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Are Motorized RC Scale Model Boats Hazardous?
… cat on lap. Doesnt look too out-of-place aboard my ZIPPKITS tug (kit from Florida). GREY PAINT on the tug is a self-priming acrylic porch & floor paint manufactured by our Canadian flagship hardware chain HOME HARDWARE. PEARL GREY, I hav us …
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Are Motorized RC Scale Model Boats Hazardous?
… voyage & i'm going to pry her off the roof, as she made the tug topheavy. I didn't build her, i purchased used. Power is abt a 380 brushed, battery is 3600 mAh 7.2V NIMH. Shaft tube needed more support hence the unpainted triangle twixt bot …
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HMCS SACKVILLE
… museum she was on the set of the Canadian tv show Theadore Tugboat. You can see her in the opening scene of the show and in many of the episodes. Was a great opportunity to be part of the show. Th Show was filmed in the basement of the cor …
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Anybody have a known-good schematic to homebuild an ESC?
… LAs gives me the benefit of adequate ballast in my Springer tugs). Yes I know i can buy all sorts of ESCs ready built but I am looking for an electronics project for our long cold winter evenings.
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Rochester, NY. Scale model boat club?
Do you mean the zippkits pusher tugs? I hav 1 running, a twin under construction,& several kits on order. Or do you mean something else?
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MV Pastolik
The MV Pasotlik is a Yukon River tug boat that was built from 2 LCMs on the beach in Nenana Alaska by the Yutana Barge lines. My model is 1/24 scale printed on my 3D Printer. There is 2 ESCs one for 2 motors and one for the last one. At som …
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SMIT NEDERLAND 1:33
SMIT NEDERLAND dutch harber tug. The 1e of the 1800 serie of 9 tugs, build for the harber Rotterdam Netherlands, in the 60's. RC build model from BillingBoats. My build is made, out of 8 Gb original pictures from, these tugs, that i got fro …
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SMIT NEDERLAND playtime
My Dutch harbertug SMIT NEDERLAND is ready to get wet, https://youtu.be/QnmgcZbG03M https://youtu.be/Vtg9fS77gck
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Motor and esc
… orning all Yesterday I acquired an old bread and butter sun tug but question is Does the motor and esc run on 6v or 12v.. I've only ever seen one of these geared motors on a picture and as for the esc no idea. Regards Terry.
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Motor and esc
Sorry been out.. The boat is based on London Tugboat SunXX11 I tried taking a pic of the inside as to me it looks like it's been carved from a block of wood and is quite heavy with a tiny bit of lead on the sturn
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Re: Re: Canceled fishing boat style
That's a R/C Billing kit of the U.S Army Tug Boat just a little fun boat for little pond's
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Free MTB at estate sale ina display case
… st test; if it checks out, then I may use it with one of my tugs and tow it.
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Smoke/Steam Generators.
… video from my friend. The Denes Design Smoke Generator in a tug
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Steam Generator which is follow the throttle arm
… video from my friend. The Denes Design Smoke Generator in a tug
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Steam Generator which is follow the throttle arm
Hi, Nice thick Smoke/Steam from a lego tug. I can see many new ideas how people use the Denes Design Smoke/Steam Generator
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Smoke/Steam Generators.
Hi, It was new for me. The Steam Generator in a lego tug Really nice
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FLOAHAZZ Smoke Generator (Amazon)
… unit that you are using? I have been using them in my small tug's for the last year, and they have worked O.K, I have used - Propylene Glycol - Mineral Oil and Fog smoke fluid, some times a mix of all three, I have also run them on 6v and 7 …
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Other Functions for Model Boats
My HENG LONG 25" tug rolled in a crosswind & sank on its maiden last summer. Fortunately I was sailing with several members of MMM (Metro Marine Modellers in Toronto) who had experience with such events. The hulk was in abt 6' of clear wate …
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Re: Stern issues for the KFK
… he lines of "Proceed" here with the extremely weathered old tug loo. Failing that keep it sweet and simple as a newcomers "try sailing" boat. Kit her with a 280 brushed and standard 3 blade fine pitch prop (Radiolink) with a rubber bumper a …
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Atlantic to KFK conversion, WWYD
… this thought about converting the ugly Aquacraft "Atlantic" tug to something more real-ish looking. Running with the idea of a fishing vessel, I came across a Kriegsfischkutter (KFK for short), a WWII German patrol craft. Attached is a draw …
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Fun/funny Boat
… he rc boat hobby my grandsons were wanting to see speed not tugboat. Wanting to encourage them to be able to handle a rc boat with supervision, my friend suggested a Jolly Jay. It had a high bow and with the right motor it could move along …
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Fun/funny Boat
… again. In our club a few members do up their Springer push tugs as funny boats. They end up with John Depp at the wheel in a pirate costume or some other laughable character. Mine has Minnie Mouse, purchased for $3 at DOLLARAMA. ZIPPKITS i …
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Boats that ‘snake’
… erMarine, Port Dover, Ontario. He also drives a Ville Class tugboat, Loganville. Note, there is not a train of vessels being towed, but he had one posted awhile back of three in a row. I also saw a video where his 18’ work runabout, is secu …
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Boats that ‘snake’
Full size tugboats tow multiple hulled vessels. The first one is very close, I will confirm with the skippers I know. Marcel sent this sketch to show how the Bridle is shorten see the lower in area of sketch. Ronald
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Steam Generator which is follow the throttle arm
… think that this is one of yours, its in one of our members tug, it looks good. Fred
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Smoke/Steam Generators.
… ll I think that one of our member's has one of these in his tug, if it is then it is the best I have seen for smoke. The photo shows it at low speed (for the photo) Fred
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Insight please
… lia (tea trade/wool trade etc) and for operations out of Portugal. The hull in the link seems much too beamy to me and I see no cargo hold openings. So whatever it is she wasn't designed for speed or commerce, rather for stability. My tip w …
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Just wanted to share some of the progress on my Push Boat.
I enjoy the simplicity of the Springer tugs. Mine, too, is a Zippkit. Fun little boats, and they make a pretty decent recovery boat.