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📝 1/12scale SPEEDLINE Trent lifeboat kit
7 years ago by 🇬🇧 modeltugman (
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I Have been asked by the widow of one of our old members to sell this kit, it is the complete works from speedline for the Trent lifeboat at 1/12 scale. 48" long. Very little has been done to the kit so far. comprising of:-
Hull and wheelhouse
Handrail stanchions and kicking boards
Casting set
Window set
Vac forming set
Brass rod
Screws very small nuts and bolts
Running gear set
Brass detail set
3 made up crew members
She would like offers very near. £500.
PM me if interested for contact details this would be for collection from Gravesend Kent only.
Hull and wheelhouse
Handrail stanchions and kicking boards
Casting set
Window set
Vac forming set
Brass rod
Screws very small nuts and bolts
Running gear set
Brass detail set
3 made up crew members
She would like offers very near. £500.
PM me if interested for contact details this would be for collection from Gravesend Kent only.
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📝 Big model tugs at Bluewater Kent
10 years ago by 🇬🇧 modeltugman ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Here are some pictures of 1/24th scale tugs sailing at Bluewater
First==== Atlantic Cock
second===Sauria
third==Sun XXIV
Fourth==Rana
First==== Atlantic Cock
second===Sauria
third==Sun XXIV
Fourth==Rana
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📝 Model Tugs at Bluewater Kent
10 years ago by 🇬🇧 modeltugman ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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here are some pictures of tugs towing at Chantry model club Bluewater kent
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📝 Sea Queen
10 years ago by 🇬🇧 modeltugman ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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this model was made from a set of mouldings purchased from the internet, they were for a 1944 Birch class empire tug, the one I chose to make was the Empire Walter, later re named Sea Queen and she worked in the Bristol and Avon area.
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📝 Sun Medway
10 years ago by 🇬🇧 modeltugman ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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This tug was made from a Tito NerI tug kit and modified to make it look more like one of the local tugs near my home, she is fitted with two azimuthing propellor units driven by 900 size motors and a bow thruster unit
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📝 (Tug Boat) Cullamix
10 years ago by 🇬🇧 modeltugman ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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A Thames lighterage tug with a bread and butter wooden hull converted from a boat bought from the internet (Motor: Mobile Marine T12) (ESC: Micro Gyros) (10/10)
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📝 (Tug Boat) S.A. Everard
10 years ago by 🇬🇧 modeltugman ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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A model of a thames lighterage tug owned by F T Everard Greenhithe, plank on frame wooden hull (Motor: M G Cooling fan) (ESC: Micro gyros) (5/10)
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📝 (Tug Boat) Centaur II
10 years ago by 🇬🇧 modeltugman ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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This is a model of a Polish Harbour tug from Gdynia Poland built to a scale of 1/32 on a Mobile Marine Models fibre glass hull (Motor: mobile Marine T12 x2) (ESC: Micro gyros) (10/10)
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📝 A Cullermix tug conversion
10 years ago by 🇬🇧 modeltugman ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Here she Is ready for trials now with the before and after pictures added.
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📝 Cullermix
10 years ago by 🇬🇧 modeltugman ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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A bit more done now more fittings added and the paintwork getting spruced up
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📝 Cullermix
10 years ago by 🇬🇧 modeltugman ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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With a bit more paint and a few fittings she is begining to come to life now
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📝 Cullermix
10 years ago by 🇬🇧 modeltugman ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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I next did the hull plating effect, for this I use 100gsm paper and waterproof PVA glue, then seal it with sanding sealer and undercoat red oxide.
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📝 Cullermix
10 years ago by 🇬🇧 modeltugman ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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To make a change I made up most of the deck fittings next ,and made the frame and canvas cover for the wheelbox as well as putting some undercoat on the casing.
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📝 cullermix
10 years ago by 🇬🇧 modeltugman ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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I next tackled the stern wooden fendering and put a coat of black on the bulwarks, and tried the new funnel for size
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📝 A Cullrmix tug conversion
10 years ago by 🇬🇧 modeltugman ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Next came the new bulwarks all round, these were made from 1.5 mm ply wood
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📝 A Cullermix tug conversion
10 years ago by 🇬🇧 modeltugman ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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The next job was to start to make the new casing to the correct size and shapes, the funnel is the old one used for effect this was later binned and a new funnel made .
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📝 A Cullermix tug conversion
10 years ago by 🇬🇧 modeltugman ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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I bought this old tug from a well known internet site ,and set to making her look more like the craft tug she was meant to be The Blue Circle Cement co tug Cullermix.
The first things to do were to strip it all down to the bare hull which meant removing the entire bulwarks and deck as well so that literally all I had was the wooden hull, this was then stripped of all paintwork and the inside varnish. The propshaft was then removed and re sited to allow a bigger motor to be fitted, and then the hull was given a couple of coats of resin on the insides and some good oil based primer on the outside, when this was all dry,I fitted a new 3mm ply deck and coamings.
