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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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Sequin tugboat builds
Has anyone built the Midwest Sequin tugboat model # 992? I'm interested in any build inputs and photo's of her. I'm trying to build her as close to real as possible. who's building here kits now? I will be adding photo's as I go.
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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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tow tug or not two tug that is the question
Hi One & All Well I have now got the new deck fitted along with replacing the motor. Next job it to clean the deck and fill any imperfections. Fred
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A Tail of two TID Tugs (Part two)
Hi One & All You see that I have called this part two, part one is under fredE11 it should have been under Fred, some how I started a new profile. This update is how they now look, I have placed one of the bottom stringers on the old TID Th …
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Two Tugs not two soups
Having a long hard look at the wheelhouse, and some talk with chat-gb that AI thing, it looks as if the wheelhouse was open in WW2, so that is how I am going to rebuild the wheelhouse, also the AI think has given me a chart of Portsmouth ha …
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A tail of two TID Tugs
I am calling this a rebuild as you will see later. Back in the early 90s I was at one of the Greenwich model boat shows, one of the Stands there was Marine Modeling International, were they had there plans at show prices, that was when I go …
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Bollard machined parts and assembly
… This gives the correct look of the gusset plate on the real tug. The bollards have a small shoulder turned on the base to seat into the plate, and I’ll be flaring the thin wall on the underside to secure them mechanically. The bore is 5 mm, …
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"I'll Be Back" The Wiesel overhaul 2026
… only two RC boats back then, +Wiesel+ and my +Standard Oil+ tug. As I built more boats the +Wiesel+ dropped out of the picture. _How could I do that to my best looking boat_? In 2018 I got my first 3D printer. Upon finding a photo of what t …
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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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Episode 3
… ing. This type of coupling worked well in the Knocker White tug. 29) Rudder assembly made up from 0.5mm brass sheet soldered to 1/8" piano wire shaft, tiller from same brass sheet soldered to 1/8" wheel collet. Shaft is to be secured to tra …
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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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LESRO/AEROKITS/SLEC SEA URCHIN
… outer hull is covered with tissue, as on the Knocker White Tug model completed earlier. 2)&3) Keel and bulkhead parts cut from 3/16" balsa. Keel doublers glued on first side using exterior grade PVA, all excess 'splurge' immediately wiped …
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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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Model Slipway Vosper RTTL
Hi y’all. The Tug formerly known as Harbor is now in her berth, flagged, and is now known as the O Wulf 8. She’s done!! Well..mostly. Got a couple more things to do to her, but she’s out of the shipyard, which means another project must com …
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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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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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MODEL EXPO STEAM TUG "SEGUIN"
Ship’s Name The ship’s name is provided in the kit as a printed and laminated vinyl sticker. It should be applied to a thin substrate (I used a leftover piece of wood) before installing it on the hull. This gives it a bit more depth and a c …
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MODEL EXPO STEAM TUG "SEGUIN"
MAST, BOOM (DERRICKS) AND RIGGING: I usually taper the mast using a powered drill, checking it constantly against the blueprints as I go. Before starting, I wrap the end with masking tape so the drill chuck won’t leave any marks on the wood …
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MODEL EXPO STEAM TUG "SEGUIN"
Companionway For the companionway, I started by laminating two pieces of 1/8" ply using a light coat of spray adhesive. This allowed me to work both sides together and keep everything perfectly symmetrical while shaping. Once glued, I marke …
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MODEL EXPO STEAM TUG "SEGUIN"
Steering Servo Covers, Davits and Stern Grating. Moving along, I worked on the steering servo covers, the davits, and the stern grating. The servo covers were made from 1/16" x 1/4" planking stock. Simple parts, but they add a nice bit of s …
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MODEL EXPO STEAM TUG "SEGUIN"
GALLEY STACK Next up is the galley stack. The main body was made from the 1/4" wooden dowel supplied with the kit, but I decided to add a small twist to improve the overall look using some leftover .010 brass sheet. Step 1 – Painting the st …