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Sealing a horizontal prop shaft
… hat, it turns out that there was a crack in the hull of the tug!! I can’t flippin believe it. I followed the advice re the nylon washers with the grub-screw collar and got the propshaft all greased up, then tightened everything up, I even g …
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A new naval project. What to do now?
… rew you in—possibly even more than the idea of building the tug Mariana? A tug like Mariana is quite the opposite type of project—more focused on machinery, piping, winches, and overall function. It’s about realism and engineering rather th …
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A new naval project. What to do now?
… f tubing. But before I would attempt a 'quasi' model of the tug 'Mariana' I probably would do the Pamir. I was quite taken reading in the papers about her demise off the Azores in 1957.
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A new naval project. What to do now?
… tivation and let a build fade away. Your experience on that tug sounds incredible—three weeks on the Rio Napo in a convoy like that is something not many people can say they’ve done. That alone is more than enough reason to bring that parti …
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A new naval project. What to do now?
… t by many people. Seeing chagalone's posts I would take the tug, which I enclosed below photo of a tug, on which I travelled for a consulting job I did many years ago for an oil project from Iquitos on the Rio Napo to Ecuador. I spent 3 wee …
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A new naval project. What to do now?
… s. My son bought in Sept in Leeds at that hobby shop a nice tugboat model Bankert 516 Billings Boats. Directions are only pictures with a few comments, very few. A lot of questions could have been easily answered in instructions manual they …
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A new naval project. What to do now?
… om this forum=, will soon be starting a build log on a push tug… and that got me thinking. As soon as I finish my Juanita, I’ll be starting a build log of my own for a push tug as well. This type of build can be quite straightforward, espec …
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LiFePO4 BATTERIES (Lithium-Iron-Phosphate batteries)
… ries are overkill for most model boats, I see so many scale tugs and submarines powered by them and they just need more ballast as a result. I am disappointed by the poor characteristics of lead-acid batteries though and have been very happ …
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Smoke generator - question
… them on and off in short usage periods. There are two in my tug, one for the main stack and one for Maude's cook stove. The one for Maude's stove has a drop of cinnamon roll baking essence (a candle making essence,) so if we're on the pond …
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Smoke generator - question
Lew, I use 24v because the tug has a 24v drive motor and battery. But I have tested the smoker on 12v via a 5A XL6019 booster module. The current draw was 1.6 Amps (19W), a slightly higher power consumption because of the losses in the boos …
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"New" Kid on the Block: Meus Racing?
… . These were the 47 foot USCG lifeboat and an early Horizon tug. Both were in excellent condition considering their age. I kept the lifeboat and gave my tug to my son. He is finally interest in upgrading it, especially with the old RC syste …
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Smoke generator - question
… a step-up voltage converter. Shown fitted to my 1:24 scale tug Wattle.
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Question of the Day?
… r at all. It looks like I am not alone either! Most harbour tugs I have seen are the Voith Schneider propulsion types. Did not even know azimuth systems were used on harbour tugs. Roy
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Question of the Day?
… n seeks to qualify it's answer by saying that VSP propelled tugs are not classified as an ASD tugs. As far as the question is concerned both types of propulsion are correct. Plus. Not one of them can give 360-degrees of thrust, they can onl …
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AI Images
… le tied to a 1/300 scale ship is freaky in my view. Put the tug in the foreground and the ship in the background and force the perspective. I try to use natural settings for my camera work. As for using AI on this site I would recommend a d …
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"New" Kid on the Block: Meus Racing?
… gle hand with trigger and thumb stick. It's ideal for small tugboats and also builds with differential steering. Only negative is range on the thumb stick is around 35 metres though the more conventional transmitter has a 1km range and is s …
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"Land" Ships
… e it to bits. How about an aquarium instead ? Run your mini tugboat! Or possibly a mini submarine?
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Sequin
… w.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?3015810-midwest-seguin-tug
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Dumas Closing
… you’re going to see here is cabin cruisers or maybe a push tug. Houston has a sizable scale following too, but they’re near the Gulf Coast.In the UK and Europe scale model boating seems too be more prevalent too. I think it’s just harder h …
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Dumas Products closing down!!!
… continue the Dumas Chris Craft line of kits, as well as the tugs. imho. A good case in point is Atlantis. They have done quite well buying all the plastic molds (i.e. Revell, Monogram, Aurora) they can get their hands on and doing very sele …
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Dumas Products closing down!!!
… old times sake or their new Great Lakes freighter, maybe a tug. IDK Just still bummed about it despite their problems. Damn!
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Programming a seaking brushless ESC challenges..
… tion - even the most expensive types! Scale boats such as a tug do have a use for a reverse (my TID Tug had a reverse and I made good use of it) but for running a model power boat you can certainly learn to live without it. If after running …
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Dumas Products closing down!!!
… than sailing them. Just spent most of that on a Lackawanna tug kit from Dumas, as I had almost bought one several times, but something else would show up on the radar, and I figured Dumas would be around after I’m dead and gone. If there’s …
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Beamsville interior
Here is Marcel’s tugboat the same hull as Lesterville, Miss Jenna and several others in the Ville Class. Just finished detailing the inside of Marcel’s wheelhouse and once the paint is dry, the windows will be secured before putting the roo …
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Beamsville interior
… ome Line Drawings I received from an Owner of a Ville Class Tug.
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How to secure acccess deck covers /hatches
What's a good way of securing access hatches on a 39 inch tug. for easy access? This is my BC Sea Hawk I have been working on for about 8 months now. I'm Almost done, ( 2 large access hatches in aft deck for Z drive Access) Also suggests on …
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KD Perkasa Class Drawings.
… ll, would make the time spent building my scratch built TID Tug somewhat insignificant, so I never used them. I will be passing these plans on the EdW and hope he has the stamina to take this build on. ........meanwhile, I will keep on buil …
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Testing LED diodes
… rward to learning how to make a mast lighting system for my tugboats. (Silver mast photo) Last photos are James’s work.(brass)