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Re: What do YOU think? Will it make a difference?
… actually are more efficient on slow moving vessels such as tugboats when engaged in towage. At higher speeds it is better to have free running props so the water runs unobstructed to the propellors. That is also the reason that on todays m …
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Re: build blog
… ple scales! Now back to our beloved boats! When I finish my tug I will embark on a monstrous 48" Chris Craft plank-on-frame with a 14" beam. These most recent photos are an inspiration! My two largest hulls to date are 55 inches and 40 inch …
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Re: What do YOU think? Will it make a difference?
… image from the net and from what I can recall reading about tugs it's the way it works Col
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Re: North Sea Drifters and Steam Engines.
… R IS a well proven model. I checked out your Hercules Steam Tug, to find the asking price is £625.00, that is a serious amount of cash. That is one seriously expensive boat you have there. Regards, Gary. (Just a passing thought that I will …
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Re: North Sea Drifters and Steam Engines.
@GaryLC This is the Saito Hercules steam tug. It has a fiberglass hull, with wood superstructure and deck. It has a twin cylinder Saito vertical engine, with a horizontal boiler - very similar to your powerplant. It runs on denatured alcoho …
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DMS HAMMERHEAD
… nents. In this build I decided to go with a Damen 1204 Stan tug. After significant structural reinforcement of the typically weak ABS hull & significant assistance directly from Damen ( working with them was in itself a lot of fun) I comple …
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Sequin
… ing my e-mails and came across one that mentions the Sequin tug boat by Chugalone1OO that got me thinking that was the first R/C model I had built in 1990. Then I remembered that my son got me another kit. I was going to use it to build the …
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Re: build blog
… - sailing ships to now. They have owned dozens of launches, tugs, and barges. I think they have all sold their marine businesses, with Brett Subritzky being the last to keep one of the LCs after the company was sold to Sea link Aust, who ra …
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Moving along slowly...
… an, I run down to the shop and do a little more work on the tug, with some of the crew taking a smoke break. I picked up a wrecked Pro Boat and ripped out all the electronics and hope to transfer them in this hull...I hope. Cash! post pix o …
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Re: Kiwi Moth MKII
… as the price of balsa is ridiculous now. I had made a large tug in the 70s with the foam/glass method which worked well, so have now built 7 with that method. Much faster and cheaper to build, light, unsinkable, and durable. JB
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@Kevin55 Hi Kevin, your Forceful Paddle Tug project is extremely interesting, and your machining skills are to die for, the fact every thing is machined from stock brass bar or rod. The sheer complexity of your project to date is an incredi …
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"I'll Be Back" The Wiesel overhaul 2026
… only two RC boats back then, +Wiesel+ and my +Standard Oil+ tug. As I built more boats the +Wiesel+ dropped out of the picture. _How could I do that to my best looking boat_? In 2018 I got my first 3D printer. Upon finding a photo of what t …
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SSMBC (Florida, USA) meet on June 7, 2026
… os show the variety of boats (leaning a little heavy on the tugs) present at the meet. *+Lew+* +SSMBC Event Coordinator+
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2026 Edina Model Yacht Club "Parade of Boats" event
… ad a sailboat race demonstration, and as always our 2 Vac-U-Tug boats that we have available for people to try their hand at are always a huge hit with the younger crowd. Dave B
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Frame up laser cut monster
… more my style, but it goes on the shelf until my NY Central tug is done or i may hold off and make it my winter project.
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Model Slipway Vosper RTTL
Hi y’all. The Tug formerly known as Harbor is now in her berth, flagged, and is now known as the O Wulf 8. She’s done!! Well..mostly. Got a couple more things to do to her, but she’s out of the shipyard, which means another project must com …
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Wooden Deck
… into the night I decided to tackle my own wood deck for the tug. I used a rapid method that had always worked for me and was very much a trial and error experiment when I started building models way back in the day. Over time I found this t …
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LESRO/AEROKITS/SLEC SEA URCHIN
… outer hull is covered with tissue, as on the Knocker White Tug model completed earlier. 2)&3) Keel and bulkhead parts cut from 3/16" balsa. Keel doublers glued on first side using exterior grade PVA, all excess 'splurge' immediately wiped …
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Edina Model Yacht Club "Parade Of Boats"
… avilion. We have boats on the water including our two Vac-U-Tugs that are available for the public to use. We also have a (model) water ski show, and a burning barge that our boats extinguish. We have a "Builders Corner" where club members …
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Bollard machined parts and assembly
… This gives the correct look of the gusset plate on the real tug. The bollards have a small shoulder turned on the base to seat into the plate, and I’ll be flaring the thin wall on the underside to secure them mechanically. The bore is 5 mm, …
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Little Shelley Foss
… ch. 2.4GHz Hobby King receiver Built to replace the Beaver Tug
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U.S. Easter Rivers - Towboats
Rubber bands work well in connecting tugs, towboats, barges, etc. together. A while back I started making my line using small elastic cord usually found in sewing sections of stores. White is common but recently found it in colors at the lo …
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U.S. Easter Rivers - Towboats
… and he refers to that keeps the barge nestled to the pusher tug. Did you spot the calf? The driftwood collected and placed on deck? Or the various ropes and bumpers. And how about the squared rungs of the rat ladder leading up the mast. Tho …
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Sterling boat models
… rished in house fire. While out here I’m doing the Banckert tug my son bought at UK Leeds Hobby shop last Sept when he was on tour with band Chappell Roan there. He did a FaceTime while at store n had me pick a ship. Nice to have grown kids …
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NYCentral Pilot House rough in...
… ratching up a NY Central style pilot house for the Brooklyn Tug. After days of research and hours of measuring I cobbled this rough version together. In my research I learned that the NY Central tugs had a super tall pilot house built with …
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Pilot House and Barbra Streisand
Hello Me Hearties! Moving along on the Brooklyn tug with a base coat on the hull and then I framed up and skinned the main cabin pilot house. Fairly straight forward builds, but as usual there were a few problems with fit, especially on the …
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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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Building from plans
… for future more complex builds, and in my case it was a TID tug that followed using the same technique of making card templates from old cereal packets for all the parts that needed to be cut. Bob.