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A bit more progress
… On occasion I have found time to do bits and pieces on the tug however. I have pretty much finished the woodwork and am now awaiting a decent day to do some varnishing of the planking on the wheelhouse.
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Re: My new Yacht!
These are the ones on my tug HMS pert. They are 120mm for the bow mustache and 60mm for the sides.
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Re: My new Yacht!
… t need a lot Yes I know you have a sailing vessel and not a tugboat, but the principle is the same. You want to protect your bow and not damage your fellow yachts around you. The last photo is the foam filter for a shop-vac
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Model engineers lathe
… or the steering mechanism on the William C Daldy (old steam tug here in Auckland, google daldy.com) with a bore of 1-1/4 inches finished true and parallel. The OD of the gears was close to 3.5 inches. The lathe handled the job well and it t …
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boat sales
Selling some of my boats, glasgow paddel tug £250, LARGE 9FT fiberglass hull of HMS Hood £175 some smaller paddelers, Brown 1 £200, White 1 £100 all collection only from Sittingbourne Kent
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American Scout C-2 Freighter
Jump, if you are considering a tug for your next build here are some of mine of various sizes & shapes to spark your interest. If you start a build I’d be happy to offer assistance.
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HMS Pert and her rudder
… maneuver large aircraft carriers into position, pushing and tugging with great dexterity. They were only replaced when technological changes in design were developed eg. electric drives, bow thrusters and steerable Kort nozzles. Furthermore …
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Rails finished and installed
… about 20 feet to shore, so I genned up my little “Mystery” tug and pushed him in…we called it soon after. So…I went home and finished the railings. The ST instructions tell you the measurements for drilling each stanchion hole, but the aut …
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Re: NEW GLASS ON FOAM CATAMARAN PROJECT
… o tell it's foam. Pics are a few I've done previously, -the tug in 1978, (epoxy) and the workboat and barge recently, (polyester resin) I've done other things apart from models with glassed foam as well, (dinghy flotation etc) You could als …
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My harbour, re Yorkshireman
… ing at my harbour and noticed I did not have a Yorkshireman tug in there. This was the 1st boat I had completed and was sure I had added it some years ago. So set about finding some photos to add it to my harbour. Well my current iPad didn’ …
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Furness Abbey
Hi Cargoman, As the two tugs you mention are Damen Stan tugs, 1906 type, I guess you might find this project report useful. It's from a German MB club who are building a whole fleet of this model as a Club Project Project reports and presen …
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The end of the build
… e Walter.B is a fictional twin azimuth drive coastal escort tug owned by the fictional Canadian Superior Towing company. Her home port is Thunder Bay Ontario making her one of the larger Tugs operating on Lake Superior. She weighs in at 32L …
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Three Springers together,
I have been trying to get all four of my Springer tugs together in a photo shoot. Unfortunately my son was not able to make Sunday's SSMBC meet. He has the fourth. So, I photographed the three others. Looking at the bows photo (left to righ …
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Re: lighting
… mine as they would be in real life, this is just one of my tugs. The reason they are so bright is that a few of the members of my old club could not see the duck house in day light, let along a model boat.
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Name Query
… e name Sharjah but I don’t know where this should go on the Tug. Anyone know where this decal is supposed to go?
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Decals
… od... you might not have noticed it but on my last Springer tug build I have the simulated openings for the "water coolers" by painting them on (black paint). After figuring out the pattern I 3D printed a mask. I then taped it on (both side …
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Just a little sailing
Went to the pool in Burlington Ontario to run my Sequin Tug that hadn't been in water since last year .It was a little cool but more club members showed up so took a few photos. Our club is holding a fun run Sept 7th 9am-noon Military Ships …
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Question. What is special about this model in your opinion?
… 'seasoned' after being in the sea for a long time. The next tug built around 1979 was the complete opposite, made from a polystyrene block and fiberglassed. Around 40' x 12" JB
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Action Electronics
… These two for Rotterdam will also be useful for twin engine tug.
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John Ross
This renowned deep sea tug boat is 1,5m long. It is part of our fleet of show models we use at events and demonstrations.
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Storm preparations
… age amongst my other hobby stuff And lastly one of my small tugboat is on loan to a friend. Isaac
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Victoria Model Shipbuilding Society
… drawings which I can use to build the Sudbury. Yes another tug but one with an astonishing history, including making a tow of four old container ships from the Caribbean Sea, through the Panama Canal and up the west coast of the Pacific to …
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Edina Model Yacht Club annual "Parade of Boats"
… is year we have added a new feature, we have built 2 "Vac-U-Tug" boats and two control consoles that we are allowing youngsters (including some "young at heart" adults) to use during our events. The Vac-U-Tugs were a huge hit, and there was …
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Loganville owner has added a “Loft”
Pete Spencer added this exterior storage to his tugboat. I am now in the process of adding it to my model. Our library ModelSpace had a 3Dprinter where you or they will create things. I asked Michael to create the expanded metal needed for …
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Miss Jenna located in Mahone Bay, N.S
… ke Kelly owns the Miss Jenna, a Russel Brothers Ville Class tugboat built for use by the RCN for duty on the East and West coasts of Canada. It has an approximate LOA of 40', beam 10' and interestingly virtually no keel. The drawings found, …
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Edina Model Yacht Club annual "Parade of Boats"
I never did post a good picture of the Vac-U-Tug boats that go with the consoles pictured. We built these to offer for use by spectators, in the hopes of creating more model boat addicts to join our ranks. So far at the three events we have …
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Flower Class Corvette
… ower-class corvette. Purchased in 1946 for private use as a tug which the Pacific Mills company used for two years before being sold to the Island Tug and Salvage Company of Victoria, BC. It was here that she received a major overhaul. Pict …
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Yard Sale Find
I have built to many tug boats & we have a member in our club that has a Clyde Puffer and he hardly ever runs it so I've decided to build one .The bottom isn't flat but no one will know that except me & anyone that reads this. I have a lot …