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Decals applied.
… ut getting there. I foolishly just started the big Brooklyn Tug too, so lost in the shop these days. Too many projects, but love keeping the brain working!
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Transom work, being overwhelmed, and a discovery.
… rge 40" Nordic trawler and a bucket-list 40" Dumas Brooklyn Tug on the bench. The abs hulled tug, my first ever tug, has leap-frogged the plank on frame trawler and my two Chris Crafts. More on "one" of those Chris Crafts (a Graupner) later …
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Done! Officially the Taucher O Wulf 8, flagged and part of the fleet!
Hi y’all. The Harbor Tug is now the O. Wulf 8. She’s flagged, radar is touched up, there’s a coil of rope in the box where the greasing standpipe is. Anyway, she’s as done as I can make her right now. Some time in the future I might detail …
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Tinkering around...
… ten myself into?! Truth be told, I have dreaming of an easy tug build in my future to slow things down! Have my eye on an old Robbe Neptun! But, the old Nordic SVEA trawler is on its way.
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Vents on wheel house, safety bar near winch….and a working radar!!
Hi y’all. My customization journey with the Harbor Tug to O Wulf 8 conversion is nearing the end. I did get a little done this weekend. I got the 6 fresh air vents (I think) installed on the bottom part of the superstructure, and I added wh …
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Mast detailed, exhaust pipe on funnel installed, bar over the winch done
… at had a curved exhaust pipe that is very close to the real tugs pipe that comes out of the top of the funnel. I cut it to fit, modded the funnel to accept, painted and installed. Today, on the way home I went by Autozone and picked up a ca …
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Upper wheelhouse liferaft racks, ships boat carrier and a proper greasing tube!
… ke up a proper greasing fixture for the stuffing box. Thais tug comes with a clamp on oiler installed. Not my favorite way to do a lube tube, but that’s not the issue. It’s where it’s mounted…several inches aft of the deck opening…and I hav …
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After the maiden, a name change and a little paint
Hi y’all. I maidened the Harbor Tug 2 weekends ago, and she performed well above my expectations. Ran dry, power looked good, everything worked as advertised and looked good on the water. So I’ve spent a few days changing her livery to the …
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Converting a toy semi tractor trailer into a decent RC model Unit
… ale and should be compatible with my Springer ("truckable") tugs and Armor (tanks, etc.). I plan to use it at both Model Boat and Armor meets. This first segment involves the selections I have made and my plan to make the necessary modifica …
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Midwest/Model Expo Fireboat
… the side-mounted rudder servo installation, and a brushless tug motor from Zippkits.
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KNOCKER WHITE LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS DAY 'OFFICIAL' MAIDEN VOYAGE
… ble with the throttle in this state; my neat looking little tugboat surged forward and rose up on the plane when the throttle was fully opened - quite hilarious to see her half out of the water, as agile as a small runabout! (It has inspire …
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Nov. 1934 Popular Mechanics - 32" model of "Roamer" Cabin Cruiser.
… d hearing about your experience. Even though I’m more of a “tug guy,” many of the builds posted here have caught my attention and motivated me to seriously consider tackling this type of model. I picked up the magazine on eBay and copied/en …
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Put done if the ships on Ebay
… n EBay with a few more. I will finish building the Hercules tug Boat. I started to build the row boats and some detail parts. I will make a case for the Sterling Scout and display it next to my 5 foot other ships. If anyone interested in th …
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Need info on what these ships are
… are complete n all are display ships. I may RC the Hercules tugboat as it’s the unfinished one. His grankids bought it for him at price of $500. He still has more at his house the Robert e Lee, two rear paddle wheels and several multicast s …
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The Motorflote Pusher is taking shape
I am back in the workshop and my Motorflote Tug is progressing.
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Revell 1/72 scale Flower Class Corvette
… 50 KV Zippkits outrunner for power. This motor is wound for tugs and workboats, and it hauls my Taucher Wulf around with no issues whatsoever..bench running I’m pulling less than 1 amp at full chat. I made up a motor mount and once jigged u …
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Hopper Barge
… asked me to make him a Hopper type barge to tow behind his tug. He already has a scratch built shoe box, but it does not tow well and doesn't look the part. I will be 3D printing it and I have designed it in FreeCAD. Attached is my first a …
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Miss Jenna has a wheelhouse
… d in Windex before bending it to form the smokestack of the tugboat. Came out great with no splits.
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Making Miss Jenna wheelhouse
After seeing the tugboat last month and taking a bunch of photos, I am now making a wheelhouse of Miss Jenna that will fit the Ville Class tugboat hull I use for the two other villes. By using one hull I can interchange the wheelhouse to re …
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Beaupre
… fter WWII, and is different from the WWII style Ville Class tugboat built for service during the war. https://russelbrothers.com/xbeaupre.html Another source: https://gltugs.wordpress.com/beaupre/
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Scale
… lready had. He tows it behind, what he says is a 1/33 scale tug so I assume it is 1/33 scale. I suppose scale is relative, so it can be anything you want up to a point. Nice trailer by the way..
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Lights
Thank you Ronald. Information about tug lighting is always useful they are so complicated dependent on tug’s length, length of towing hawser, etc. Nav lights on all boats must be displayed beginning at dusk so it makes total sense that the …
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Al Khubar electrics
… ctronics P94. I have now received my P94 and wired up in my tugboat. Everything working perfectly. My thanks to Component Shop for their assistance.
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Electronics problem.
I have finished my Al Khubar 2 harbour tug build and am now fitting the electrics.I decided purchase a P94 unit from Component Shop. This was just over 12 months ago. Unfortunately my build was put on hold due to health problems. Recently I …
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Building a Scale Model "Springer" push boat
… us have seen or heard of the "Springer" push boat (a.k.a., tug, truckable boat, etc.). Most of them are not scale models but still built to the enjoyment of the owner. This blog deals with how I build "Springers" to look like a scale model …
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Towing a “mega yacht”
… caught the float toy. Had to speed up to keep it behind the tug. In no way is the towing gear correct or complete. However made for a fun outing.
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Beginning the details
Okay, time to make it look like a real tug.I won’t be doing my usual heavy weathering. I firmly believe in weathering to the type of build. Even though this is a tug, from photos I’ve seen its clientele consists of servicing the mega yacht …
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Bulwarks, sanding, filling, paint, windows
… s left over from my Graupner Taucher Wulf and Crabbe Ton to tug builds, as I used clear glazing on both. What I came up was to cut the windows to size, then glue 1/16 square plastic strip to the side edges of the windows, so I would have a …