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Ville Class Tugboat
RusselBrothers built 38 Ville Class tugs for the Royal Canadian Navy during WWII many of these vessels served on both the West and East coastal waters. After their service in the war many were sold for private enterprises. Sine the hull is …
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Re: Dumas Brooklyn Tug
… this past Sunday at our meet. A RTR heavy plastic Brooklyn Tug. Not much for ballast and certainly not scale running as can be seen in this video. It also spayed water at the kids.
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Forceful paddle tug - Towing Beam update
… paths, and fittings that look like they belong on a working tug. Trial Fit on the Model With the plates installed, I positioned each beam on the deck to confirm alignment. The beams sit cleanly against the bulwark line, the brace geometry i …
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TID Tug
My first scratch built model was this TID Tug. I made the main superstructure from plastic card grafted onto a second-hand glass fibre hull that I had bought previously. Bob.
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The Brooklyn Tug
… nd squirrel finds a nut once in a while! The Dumas Brooklyn Tug was one of their best kits and much to my surprise it came with a very strong set of directions...unusual for Dumas in my humble opinion. Be that as it may, it's a large (40 in …
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Harbor Tug "Fort Valley"
Tug "Fort Valley" was the recent subject of a build blog. She's scratch built plank on bulkhead/frame and sheathed from the deck down in 2oz fiberglass cloth. She's not of any particular tug, but rather representative of a class of harbor t …
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Proboat Harbour tug mods
… tually do some research and make some updates to my proboat tug. The initial build was done while this model was owned by a friend in 2022. I added deck lighting, interior lighting, working radar, and changed one of the mast lights to a bli …
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Re: Old Style Tug or Puffer Plans
@tomarack Hi, as a lover of both tugs and puffers, I am hoping you don't mind if I make a comment regarding your post. If you google :- save the puffer VIC 32. You will find one of the two last remaining steam operated puffers in Scotland. …
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(Working Vessel) Villa Class Tugboat
… . Marcel Theriault skipper/owner of the Beamsville said his tugboat came with the Texas Nozzle. He said it gives added directional thrust when towing it has nothing to do with speed. I recently added the cone to my model to see what effect …
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Harbour Tug in dry dock images
I saw this harbor tug in dry dock being moved to a submersible slip. It interested me so I took photos from various angles. On the bow were mounted some shapes and I asked my tugboat friend from BC, Marcel Theriault, what they were? I know …
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Re: Old Style Tug or Puffer Plans
… Ray https://www.printables.com/model/1348500-rc-dutch-canal-tug-boat-ship-amsterdammertje-lisa https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4832191
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Another Pusher Tug
While doing research for my Springer/Pusher tug I discovered these drawings David Metcalf’s Motorflot Pusher Tug and I had all the materials to build it so I put the other pusher I am building aside and started on this one. I am easily dist …
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Model Expo/Seguin tug 1:32 scale
"Seguin Steam Tug" HISTORY Seguin is the nation’s oldest wooden steam-powered tugboat and is listed as a National Historic Landmark. Named after Seguin Island at the mouth of the Kennebec River, she was launched in 1884 in the city of Bath, …
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Re: Brooklyn Tug
Scan of the Carol Moran body. Plus a NYCentral tug drawing. I hope they may be of some help.
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Re: Brooklyn Tug
… round as well. Here's my Brooklyn kit-bashed as a NYCentral tug.
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Just a few photo's of club Tug boat run at Spencer's pond
First run of My Midwest Sequin Tug Boat plus a dumas tug with a barge. The pool superviser got some Fake white swans to keep the geese away which was a failure.
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Standard Oil Tug
… ward to the next model I scaled up that little Standard oil tug kit "Despatch No. 9". I scaled it up to be 42 inches long and about 35 pounds in weight. Made mostly out of planked balsa with fiberglass covered hull it was not well done with …
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Re: what light on the tug
… This lighting was sent to me from the owners who pilot the tug along the waters of Nova Scotia.
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Re: what light on the tug
… ave lights too. Red Green & White Aft Towing lights on your tugboat
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Re: what light on the tug
… COLREG. If you're still not sure which lights you need on a tugboat, I hope this helps. Please note that I'll include images from the internet because the ones in the books I studied (at the end) are in Italian. The lights on a tugboat are …
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Atlantic (Aquacraft) RTR tug info needed
… ile back I was giving two Aquacraft "Atlantic" ready to run tugs, one in pretty good condition but the old radio had to be replaced. The other one is pretty pathetic but has a good strong fiberglass hull. I passed the good one on to my son …
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Atlantic (Aquacraft) RTR tug info needed
… es makes me realize there is a vast difference in towboat & tugboat operations. Maneuverability issues are not generally the same. An articulated tug/barge might approach similarity at some level. It’s been so long since I’ve run my twin AS …
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Atlantic (Aquacraft) RTR tug info needed
… el uses the standard motor to shaft to propeller (wheel) as tugboats of that era. When he bought the tugboat it had been fitted with a Texas Nozzle on the rudder. There is nothing surrounding the prop. Study the photos he sent me. First two …
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Atlantic (Aquacraft) RTR tug info needed
… will need a stronger material. In my experience with model tugs the taper in the nozzle doesn’t make a noticeable difference. I use PVC pipe cut to the appropriate length
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Atlantic (Aquacraft) RTR tug info needed
… the Texas Nozzle installed in the Beamsville, a Ville Class Tugboat owned by Marcel Theriault. I intend to make this change to my Ville Class Tugboat, by gluing tapered plastic “cups” . If the changed doesn’t make sense then it’s easily rem …
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Something a little different-Horizon Harbor Tug
… ife got me two kits and I picked up this-the Horizon Harbor Tug. Now, I’m not usually a RTR or RTF kind of person. The few times I’ve purchased a hobby grade ready to run or fly model I’m usually disappointed. But…this boat has been praised …
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MODEL EXPO STEAM TUG "SEGUIN"
… ’ll be showing my approach to building the Model Expo Steam Tug Seguin, a model that I’m sure many of you have built before, perhaps from other manufacturers. Since Model Expo now holds the licence to reproduce the kit, they asked me to bui …
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Re: 3D printed tugboat
This tug is awesome JS. Online I've noticed online that some 3D prints are getting huge!