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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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Heat Sinks
… you could be turning a 4 inch prop on a 60 inch, 100 pound tug. I'm sure that is not the case, but I hope you see the dilemma in trying to answer this question. Lew Florida ️, USA
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Reasons for not Dieing!
… e Thermopylae built, and the Edward H - a civilianized Army tug, for which I have corresponded with and received photos from its owner. Based on my mother’s life, that gives me 21 years to get all this done. One motivation is that my kids d …
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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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Wordle of the Day?
Tugboat…….on 1 Now I have to come up with a new 7 letter word to lead off with…
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propshafts lubrications
… what s the easiest way to lubricate (fill) propshafts for a tug scale 1:40 ,meaning 10mm tube and 4mm rod. thanks for your help Maurice
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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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rudder woes
First time out and snapped the white metal on my Hibernia tug who makes rudders assembly for these boats in the UK
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Question of the Day?
Yes Flaxby. Tajo is the Spanish name, Tejo the Portugese. PS: It seems that Tagus is the original Latin name of the river, which was incorporated into English.
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Back to my workshop
… e that I bought last November. I intend completing my Titan Tug before starting on the restores. I soon be able to complete the articles on model boat wiring as well.
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Action Electronics
… py of them if you do then I am looking for the Yorkshireman tug one. Thanks for any help you can give Fred
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Action Electronics
… These two for Rotterdam will also be useful for twin engine tug.
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Question of the Day?
And now we know why the Portugese discovered most of the world.
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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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Victoria Model Shipbuilding Society
… n't heard of her, or the book, until you mentioned her. But tugs are not exactly my 'thing'. Cheers, Doug
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Victoria Model Shipbuilding Society
All except for the tugs.
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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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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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Non sticky boat sides
… stick plywood to fibreglass all my boats are wood these two tugs are this other stuff
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Fairey huntsman steering
… e used on Navy ships like Destroyers. Aircraft Carriers and Tugs and Ocean Cruisers. I have a Aerokit's Huntsman and I have used a three bladded brass propellor but I had better performance with two bladded props but the sport type like 45s …
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Question of the Day?
… arth. Here is the wikipedia version of your AI story. "A Portuguese slave ship that was wrecked on the rocks off Cape Town, resulting in the deaths of over 200 slaves. The wreck was rediscovered in the 1980s, but was not identified until 20 …
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Question of the Day?
… covered in 1995, is the São José Paquete de Africa. This Portuguese ship sank off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa, in 1794 while transporting enslaved Africans to Brazil. Its discovery provided crucial insights into the transatlantic s …
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Who's from Los Angeles? There is the Amerigo Vespucci ship.
… city of Florence who sailed on behalf of both Spain and Portugal. It was Columbus that named America after him. Columbus found the new world, but it was Vespucci realized it was the new world. The U.S. also operates a training ship. https: …
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Wanted: Can I commission you to build a boat? UK based
… not picked up on this as my models are mostly scratch built tugboats (2) of sailboats of which one is a schooner. I have been building plastic models for years. Building an RC model requires not just the model either in kit form or built fr …
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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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How do they move around the deck?
… the deck house & rail but they are navigable. In contrast, tugs, pilot boats, etc have to have wide enough deck space between the house & rail to be easily traversed by the crew. A flaw in many kits as you point out.