Many thanks Dave!
It always helps me to be curious with things like this in order to stay on a budget. Especially these days! Everything posted on these pages has and will always be a help to me. And in this case I too am wondering about going with the original Dumas offset geared set up. I have built the drive system, but not fully committed to it yet.
😉👍

Guy,
It is an older build. I didn't build it; I acquired it from a club member who needed to downsize.
I'll attach some pics from the inside of the boat for your reference.
Dave B

@DWBrinkman
Dave!!!
Please let me know your mode of power and electronics used on your tug!
Many thanks!!!
— Guy

I don't know if this is any help or not.
I took a couple pics of mine.
If I can do anything else, let me know.
Dave B
PS I don't have the plans for the boat.

I just got a reply from Ed on my email requesting that he reach out and help.

I send him your contact information on the website so hopefully he will reach you.

Ronald

I can only provide half of your request, but you're welcome to it.

@Ronald thank you so much I’ll just wait for a reply. Hope he can help

Hi Ronald & puttn,
Ed Figuero's Brooklyn Blog immediately sprang to mind with me as well.
Link to the Blog below.
I don't think he ever launched it😒
All we got was a string of 'reasons' why not, then he had considerable family problems and he kinda disappeared.
Cheers, Doug😎

https://model-boats.com/blogs/38209

I recalled that Ed Figueroa ( figtree7nts) did a long series of posts on his building of the Dumas Brooklyn Tug. I have reached out to him since it’s been 7 years now since he began his building blog on this website. We were all waiting for photos of the launch but I am not sure it ever happened. Let’s hope he kept the plan sheet and will be able to assist you with the missing details for your rudder assembly.

@Ronald
Sorry I missed you last night Ron! Thanks for the message!
I was driving my daughter back to her apartment in NYC. Dark and wet drives to NYC are
always a serious pain-in-the-ass. By the time I got home I was dog tired.
😉

@jumpugly

Agreed, thanks for giving your suggestions.

Regarding putting small screws into the fibreglass hull, if he applied epoxy to the area first and filled it about 1/4” or more, before drilling the pilot holes fore the screws, he should be fine.

Puttn: finding these parts would be almost impossible. Although a decent set of plans from the older versions would be the way to go in order to fabricate a set. In this case I might just go with the modern plan template for the brass keel extension. If you don’t want to drill into the fiberglass hull for the screws, I would then fiberglass the brass keel extension directly to the hull.

Be that as it may and considering the photo you have of the parts I would start hitting the building blogs to see if any of those builders might have some leads towards the actual shape and dimensions.

One thing I would definitely do is post your photo on the Facebook “Radio Controlled Tug Boats Only” page and let that gang know what you are looking for.

👍🏻

Ronald it looks like a boat that was down at the local boat club.

Now my comment is off topic the bot in question as set alight but before that shameful act I scrounged a few planks and the lane logo the boat was 'The Dolphin' I used the planks for a DIY camera Col

@Ronald I probably could make those 2 piece’s if I had the measurements. Unfortunately I do not.

@Ronald yes I’m pretty sure they’re metal. I have everything for the rudder assembly for the 2 piece hull. But did not realize the 1 piece fiberglass hull is different for the rudder mounting. I’m thinking I could use the set up for the 2 piece hull. But would rather have those 2 pieces. We shall see. Thanks

@puttn
Those are very unique to that particular style of tugboat. Never having built one of these Dumas tugs, would these be White Metal castings?

I could imagine they are white metal casting which with some careful fabricating, you could duplicate them using brass bar, brass rod and brass tubing?

These 2 pieces

@puttn

Please post a picture of the parts needed as seen in the plans.