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Pooh, River tugboat
… s the background. Now, in my RC boat collection, I have two tug boats, but those are models of much larger tugboats and I have a soft spot for them. What I am looking for is to get/purchase a hull ( hopefully with a motor and prop ), that I …
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Re: Pooh, River tugboat
Good Morning Issac! There are a lot of great tug boat enthusiasts on this site, they will be a huge help. But, for my two cents...You might want to check out the tugs at the Dumas site as their Lord Nelson Victory tug seems to have the line …
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Jimwilder Tug diesel sound generator
… Canadian. P/S it's been a few months since I worked on the tug and man is it dusty. Next chore cleaning off all the dust.
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Another tug🤣 Dumas ST74 Army Tug
… ut since I have quite a few 4mm props, I elected to set the tug up with a 4mm shaft and tube. I had a very long Caldercraft Fineline unit that I cut down, and used the cut ends bushing to mate with the tube. Once I had it freed, I pressed i …
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HMS Pert (HMT RNAS Steam Side Paddle Tug)
Pert was a Robust Class Royal Navy tug that served in both World Wars in several ports along England's southern coast and flew the Blue Ensign. She was constructed by J Thornycroft and commissioned in 1916 then broken up in 1962. During bot …
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Re: New project an inland tug
First photo shows the reference point for this build;Inland tug VLB2. Hull bulwark marked for trimming in #2 and cuts made in #3.propulsion will be a single steerable Kort nozzle.
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re Tug hull paint
… ? Maybe others will weigh in on this too? Am I correct that tugboats that operate in salt water must be painted with a different type of paint than those operating in freshwater? So a tugboat working on the Great Lakes or other large inland …
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re Tug hull paint
… o this, the only thing I can say is that all my 1900s steam tugs are all black below the water ling and Red above, the ones that are from the late 1940 are red oxide below. Fred
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QUICKWATER another small tug
Some photos of another tug I’m working on. The inspiration is BEAUPRE, but not to be a duplication. Next couple of photos are the massing study I always perform to get a sense of size & location. F/G hull of the Brooklyn tug is the start po …
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Re: (Working Vessel) Villa Class Tugboat
… deck major items, just above deck improvements. With these tugs the various tow lines are stowed in a locker below the aft deck. To get into it requires removing a number of bolts, the lift the hatch cover, remove the required length of li …
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Steam tugboat tow hooks
My photos of the original SAR&H tug "CF Kayser" show two apparently identical tow hooks. Anyone know why? Is the one simply an emergency spare?
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Re: Another Tug
That older tug looks much like a plastic Lindberg 1/72 scale model I had built once. Beautiful classic US tug lines.
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Another Tug
… hips but they do have real nice hulls so out came the saw & tug boat hull created I found a tug on google images so I will use that as a template. P/S the sail boat hull is the Graupner Optimist That I need to finish some day maybe
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TUG BOAT 686 Anyone have?
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 up
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Re: (Working Vessel) Villa Class Tugboat
… and taking a harbour cruise on the Beamsville a Ville Class tugboat built in 1944 by the RusselBrothers of Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada.
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Untouched Artisania Latina Samson tug kit.
… rict with myself! So, first up ia Artisania Latina's Sanson tug kit. It is untouched and all the plastic wrappings of parts are still sealed. There is some parrot damage to one corner of the box but he didn't get to the important stuff insi …
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Lulonga River Tug
Lulonga steam river tug. Broad beam twin stern paddles. Very stable and graceful on the water. Single motor (12 volt)chain driven from geared motor. Fitted with smoke mister, lights and sound. Unusual model built from plan. Lovely to sail o …
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Albert harber tug 1924
… rical model from wood, with the sound of the “Odilo” harbor tug in Maasbracht. The engine is the Industrie 2vd5. 1st test on the water at model building club www.mbczl.nl The real tug from 1924 is still in the museum harbor in LEER Germany …
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Svitzer FERRIBY an ASD tug
I saw this tug working in Southampton. Its lines were striking to my eye so had to build it. FERRIBY’s Mate was very generous with his time providing me with photos & dimensional information for the real tug. I have not had much sailing tim …
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Tugboat Akragas
Tugboat AKRAGAS This is a harbor tugboat, built and operated in Italy. It is decommissioned. Name of the tugboat: AKRAGAS Gross tonnage: 213 tons Year built: 1959 Builder: FINCANTIERI PALERMO - PALERMO, ITALY Last known flag: ITALY MODEL Th …
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Tugboat Yenikapi
TUGBOAT Builder : Scheepsbouwwerf de Nieuwe Maas N.V., Vlaarding. Netherlands Year Built : 1910 Length : 23.5 meters (77.2 feet) Beam : 5.25 meters (17.23 feet) Draft : 2.6 meters (8.5 feet) Tonnage : 52 GT Engine : 2 Cylinder 230 hp coal f …
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Custom 12 inch push tug
… at club members. It’s an odd little Chinese kit of a Danish Tug that was spotted transporting a large gun mount on its aft deck. The kit is set up to carry the gun, and there’s a promotional video of the gun swiveling and “firing”. Anyway…t …
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Bangkok River Tug
Current build is my take of a generic tug used on the Chao Phraya River in Thailand. Scratchbuilt on an ABS moulding using only photos( no drawings) . These colourful craft work in groups towing several 600 ton barges on the river.I am buil …
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Clyde harbour tug "ARRAN"
I decided to renovate a very old model tug which belonged to my Dad. This has been in the family for over 80 years and was in need of some TLC. It is now fully radio controlled and runs from 2 x 18650-2000mAh batteries. Length: 41cm, Beam:1 …
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Re: Custom 12 inch push tug
Cash, That armed tug is almost as crazy as the Swiss aircraft carrier! Didn't know they built a VTOL version of the F18.
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Building a sound into my tug
Working on a harbor tug, (under construction) that also requires a original sound, so i visited the 'Odilo' in Maasbracht Netherlands. There is an “Industry 2vd5” motor in there. That's built into MP3 in mine tug: take a look on the video's …
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TID Tug
My first scratch built model was a TID Tug. I made the main superstructure from plastic card grafted onto a second-hand glass fibre hull that I had bought previously.
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Re: ATSF railroad tug and barge
… is plywood. Length is around 67 inches (170cm) The railroad tug I built up as you see it now from a model I picked up thru a classified ad but it's origins are unknown.(see pic) Hull is a plastic coated expanded foam material