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Steamboat Willie
Steamboat Wilie 36" long X12" wide. Anthony Bohaboy engine Oscillator 5/8 bore and stroke about 70 years old). Uses a modified Optimus back pack stove for burner. Kitchen rudder (which works very well), about 27 lbs. Picture is at a new club in Lacy Township NJ at one of the lakes. Boat is resting on the beach.
RonH
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Steamboat Willie and Swimmenwagan
Steamboat Willie is 36" long beam of 12". Boiler is scratched built and uses a Anthony Bowaboy Oscillating steam engine single cylinder. Since there is no reverse I use a kitchen rudder that I fabricated. Boat is almost done need coamming and interior details to complete. Burner is a optimus modified back pack stove and uses whit gas.
The Shwimmenwagan is a modified Ultimate Soldier toy and is scaled as 1/12.
RonH
5 years ago
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10 inch boat kit purchased on eBay.
Purchase a small boat kit eBay/China ($10.00 USD including shipping offer a different amount).
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Wooden-Sailing-Boat-Model-DIY-Kits-Ship-Assembly-1-30-Scale-Handmade-Toy-Gift-US/174319740908?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
This is a laser cut kit and all parts just pop out.
The planking is also laser cut as you can see in the photos.
This is just almost 10 inches in long.
Will cut the bulkheads out to make a floor board for motor and electronics.
Boat will be powered by 4 AA batteries.
May make the boat a bit different and put in a smoke stack and a small lying cabin after the large cabin, making all cabins removable to get to the inside.
I think I may nay one large hatch for the two.
Will use a servo electronics as a speed control to drive a small motor, ordered very small motors fro eBay/China.
Had trouble loading pictures as the are in word form so I gave the eBayinfo so you can see the pictures.
Should be fun.
RonH
5 years ago
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We got this right, lucky quest. Back on the board again as #20๐๐
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Wow that looks great. You did an excellent job. Will you be using any figures๐ค
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Had the same problem, but I did get the last reply about this subject ๐ค
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Thank you who ever fixed this. Now I am getting the emails on items posted on the forum. Thank you again๐๐
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I also have not been receiving notifications for a while looked at my settings and all seem good. Where is the problem and can it be fixed as I look at this site daily ๐ค could someone answer the problem. Should I sign out then sing in again like a reboot?
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I guessed correct. Last two I got wrong. Hopefully I will do better๐ lots of fun as they is done faithfully at night๐
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๐ Definitive definition of scratch build
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Been modeling for a while. A kit boat is a kit boat. A scratch built boat is one that is assembled from lines and offsets and where one gets his own materials to make the boat. When we do regattas we do the judging where we call it, โYou Be the Judgeโ. This is where ever modeler who enters is a judge. They are given a sheet with categories where they choose the best of a boat that fits. Now they can not vote for there own boat as there boat(s) number is placed on the form. Plus there are categories for scratch, kit, semi kit where the owner has to display a entry sheet with the chosen category by the displayed model.๐
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I bend 1/25 tubing. I crimp one end and add sand in the pipe forcing it down crimp the other end and bend. Of course the tibing was more than I needed so the excess was cut off. This this for a super heater/dryer on my steam boiler. Another thing to consider is if you are using brass or copper tube is to aniline the tubing first to make it softer. Heat the tubing up the quench it in cold water. The solder idea is good, just experiment and have fun๐
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I would be careful on using steam or any solution with the plywood as it may warp the outer layer or affect the glue. It also depends on the type of plywood as there is a softwood type and an aircraft type that is hard. I had a springer tug where there is plywood on the bottom of the keel. I used a water proof wood glue that I picked up at a hardware store and used a lot of 1inch rubber bands tho hold it in place. I picked up the rubber bands in a store called Staples๐
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๐Very nice, also working ao a springer push boat. I will be using plastic strut for the railings.
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๐ TUG BOAT 686 Anyone have?
