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Balsa Shortage
… ill common also) so we'll always have something. My 80s 40" tug was carved from a poly block and completely glassed as an experiment, and came out quite well, was light and unsinkable. JB
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raf crash tender
… ite, you will also notice that there is a sea going wartime tug in the background. I new where the picture was taken because I have been round the fort. These pictures now tell me that the long nozle monitors were a later adition if what yo …
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Monterey
… th automotive spot putty, and sanded smooth. Like my Beaver Tugboat, the model felt lightweight when finished, so I added plaster of paris to the inside of the hull for additional weight.
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new project
… ome might not like this idea but i trying out 3d printing a tug ( 2nd pic is what it should look like )
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USS Diver
… She is shown, at anchor, with a friend USN ATF ( Auxiliary tug Fleet) in the back ground.
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Mayflower II Restoration
… er, no not my work. Picked it up in a market in Portimão Portugal JFF And a pic of Mayflower II before her refit. Cheers, Doug
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Onwards with the circuit description
… e inputs that we have extracted from the raw signals of the Tug, which actually gets us near to actually driving the motors.
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The real blog starts
… e in order to achieve the objective. In this case we have a Tug that manoeuvres worse than a slug. Windage is a disaster with little keel and a high non central superstructure. The obvious thing to do is to fit a rudder mixer so rudder oper …
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Re: Not quite in circles
… g to do is very different from my plan. But then so is your tug, at least as far as the electronics are concerned. Mine is a very old 40MHz version with no lights or other frills. So a complete refit is necessary. I looked at the combo RX/E …
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Not quite in circles
Well I had a short video showing the Tug wiggling its bottom in the bath. The bath is smaller than the Tug so it could not do a circle. But although I got it to less than 5MByte it looks like the site won't accept the video. Sorry. Can anyo …
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St Canute Billing Boats Build Update
… managed to proceed with some pace the build of my St Canute tug, please don’t look to closely at the stern! I replaced the planking with some carved and shaped balsa blocks. The one big problem l have now is some missing brass parts (2off) …
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History and progress
… es on from the Electronize thread and also from Southampton Tug/ smoke generators. A few folk would like an introduction to Electronics and this ESC project will hopefully serve as a foundation for that. Please go through the last few weeks …
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Simple Smoke Generator
… rate just a gentle waft of smoke suitable for a funnel on a tug or a quick pulse of thick smoke possibly suitable to simulate gunfire on a destroyer. For my Crash Tender I mix pulsed smoke with water using a venturi type connector and then …
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Richardson/Southampton Smoke Generator
Hi: Bear with me; I can’t see very well. I have the tug with the smoker. There’s no way to unplug the smoker or turn it off as supplied. You can disable it by cutting the two wires that power the smoke blower motor & the two that power the …
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Grain of Rice Build Challenge!
Hi Ed, Sorry it is not a tug but will this do ? Complete with two grain's of Rice. Martin555.
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Bought !
… id-172 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:TID_172_(tugboat,_1946) No mention of her ever being named Ipswich! Poetic license on the part of the modeller Happy tugging Cheers, Doug
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"MARGE" Completed.
… besides a few swear words i have enjoyed making this little Tug. Now i must get back to working on U552 or HMS Cottesmore. Maybe! Martin555.
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Test Floats - Sea Trials
… my three winter builds up the street to my neighbours pool. Tug Miss Katherine, Vosper, and Folk sailboat Ballast was good on all three. I had my Forward/Reverse power controls set-up opposite to what I prefer but those were just minor adju …
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Re: Microscope anybody?
… erimenting with motors and servo/ESCs for my proposed Micro Tug when ... Kerrphutt! Stone cold soldering iron Had to dig out my mini iron intended for SMD stuff and hope it was man enough for the job. It was .. Just! Sooo! Just ordered a ne …
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Superstructure.
Hi Guys, A good friend sent me some plans for a different Tug so i will be using some ideas from them. Again using plastic from a Margarine tub. Just a little word of warning, if you plan on using Margarine and Ice cream Tubs it is best to …
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📝 Airboat, getting back to it
… et one dry and see what it looks like,- might be good for a tug if it will dry without splitting. Might do a bit of pre carving with the chainsaw while it's soft.
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Thrusters
Re - There is a plan of a Fire Tug from Richard Webb Doesn't say in the ad if it's a particular design Peter, but it was built by Whangarei Shipyards. 32.4m powered by Ruston/Paxman english electric engines of 1007kw ea (1350hp) Auxilliary …
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Brushed or Brushless.
Good luck with your springer tug build. I attached a drawing that I found online somewhere, this is what I used for my build. Hope it helps. Joe
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Thrusters
Here's a 1970 twin NZ built Voith tug (Kupe) for sale a while back, not too bad for room.
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Thrusters
… both from Graupner Expensive! Graupner used to make a model tug called Parat that took 2 x Voith Units South African Harbour's had both but the Voith outmaneuvered the Schottel's and the Voith Equipped Water Tractors (Official Title) Tugs w …
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HMT Resolve
Resolve was a class of ocean going tug built for the Admiralty just after WW1. The model is built from the Caldercraft kit and I am really pleased with the way it has turned out. The many white metal parts are of good quality and as you can …
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Dutchmen
my dutch tug I build while stationed in Netherlands I also build a model of one of their fishing boats
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battery drill motor
… controller............ Motor looks similar to the picture - Tug is only 13" overall