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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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Bumpers and/or Bow Budding etc...
Hello Gang! I work on the tug any chance I get nowadays. Pudding and bumper tires in place. And serious weathering is just about ready to commence: I think. Ballast tests coming soon.
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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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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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Krick Kit "Borkum"
… " and "Independence" display models and an electric powered tug boat "Long Island".
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She has a crew!!
Hi y’all. So, I’ve been adding a few details to the tug. I built up a manual winch from a small spool and scrap pieces, added a door for the cabin, a ships wheel, windows and a crew! I decided to use 2 Lego characters from the Lego movie, E …
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Custom 12 inch push tug
… at club members. It’s an odd little Chinese kit of a Danish Tug that was spotted transporting a large gun mount on its aft deck. The kit is set up to carry the gun, and there’s a promotional video of the gun swiveling and “firing”. Anyway…t …
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A bit more progress
… On occasion I have found time to do bits and pieces on the tug however. I have pretty much finished the woodwork and am now awaiting a decent day to do some varnishing of the planking on the wheelhouse.
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The frame is almost finished
The picture of the stern of this as yet skeletal tug is not that exciting. However it represents an afternoon of hard labour. I had to take a razor saw to these two rear frames and carefully remove them from the keel as I discovered they we …
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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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Bangkok River Tug
Current build is my take of a generic tug used on the Chao Phraya River in Thailand. Scratchbuilt on an ABS moulding using only photos( no drawings) . These colourful craft work in groups towing several 600 ton barges on the river.I am buil …
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Coxswain
… just for the soft rubber tyres, to use as fenders around my tugs. Happy rummaging.
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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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GLYNN GUEST KNOCKER WHITE TUG
… terials for Vivacity), based on Glynn Guest's Knocker White tugboat plan from his book 'Small Radio Control Boats'. The Driving force behind choosing this particular design was the fact I had just filled my Backyard Model Boating Pond for t …
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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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Model engineers lathe
… or the steering mechanism on the William C Daldy (old steam tug here in Auckland, google daldy.com) with a bore of 1-1/4 inches finished true and parallel. The OD of the gears was close to 3.5 inches. The lathe handled the job well and it t …
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HMS Pert and her rudder
… maneuver large aircraft carriers into position, pushing and tugging with great dexterity. They were only replaced when technological changes in design were developed eg. electric drives, bow thrusters and steerable Kort nozzles. Furthermore …
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HMS Pert (HMT RNAS Steam Side Paddle Tug)
Pert was a Robust Class Royal Navy tug that served in both World Wars in several ports along England's southern coast and flew the Blue Ensign. She was constructed by J Thornycroft and commissioned in 1916 then broken up in 1962. During bot …
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Name Query
… e name Sharjah but I don’t know where this should go on the Tug. Anyone know where this decal is supposed to go?
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Back again after a break.
… yone know what the light set up is on the Al Khubar harbour tug. I have the port and starboard navigation lights and the search light sorted. Cheers Ian (Rockbag)
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Deck Paint
… to source a dark green paint for the deck of my Al Khubar 2 tug. At the stage I am at the moment spraying is not an option therefore it will have to be tin and a brush. Any advice would be appreciated. I am located in the UK so this should …