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Just placed an order for one. Should be fun and I will post info on the tugboat 686. Shipping is slow and saw that it was shipped๐๐๐
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Thank you all for your answers. So bottom line is that this is a modified old outmost with a brushless motor added. The best part is that I got it for a very very low price. I am planning to use a small servo for steering and add a small arm on these so that this servo can activate the steering. ๐๐
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๐ TUG BOAT 686 Anyone have?
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This would be a great model to put in a saddle bag on your motor cycle the go sailing. Just wondering if you can run two or more of these boats together with out any radio interfearance
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Has anyone purchase the TUGBOAT 686 and modify the boat to make it more scale in appearance. This would be a fun project for a low cost.
You can google Tugboat 686 and it wil come up๐
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๐ New Boat
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I made a kitchen rudder for my steam launch back in the 80โs. Still works great. I use two servos, one rod steering right and left and the other for opening and closing the clam sell. The servo for opening and closing the is mounted on a bolting shaft the connect to the two clam shell. The servo pulls the shell together rather the push them close. This way it will not bend the clamshell shafts. Hard to explain but if you want, I can send some photos๐ค
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๐ Model Boat Festival of Lights
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Very nice, like the sky and how it slowly got dark. Great video! Like all of the boats๐
Years ago we did a two day boat regatta and on the first day it was a night sail. There was a course with different floats and you had to follow a course and not to hit a float. Since it was night you could only rely on the boats navigation lights. I did it with a Midwest steam launch and laid my lights out according to the coast quarts recommendations. It was a lot of fun.
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๐ Just wanted to share some of the progress on my Push Boat.
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Hello LewZ, yes I thought about this when building. Plus I think it will be like a sail if there is wind. Trying to make everything on top lite and hopefully stable. Since this is the springer kit and it has the original with the original super structure which I have and built but not painted. The super structure that I am working on is the Kentucky superstructure. So if it is to top heavy I can switch out with the original super structure and sail without problems?
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๐ Just wanted to share some of the progress on my Push Boat.
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๐ Vintage model boats.
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Very nice๐like the electric motors and steam items you displayed๐
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๐ Question of the Day?
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I also went with copper as it was the first metal used by man. O well, maybe I will do better next time๐
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๐ Question of the Day?
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I too did not know, I guessed it and got it wrong. Hopefully I will do better on the next question๐๐
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๐ Question of the Day?
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Got the answer wrong, O well maybe be I will do better tomorrow๐
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๐ What Paint Do Members Use?
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I used Rustoleum but had problems where second coats and other colors on masked areas would wrinkle where Zi would have to re- sand and try again. I tried waiting over two weeks before the second coat with same results. I now use a rattle can spray paint from Home Depot (in the states) called Berr paint. Hi I do my model boats and prewar model trains and had the same problems with Rustoleum. The Berr had a heavy pigmentation and goes on easialy. I do not use Krylon.
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๐ Sounds to sleep by
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Very nice. really relaxing, thank you๐
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๐ Mystery boat
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I looked at my old Taubmann Plane Services catalog (1985-1986) and could not find this boat, Will continue the search๐
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๐ Mystery boat
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World War One torpedo boat. I will check some sites that still sell plans and maybe I will find it๐
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๐ Socialising at the lake
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Any sailing is good sailing. Starting to get warmer on the States east coast. Sailing soon.
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๐ Just wanted to share some of the progress on my Push Boat.
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Hi RodC, The springer tugs are great. I usually do live steam and scratch build launches. Doing a electric is a change for me. I also put a motors and horn sound module in the boat. I made a brass two piece keil for rudder support. This makes it easy to remove the rudder and prop and shaft. Once I have the internal electronics in the boat I will take some photos. The hull is dome except for some detailing and Paint. I am a slow builder as when I make something I like to make it so that it cane easily be taken apart and fixed. I am using the two 6 volt batteries that Zippkit sells. These are suppose to be wired in parallel for more current. I do not like to put batteries in parallel as the internal resistance of each battery is different and could drain one when not using. I will wire mine so that one battery is used at a time.
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