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ATSF railroad tug and barge
Ran the tug and barge yesterday up at the Elk Grove Regional park with the Sacramento Model Shipwrights. Worked out well with no navigational troubles. Plenty of rudder authority.
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Calling it a day.
… Time still to finish the Aerokits Fireboat and your JOFFRE tug, which you seem to have almost been ready for sea trials. And I count myself fortunate to have actually met you. Don't give up shipmate, you are an inspiration to many of us. C …
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I'm still here, I think?
Isaac, Your Pooh tug has an appearance of one seen in Nova Scotia, Canada.
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I'm still here, I think?
… next person may enjoy it. My very first RC boat was a small tug made of plastic that I got from a fellow modeler so I can start boating. I made a simple barge for it and loaded it with trucks and also one of my drones ( which I actually fle …
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I'm still here, I think?
Isaac, I just threw out my first rc boat build, a 42 inch tug. Fortunately someone took it off my trash can. I have two scale Springer tugs and one towboat. Tugs are fun especially when using barges. I recommend that if anyone has a tug, ge …
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I'm still here, I think?
… our History club...... How about starting a new boat build! Tugboats are my favorite.
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Miss Katherine meets Miss Jenna
Miss Jenna is a full size Ville Class tugboat owned by Mike Kelly of Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. He also owns Miss Katherine a tugboat that has been in a boat yard for over 18 years. I build a replica of Miss Katherine and that build is in ear …
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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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The end of the build
… e Walter.B is a fictional twin azimuth drive coastal escort tug owned by the fictional Canadian Superior Towing company. Her home port is Thunder Bay Ontario making her one of the larger Tugs operating on Lake Superior. She weighs in at 32L …
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Renovation of a lovely old boat.
I decided to renovate a very old model Clyde harbour tug which belonged to my Dad. This has been in the family for over 80 years (Dad would have been 100 this year) and was in need of some TLC. It is now fully radio controlled and runs from …
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Vintage model boats.
… en the real one was launched it was the largest ocean going tug in the world. He also plays football for his towns under 12's and is quite a prolific goal scorer. I am now teaching him what I can about building models and using tools safely …
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Vintage model boats.
… an get quiet competitive in maneuvering and towing with our Tugs. I suppose my main hobby is the restoration and conservation of these fine old models which need love and understanding to bring them back to life, I try to keep them as close …
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Moving along slowly...
… an, I run down to the shop and do a little more work on the tug, with some of the crew taking a smoke break. I picked up a wrecked Pro Boat and ripped out all the electronics and hope to transfer them in this hull...I hope. Cash! post pix o …
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NYCentral Pilot House rough in...
… ratching up a NY Central style pilot house for the Brooklyn Tug. After days of research and hours of measuring I cobbled this rough version together. In my research I learned that the NY Central tugs had a super tall pilot house built with …
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Pilot House and Barbra Streisand
Hello Me Hearties! Moving along on the Brooklyn tug with a base coat on the hull and then I framed up and skinned the main cabin pilot house. Fairly straight forward builds, but as usual there were a few problems with fit, especially on the …
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Model Recovered from Davey Jones Locker
… e, most of the gear was restored after a couple months. The tugboat did sail again but it was retired from service to be a lamp in my grandson’s bedroom on a shelf along with his Lego prizes.
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Model Recovered from Davey Jones Locker
… and have had no further issues with a boat capsizing. That tugboat is now a lamp in my grandson Michael’s bedroom. He helped me to build and paint it, back then too when he was 5 years old. He is turning 16 on Friday this week!
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Model Recovered from Davey Jones Locker
10 years ago, my first RC tugboat was retrieved from the bottom of a local pond after more than week of being submerged. It went under the waves only because, as a new person to this hobby, just before taking the model out of the water, I s …
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Moving along nicely...I think. ;)
… mn time!), I was able to get some positive work done on the tug. I was able to move along and get the rub rails installed, which was fairly easy. Then the fantail, which was not so easy, but fun. And then I started the removable cabin rough …
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Wooden Deck
… into the night I decided to tackle my own wood deck for the tug. I used a rapid method that had always worked for me and was very much a trial and error experiment when I started building models way back in the day. Over time I found this t …
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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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Caldercraft Northlight Clyde Puffer.
… t when a club mate offered to sell me his unbuilt Portgarth tug. I thought about it, but the expense and size of the boat was a little more than I wanted to deal with. That and that brass mast! Well, long story short, after I politely turne …
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Question of the Day?
… n seeks to qualify it's answer by saying that VSP propelled tugs are not classified as an ASD tugs. As far as the question is concerned both types of propulsion are correct. Plus. Not one of them can give 360-degrees of thrust, they can onl …
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Question of the Day?
… r at all. It looks like I am not alone either! Most harbour tugs I have seen are the Voith Schneider propulsion types. Did not even know azimuth systems were used on harbour tugs. Roy
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Question of the Day?
… ell for you in hospital. I have just read through the Titan tug thread. I also made a Pompey esc. Mine was buried in a small tobacco tin which also worked as the heat sink. I lent it to a friend for a while and when I asked how it was going …
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Question of the Day?
I have posted pictures of this type of tug, nearly all South African harbour tugs use this type of propulsion.
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Question of the Day?
Everyone knows that the Portuguese Ferdinand Magellan named the new ocean the Pacific because it seemed calm and tranquil compared to the Atlantic. He didn't have time to change his mind. Not everyone knows that Magellan never completed the …
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Question of the Day?
… dy mounted. I would just like to find another one to make a tug or the like for mydelf. Roy