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New low-cost figures available
… 5cm). I hav Capt. Jack Sparrow at the wheel of one Springer tug & I can shear off Hagrid at the ankles to get him at the helm of my next Springer. Hagrid is an imposing figure, he is 5-1/2 cm wide at the elbow. And of course every ship need …
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Speed controller
… also installed 2 mechanical speed controllers in the ocean tug "OCEANIC" Ware. Worked perfectly, but they were power guzzlers and they got hot. That's why I kicked them out. Here's a link to my controllers. https://youtu.be/H7adADtY6gE?si= …
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Messing about in boats, West Float Wallasey Docks.
… a nipper there would be a ship on every berth and gig boats tugs and workboats charging about all over. The chap who appears is an ex tug crewmember and is pointing out places on the quayside wall where visiting ships would paint their name …
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Brushed motors
I need to buy a brushed motor for a 35" tugboat . So question is I'm buying a 550 motor but what T value for a tugboat Regards Terry
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speed controller
… ll speeds. Incidentally I don't think I ever run a Springer tug in a straight line LOL !!!
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Navigation lights
Nick This is one of my Tug's, I used 0402 size SMD for all the lights. here is a like to a resistor calculator that I have used that worked for me. Fred https://www.engineersedge.com/instrumentation/series_parallel_led/series_parallel_led_c …
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A blast from the past
… servos. Used it with my 42 inch scratch built Standard Oil tug scaled up from a plastic kit. Lew Florida, USA
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Norstar wave prinsess
… ter model. What does this vessel look like? I use 650kv for tugboats
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Need help with Aeronaut search light
… using it on a 1/20 boat but the light also comes in my 1/32 tug boat that I have yet to start building
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Fly sky FS T4b
… y+fs-t4b+binding&sca_esv=560351168&sxsrf=AB5stBi-cgDKFs18kWrTug8A3I-HXvOplw%3A1693068209521&ei=sSvqZJi5H4-ygQby97fQCQ&oq=Fly+sky+FS+T4b&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiDkZseSBza3kgRlMgVDRiKgIIADIKEAAYRxjWBBiwAzIKEAAYRxjWBBiwAzIKEAAYRxjWBBiwAzIKEA …
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Fairey Huntress With Stern-Drive
… rops. A washcloth wrapped around a large diameter prop on a tug.
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Stopping "Wordie" and "Question of the day"
… ut 50 years ago with a scratch built 42 inch "Standard Oil" tug. Much has changed since then and this site helps to keep me informed about the hobby. Thanks to all who both ask questions and supply answers! Lew Florida, USA
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Nathan Phillips Square Fun Day
Picnic Table is for real on Pete Spencer’s tugboat when not at work. He does community social activities throughout the year using the Loganville. Maybe I should add all of those banners and flags to the model, making it a real eye catching …
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Nathan Phillips Square Fun Day
… looking great but I have to say that The Yellow Loganville tug with the picnic table in the back captivated my eyes. What a concept. Great creative thought. AAA+++.
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Mobile Marine Models T12 Alternative
… T12 is I believe a 12v brushed high tork motor favoured by Tug modellers for its high pulling power. We really need to know what model you are going to install the motor in to and the size and pitch of the prop. There are many similar moto …
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Nathan Phillips Square Fun Day
Nice job with your tug. Congratulations.
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Nathan Phillips Square Fun Day
… the drawings. It was my first attempt at scratch building a tug.
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Nathan Phillips Square Fun Day
Ronald, your small red tug with white roof...what model is this? Rod in Scarborough
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The chain of command
… vided. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER Barely clears small huts, Loses tug-of-war with small engine, (Wins tug of war with an engine when assisted) Can fire a speeding bullet, Swims well. Is occasionally addressed by GOD LIEUTENANT Sometimes clears a …
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New acquisition
Later today I'm picking up a Bugsier 3 tug. Been trying to find one for around 3 months now . At 64 I'm feeling like a child with 10 shillings to spend in a sweet shop
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Flower Class Corvette
… s “resident historian” that the Sudbury was a fairly famous tug on the coast for salvages and long tows, Vessel started life as HMCS Sudbury a world war II Flower class corvette and was converted after the war to a tug by Island Tug and Bar …
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Flower Class Corvette
… nally designed for. How about that Ron? There's hundreds of tugs out there as well. Not quite so many trawlers? Some Flowers were converted to freighters, some to whale catchers. Attached is a list of 'Flowers' and their fates. Yer pays yer …
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Flower Class Corvette
… would be a great idea to turn a Flower Class Corvett into a tug. Never thought of that. It would be an excellent project, but like you say, before we enter into that endeavor, we want to see pictures of the real one.
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Flower Class Corvette
… n countries and some became research vessels, and sea going tugboat such as the S.S.Sudbury out of Vancouver. I just don’t want to build another WWII Corvette that everyone else has done.
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New acquisition
A nice Tug, is it already made or a kit. I have a kit to build which is model no 3 in line to be built. Would be interested to see some close up pictures.
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A box has arrived.....
The big reveal folks! The boat is a Tollman, a River tug that worked on the Humber Trent and Ouse rivers from 1931 to the 1960s. She has a drop down funnel (which I will make operational) for clearing low bridges. This is the first MMM ship …
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A box has arrived.....
… of the most recent offerings from Mobile Marine. All their tugs make into great examples and I have two and sold another. We have had almost all of Mobile's offerings in the club over the years and I look forward to seeing how you progress …
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A box has arrived.....
… skeg etc attached once building starts. I guess it's just a tug type stern.