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Brooklyn Tugboat
Brooklyn Tug is 1:32 Scale. She's 39.1/2" L.O.A. x 9.5" Beam. Weight Estimated at 24lbs when completed! The Brooklyn was built in 1910 and owned by the New York Dock Co. She was steam powered all her life and was never converted over to Die …
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Just another, Smit Nederland Build!
Well, The Tug Atlantic was a no go! So, I ordered the Tug Smit Nederland! This is going to be a nice build. I have many idea's in mind! I'm going to incorporate independent throttling! also independent smokers will be used as well! Her ligh …
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Dumas Victory tug
With I hate to say my golfing season slowly coming to an end and no project in mind for the cold months ahead a kit was looked at. Having liked the look of this boat for a number of years finally decided to order the kit. The notice came in …
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New project; THUNDER an inland tug
Picked up a nicely laid up glass hull of the Smit NEDERLAND. Spoiler alert; it won’t be the NEDERLAND.
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Forceful Directors Class Paddle tug
I’m in the middle of building a 1:48 Directors‑class paddle tug — Forceful. I’m using the fibreglass hull and working from plan No. 1292, plus the two Marine Modelling International articles from Jan/Feb 2017. The paddle wheels are built fr …
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Push-tug San Pedro
I have found a piece of plastic that came from the transom! it's the right size for the stern area which I believe is leaking! The seam looks as if it's separating, so maybe I'll reinforce the seam! As you can see from the picture on the ri …
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Tugboat Serenity (AKA) Jersey City
I was looking at my new crew, I just noticed that one of my crew members is a different scale. it's at 1:50 instead of 1:32 it's not to bad of a difference. I'm just glad its the figure I inadvertently put as the captain! the only way you c …
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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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Occre Ulises
Was given the Occre kit of the “Ulises” ocean going tug for Christmas. Started the build this weekend but I reckon it is going to be a bit of a drawn-out build for a while as I have a lot going on with work and other things. I will graduall …
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Rescue Vessel - Springer Tug
… 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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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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Phantom Tug
… e decking wasn't nibbed as I told myself this was a working tug, not a yacht. Using poplar for the planks provided a good base for painting which I had intended to do, but after scraping and sanding thought what could go wrong with staining …
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Director class tug
Video of the finished feathering wheels in action can be seen at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zngYUNvRnQo. Roy
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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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Scratch built Stevn's Arctic tug in the final stages
I restarted this build last August after receiving the 100mm Schottels from OceanWorks in Hong Kong. She's been sat waiting for spray painting weather and finally this has arrived so tomorrow everything else will be on hold while I mask up …
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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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Tug Dual ESC Electronics
… ows proportional motor control to assist the rudders on the tug, which is otherwise impossible to position in high winds or in reverse. No extra controller is needed, neither is the existing PCB modified in any way. The pictures show the sc …
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paddle tug Aid
The green looked too drab so changed to a nice blue only fiddely bits to do I hope . Cheers Marky
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Edmund Gardner Liverpool Pilot Boat
Tug Hercules Fireman Rick wanted to see how I fixed the rigging to masts. Sorry but nothing clever or fancy just tied on with waxed string and super glued In place. Small brass loops to secure to deck.
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Al Khubar Harbour Tug
I have now started to build this Mountfleet (Model Slipway) Kit. Firstly I decided to sort out the power system. 2 x RE540/1 geared motors (6:1). The propshafts supplied with the kit and the 4 blade brass props, also supplied.
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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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OcCre Ulises
… allenge my skills further as its a 1/30th scale of an Ocean Tug boat that is almost all planking....hull, deck, cabins etc. All advice greatly received!!
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Miss Jenna located in Mahone Bay, N.S
… ke Kelly owns the Miss Jenna, a Russel Brothers Ville Class tugboat built for use by the RCN for duty on the East and West coasts of Canada. It has an approximate LOA of 40', beam 10' and interestingly virtually no keel. The drawings found, …
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Another tug🤣 Dumas ST74 Army Tug
… ut since I have quite a few 4mm props, I elected to set the tug up with a 4mm shaft and tube. I had a very long Caldercraft Fineline unit that I cut down, and used the cut ends bushing to mate with the tube. Once I had it freed, I pressed i …
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Graupner Krabbe Ton 12…the kit, not the boat😁
… fishing boat to yacht conversion…but, I decided on a simple tug. Basically a 1930s or so diesel or converted steam tug, something smaller that you might see in the Great Lakes. With that decision out of the way I went to work. First thing I …
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Fairey Huntsman 31 (47” SLEC kit) build blog
… about doing a big Huntsman for a while and as the Springer tug wasn’t doing it for me I decided to rest the tug for another day and pull the trigger on the large 47” length Huntsman kit from SLEC. 2 days after ordering the huge box arrived …
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HMS Cruiser. 1/64 scale 18 gun brig of war
… d upon a change of tack. I have already built Caldercraft's tug, Resolve, and impressed with the quality of the kit and the opportunity to learn new skills, I decided to have a go at a plank on bulkhead model. I chose Cruiser because she is …
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Another Springer tug!!
… one. In that vein, I’ve decided to attempt another Springer tug. Some years ago I built one before I really had ballasting down right..she ran okay, but I kept messing around with the ballast, epoxying it in, and when I tried to remove it t …