, Right?" Ed
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Fairplay X - Plastic Magic! :-)
Hello is the tug the Smit nedaland as I put the radio out of one of the small boats you can get to play in the bath it was about 4" long and it could push some one's sub side ways ???
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Lady Anne
A nicely built tug, congratulations.
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TBA
Great looking Tug, You did a good job for your first boat!
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Book
… t's a hard cover! Ed PS. Please post pictures of your model Tug!
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How many is to Many
I have two sailing boats, two tugs, one trawler,one pilot boat, one speedboat all working. Restoring one robbe dusseldorf, building one tamar lifeboat,helping my son with a 48" perkasa and I have two lesro fire tenders waiting to be restore …
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Aeronaut Pilot Boat
Hi Tintin, My Tugboat came out OK, She is complete now. but, I haven't put her in the water yet! as she has a small leak and I haven't found where from. That's another project I have to work on.
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Aeronaut Pilot Boat
… I hope to get it done before the summer holidays, hope your tug boat is fairing well! Thank you for the link cormorant, I shall take a look! Tintin
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What battery do you choose?
… ballast.. so the large batteries have a dual purpose for my tug...
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Norstar Wave Princess original box
… ght. I used a Taycol electric but it pottered around like a tug! I woukd love a plan copy if possible.
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Fiberglassing
Any suggestions in how to seal a wooden tug hull with fiberglass.