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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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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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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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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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… 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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… 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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I have posted pictures of this type of tug, nearly all South African harbour tugs use this type of propulsion.
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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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… dy mounted. I would just like to find another one to make a tug or the like for mydelf. Roy
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As I mentioned I have been on tugs with VSP on numerous occasions. The time that really impressed me was moving away from the dock sideways and then turning around by spinning 180 degrees without moving forward or backward, then transitioni …
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… a problem for him If he does, then I would have to build a tugboat to fit it in !! .
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Been on a tug with this type of propulsion a couple of times. The maneuverability and controll is quite surprising. Most of the harbour tugs in South Africa use this.
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… wer the question until today, as I was sailing my Jimwilder Tug in Spencer's pool last night and forgot about the question of the day that was yesterday
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… ful. Plura plastic is very stable, the Bugsier 3 (Graupner) tug boat kit came out in 1974 and was still being produced 40 years later. That was an early use of Plura. Hulls formed from Plura need a good paint job and keep out of direct sun …
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… re all relevant parts of the same hobby. Typical example is tug towing, the same procedures used in full size are used in model size, get it wrong and points are lost. Personally, I enjoy the forum regardless whether it's maritime history, …
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… esting, are they relevant? I think so. Are not steering and tug towing regattas based on "Rule of the Road" and correct navigation techniques? It all has relevance in my humble opinion, surely an interest in model shipbuilding is part of a …
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… Recently someone enquired after a set of plans for the PBM tug boat kit Alfred. Maybe not on this site etc, possibly Model Boats magazine. As new custodian of the club inherited plans I have found a good quality set. If this trips anyones …
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… xplorations and explorers, especially naval ones. Italy, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, the United States and many others have given birth to great explorers. Just think of Magellan (who attempted to circumnav …
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Yes Flaxby. Tajo is the Spanish name, Tejo the Portugese. PS: It seems that Tagus is the original Latin name of the river, which was incorporated into English.
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And now we know why the Portugese discovered most of the world.