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FT Bates
… restoration. 1:48 Scale South African Railways and Harbours Tug. Vessel built in Glasgow 1950.
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Re: WHOPPER STOPPER a Terry Jason sport fisherman
… sportfishing boat where you don’t need the torque like in a tug. I have not put it in the water yet to check out the speed from the new motor, which I’m sure is going to require backing off on the throttle endpoint settings & increasing the …
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Late War Elco 80' PT Boat Model
… version of this dinghy that I recently built for an Egrete Tugboat that I started back in January 2023. As shown the day cabin details with the dinghy look reasonable.
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Late War Elco 80' PT Boat Model
… as a nice write-up to build the E. Phylis II from their 48” tug hull. I reference this article for a tug I have been building from an Orion hull I started a few years prior to the Covid 19 lock downs. Their drawing was a good starting refer …
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Late War Elco 80' PT Boat Model
… to go with your instincts. I did a similar hull cut-up on a tugboat a couple of years ago made by Orion Mouldings that went great as well and is another work in progress. This PT’s hull will not be an exact scale Elco 80 footer, because the …
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Re: Question
It’s on a tugboat
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Re: Deans Marine City of Ely
… , it's definitely worth it. I didn't give up on my deep-sea tug either and I'm very happy about it today. And it doesn't have to be perfect, just authentic. Here are before and after pictures of my "OCEANIC"
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Back again after a break.
… yone know what the light set up is on the Al Khubar harbour tug. I have the port and starboard navigation lights and the search light sorted. Cheers Ian (Rockbag)
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Sail servos
… hat tensions as it rounds the pulley. Have the ELASTIC line tug on the MAINSHEET, JUST AS IT STARTS AROUND THE PULLEY, to keep it seated in the pulley. Is that what you were thinking in your diagram? So the elastic would only have to stretc …
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Yard Sale Find
… t my Galion will need a rounded stern if it's going to be a tug boat .Because Ernest Shackleton ship the Quest was found by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and the wreck was 1,280 feet below the surface of the northwest Atlantic Oce …
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Anteo
… are dyed using coffee and/or tea. I built the as a Turkish tugboat, named her Kalender. Model is painted using commercially available spray paints according to the painting scheme of the Turkish tugs. To convert the kit to an R/C model, I …
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Bending small brass tubing
… inside the joints. This is because this boat is a Springer tug which needs to take a little bumping. Drawing shows the concept of the cross joint (same for a "T" joint). Lew Florida , USA Video link for bending: https://www.youtube.com/wat …
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Re: QUICKWATER
Tug rides nice. Ballast looks good but watching a video will tell more. When we were aboard the Beamsville, Marcel said the aft deck would usually have 4” of water over the deck when towing which is one reason for scuppers that were 4’ + lo …
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Re: Ballast check, leak check and maiden complied with and successful.
… a bumper…and maybe a slightly larger prop. Like that little tug you built, looks good. Do you get your hulls from Loyalhanna? I just don’t know what they still stock. Cash
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Re: Ballast check, leak check and maiden complied with and successful.
… sh it. Callie for graphics? Rides higher than my little 19” tug.
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Graupner Krabbe Ton 12…the kit, not the boat😁
… fishing boat to yacht conversion…but, I decided on a simple tug. Basically a 1930s or so diesel or converted steam tug, something smaller that you might see in the Great Lakes. With that decision out of the way I went to work. First thing I …
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TID (ish)
Hi folks. I have just aquired what looks like a Tid tug, the hull id definately Tid shaped, not so sure about the superstructure. It is a free runner (not for long) around 48 inches long. It has a single cylinder engine and one of those odd …
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Little Shelley Foss first float
… e Shelley Foss. The Admiral insisted on a photo op with the tug in hand before its maiden voyage. The tug run very well and I was quite pleased with the performance despite running into exposed logs, as the pond is shallow due to lack of ra …
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Dumas #1206 Little Shelley Foss Build
… s in my harbor were scratch built. Since retiring my Beaver Tug boat some time ago, actually, it got sent to the scrap heap, my harbor has been looking for a replacement. At 24" long, this fits well with the other models I have made. Also, …
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Re: Getting closer
I just love tugboats !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As far as a rescue boat, not sure how helpful it will be with a pointy/round nose. I used my tugboat to rescue my huge 6.5 ft Torpedo boat. It worked, but needed lots of pushing and angle changes. Bu …
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Getting closer
… nel, who moved down here from the Pacific Northwest. He’s a tug and sub guy, has ran many tugs in regattas there and has been around them a bit…I’ve also had input from Chum44 and RNinMunich (Bill and Doug respectively). They’ve all been a …
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Superstructure Railing Build
Got back on the USACE stoplog tug (my Springer #4). Been dolting around a bit. Ever get to a point where you come to a point in a model boat build where you need to stop a bit for one reason or another? Well, this railing for the superstruc …
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Caldercraft Northlight Clyde Puffer.
… t when a club mate offered to sell me his unbuilt Portgarth tug. I thought about it, but the expense and size of the boat was a little more than I wanted to deal with. That and that brass mast! Well, long story short, after I politely turne …
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Betty Bopp
… mind still works fairly well at 74 I decide to make another tug boat I had some spare parts & a New Fly sky radio so last winter we built a no name model boat and ran her most of last summer at the pool in Burlington . I also just remembere …
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Betty Bopp
Was going to be a Balloon Duster but It became another Tug Boat
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OcCre Ulises
… allenge my skills further as its a 1/30th scale of an Ocean Tug boat that is almost all planking....hull, deck, cabins etc. All advice greatly received!!
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Change 2 mk1
… d a point. Y’all need to know that I’ve never set foot on a tug in my life, so under decks I’m a little lost. I got rid of the companionway and added a reinforced ladder and offset hatch. I think it looks better too. Now.. more hatches and …
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Re: Quick update.
… er, since the Kalle is an “representative” model of a steam tug in the 20s or thereabouts, one could say that the Mystery is representative of a diesel tug in the early 50s..and the designers were looking at the Kalle when they “designed” t …