The first things to do were to strip it all down to the bare hull which meant removing the entire bulwarks and deck as well so that literally all I had was the wooden hull, this was then stripped of all paintwork and the inside varnish. The propshaft was then removed and re sited to allow a bigger motor to be fitted, and then the hull was given a couple of coats of resin on the insides and some good oil based primer on the outside, when this was all dry,I fitted a new 3mm ply deck and coamings.
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📝 Tug from a fleet tender kit
11 years ago by 🇬🇧 modeltugman ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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the next job was to sort out a working towing winch for this I have used a Robbe unit with a geared motor, she Is ftted with two caldercraft 900 size motors and direct drive to 70mm props the motors turn a 3,000 rpm.
the rest of the build and painting followed on with the sea trial run at our lake on the 17th april all went very well.
the rest of the build and painting followed on with the sea trial run at our lake on the 17th april all went very well.
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📝 buiding a tug from a fleet tender kit spring madness ?
11 years ago by 🇬🇧 modeltugman ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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this is a short blog about building a tug from a fleet tender kit that was given to my brother, it was not a complete kit and there were no drawings with it, so he took a look into the box and gave it to me saying go on then make a tug out of that lot then, so here it is, the first thing that I did was to widen the stern by 50mm to enable me to fit two 70mm kort nozzles and props, I did this by cutting the bulwarks off of the hull and then building two boxes from the last of the midship rubbing strake towards the stern and then filling them with filler and fairing them to the hull. the deck was replaced with a wooden one as the superstructure also built from wood was moved forwards,the after bulwarks were the rebuilt again in wood.
after that it was a simple job to make a new funnel and wheelhous ,but I did use the kit wheelhouse.
after that it was a simple job to make a new funnel and wheelhous ,but I did use the kit wheelhouse.
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📝 (Tug Boat) game cock
11 years ago by 🇬🇧 modeltugman ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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she is made from an old fleet tender kit that was not complete, by widening the stern by 50mm I was able to fit two 70mm kort nozzles, she also has a working towing winch (Motor: caldercraft 900 X 2) (ESC: micro gyro) (10/10)
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📝 Mirium Moran build
11 years ago by 🇬🇧 modeltugman ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Well at last the Miriam Moran has got her bottom wet, we had a nice sunny morning so off to the lake for ballast and sea trial all went very well as the pictures show. geo
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💬 Maggie B a modified Southampton
11 years ago by 🇬🇧 modeltugman ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Ha Ha that's what I did as well. Geo
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📝 Katrina
11 years ago by 🇬🇧 modeltugman ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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A couple more pics of her.taken at one of our tug days at Bluewater
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💬 KATRINA
11 years ago by 🇬🇧 modeltugman ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Hello oltuggie yes she is a really lovely model I have helped Peter lift her in the water many times, she is certainly a bit weighty, but she is a lovely mover.
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💬 Maggie B a modified Southampton
11 years ago by 🇬🇧 modeltugman ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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HI graham yes I saw yours did you get smothered in that sealer that they use , it certainly makes them watertight. geo
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📝 The Danube V a condensed build blogg
11 years ago by 🇬🇧 modeltugman ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Here she Is on her first sea trials, all went very well Indeed. she has a battery weighing 18lbs and an extra 24lbs of lead ballast.
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💬 Maggie B a modified Southampton
11 years ago by 🇬🇧 modeltugman ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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HI no she still has the original motors but all the excess wiring has been taken out and individual ESC.s fitted and the gearboxes were taken apart and lubricated well as were the shafts.and a new servo put on the steering. Geo
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📝 Maggie B a modified Southampton
11 years ago by 🇬🇧 modeltugman ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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this is the Maggie B she is a modified Sothampton R T R tug. there is a video of her in the video section. the main casing was taken off and the lower three quarters of it was cut off, so that it reduced the overall height., she is fitted with two M tronic speed controllers and a new larger5,000millI amp battery which is fitted across the hull behind the motors and in front of the steering servo, she still has the original props but they are now turnig outwards to go ahead. she is now a very handy and stable boat.
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💬 A model of the S T Atlantic Cock
11 years ago by 🇬🇧 modeltugman ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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HI Ralph we have a launchung crane at our club so it is not really a problem with size and weight, most of my big tugs actually weigh less than 30lbs without the battery and ballast, I use 46amp hour gel cell batteries where possiblt and then trim with lead blocks ,the Atlantic Cock has her battery plus 3 x3lb lumps of lead so she goes into the cradle light, then is loaded and launched mechanicaly simples really and no bad backs. George,
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📝 Danube V
11 years ago by 🇬🇧 modeltugman ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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I have got a few more bits added to the tug now, and she is starting to look nice.
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