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RusselBrothers Ville Class Tugboat
Other than a few small deck details the Ville Class Tugboat project is finished until the spring at which time the ballast will be added. One hull but two different superstructures. Loganville yellow and white is in Port Dover, Ontario and …
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American river Springer pusher Tug
… n...... So, what we have here is an American River Springer Tug, used for pushing stuff up and down the river. The laser cut kit was a bargain at £80 inc postage from a very nice guy called Kevin who now owns www.Mastman.co.U.K. Or better s …
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Tid tug
Today was the first time on the water for the tid tug to check the ballasting, speed and wether I had any leaks. All seemed fine, so for my second build from plans I’m really happy. I still have a fair amount of work to do on her, but at le …
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Tugs.
Two new tugs on the lake all scratch built.
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Re: Stevn's Arctic Ice class tug
… e very interesting articles, especially for those who enjoy tugboats and the newest developments. Some good material there for the model builder!
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Phantom Tug
… ing apart, and although a little thick for the scale of the tug, doesn't show once installed in the window frame. It will not bend in a cold state so building a buck with the proper arc was necessary then using a heat gun (hair dryer) gentl …
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Model Tugs Pushing Canal Boat Video Missing/Deleted
… deleted from youtube. It had a fleet of around 10-15 model tugs pushing a canal boat round and docking it, I think it was at Ellesmere port and the photo is the only media I've found of it. By a slim chance does anyone else have footage of …
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Phantom Tug (Fort Valley)
… he winter there's no incentive to go outside at all, so the tug building can progress at a steady albeit slow pace. (I'm not very fast, but I sure am slow....). The smoker relocation was done in anticipation of this season's running. There …
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Phantom Tug
… ing the "Subject" line. Originally this thread was "Phantom Tug", then I settled on a name and continued with that which I suspect has the site believing that it's two different blogs and going back to the original name hasn't reconnected t …
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Re: Tug Fort Valley
… s Two 1 lb bags Main propulsion battery (12Ah SLA @9.5 lbs) Tug 13 lbs +/- 52.5 total The second photo is the sling affair I've been using to launch the hull. They're the rubber tie- down straps with some nylon line spliced through holes wh …
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Phantom Tug
There isn't a formal name for this tug yet. There are a couple of names floating around, but I'm waiting for the personality to develop a little more before I commit. This build will hopefully represent a turn of the century harbor steam tu …
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Phantom Tug - "Fort Valley"
Six The jury is back, and the consensus is the tug's name should be "Fort Valley" named for a place in VA. USA I knew as a kid. As this is a "catch-up" blog for the moment, I'll skip some of the boring details and bring this up to the curre …
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Re: Phantom Tug
Hi, the Preserved NZ steam tug, William C Daldy has this type of steering system, with chains running round the deck under covers, from the quadrant to the steering motor, ( pictured is the aux steering station behind the engine room, with …
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Re: Phantom Tug
… nce from the rudder to the servo is to scale. The old steam tugs that used chains here in the US had them run from the quadrant on the rudder post to a steam engine dedicated to the steering. This engine was housed in the aft end of the eng …
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Phantom Tug
Four The tug is evolving. The hull was 'glassed outside, and epoxied inside. Where the battery, motor, and electronics mounts reside the hull planking was 'glassed. The main platform was fitted and the rudder operation addressed. The counte …
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Tug St Canute...St Knud.
Dear All. I have many memories of the old Tug St Canute and have studied her history in full of which there is much on the web including many pictures of her when at Exeter Maritime Museum (now defunct) when I had a quided tour of her. Are …
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Phantom Tug
… ) During the hull build I didn't know if I wanted a smaller tug at a bigger scale, or a bigger tug at a smaller scale. Placing these figures helps me visualize much easier. 5. Same guy, different angle. 6,7,8,9. The progression of the rudde …
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RusselBrothers Ville Class Tugboat
Crews for the tugboats, some painting yet to be done. The figures all have vests molded to the body, which makes them bulky. But, I removed the weapons and extra pockets.
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Re: Tug Brent
… n the water. Similar lines to Alwyn Vintcent, South African Tug. Last project was 1:50 scale scratch build, next project same tug 1:24 scale for RC
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Re: Tug Brent
I love the Tid Tug. I built mine on a Kingston Mouldings hull and plan. You must have great satisfaction building the hull from ply. The open bridge makes a nice change.
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Tug Brent
This is firstly a TID Tug and a model of Brent which was owned by Port of London Authority on the river Thames the boat had a fold down funnel for the low dock bridges, at 70 ft long the model is built at 1:32 scale making a 27 inch model b …
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Brooklyn Tugboat
Brooklyn Tug is 1:32 Scale. She's 39.1/2" L.O.A. x 9.5" Beam. Weight Estimated at 24lbs when completed! The Brooklyn was built in 1910 and owned by the New York Dock Co. She was steam powered all her life and was never converted over to Die …
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Sequin Tug
This will be last Sequin Tug run for 2020 weather great for Nov.6th it was 19 C today & will be nice weather for the next few days Then the cool weather will be back again . You can see that most of the real boats are now out of the water & …
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Marian Belle' Tug Mobile Marine Kit.
A Mobile Marine tug kit, modified to take a steam plant, TVR1A-BB steam engine, 3 1/2" diameter x 6" length boiler. 4 channel for forward / reverse. speed control, steering and gas cutoff valve. Around 2 years to complete.
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Duna Tug
R/C model of the Duna tug at Spencer's pool this was a static model converted to R/C & runs pretty well too.
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North Rock Tug
… little Hamilton Bay run of my scratch built R/C North Rock tug replica .The real tug was built in 1956 for the Alexandra Towing Co. Liverpool I took a little liberty in the color found out that the cabin was white & my ability to record wi …
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Russel Brothers Tug
… g in B.C., Canada, and took a photo of this Russel Brothers tug, though he did not do it especially for me, just posted it on his FB page. I asked if he had any other views but By the time he got my question he was farther on his journey. S …
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V4-MA-1 Tug
My V4-MA-1 US maritime Commission tugboat. 45+ built in WW2. Based upon the the Dutch(at the time the HMS) Zwarte Zee. Plank on frame construction cover in F/G. Lights, sounds and fire monitors.