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Mirium Moran
… gs, the only thing that I had to do different from the real tug was to make extra opening for access to the steering gear and to make a large opening in the after deck to allow ballast to be put in and taken out for sailing she is going to …
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A 1/24th scale Mirium Moran
… time. Moran towage have let me have a set of plans for this tug, she Is a typical American Harbour tug and twin screw.. the model Is built at 1/2" to the foot, which gives amodel of 54" long with a beam of a massive 16", I have decided to f …
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Vanquisher built at 1/32nd scale
… he Vanquisher, she was the first Diesel powered ship towing tug built for the thames in 1955. the model is scratch built plank on frame, with 12volt motor, lights,and revolving radar.
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J. R. More
J. R. MORE - LAST OF THE LARGEST STEAM TUGS BUILT ON THE CLYDE. The best looking tugs ever built! This model is scratch build at 1:48 scale of the SAR&H Durban tug J. R. More, which was the last large steam tug built on the Clyde in 1962. I …
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This Is a scratch built paddle steamer named "Jeanie Deans "
… ct a lot of interest. I am now constructing the Ayton Cross tug in 1:32 scale, with all the detail I want.Plan is to tow the Jeanie Deans around when completed as well assailing her
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Hull Materials
… powerful direction control. I had a Model Slipway Al Khubar tug that used two nozzles, those were fixed and used rudders as per full size. However steering was best done by controlling the motor speeds and direction. One forward and one rev …
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Le Caux Tuf
Le Caux French Tug Fiberglass hull. Complete with Futaba Navy radio 40 Mhz Twin 900 turbo water cooled motors Two Electronize speed controllers 12 volt 35 amp golf buggy battery Ready to run and It Is a very powerful tug capable of towing a …
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Alte Liebe
This is my tug Alte Liebe. it is a Caldercraft kit and is almost 1 metre in length. I have installed an MFA 540 motor with a 2.5:1 reduction gear and operate her on 6 volt SLA's. With ballast she is fairly heavy coming in at about 15 kg. I …
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Launching
… pole but since our boats weigh in at more than 6kg (my big tug is 60 kg!) this proved Impossible to handle. Now I'm sure not many folk will have access to leaded gillnet footrope cord but a few weeks ago I saw the same sort of leaded cord …
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old age
… are kept quite pristine, The replica of a London/Thames Sun Tug Was kept in tip top order, in so much as the crew were not allowed to leave work for the day untill the tug had been fully washed down, all ropes stowed away, any paintwork bru …
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AL KHUBAR 3
Model Slipways 1/32 scale harbour tug kit built late summer/autumn 2011. Powered by MFA 2.5:1 geared motors running on 6 volts and powered through an Action P94 Mixer/speed controller to provide great steering performance -- easily turns on …
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Propshaft Coupling arrived - Construction Full Speed Ahead!
… e Marine Models in Lincolnshire - it is really intended for tug use and as such the power is transmitted through two shear pins (visible through the plastic tube) Pic 3: Motor Mount Side View - The angle of the 'wedge' matches the angle of …
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what to build
… wide. Any help would be appreciated... I'll go along with a tug or anything else suggested. Thanks In advance Joe
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BOAT BASICS ! Your Experience Required
… onally, not for me as yet. The pics attached are of a model tug kit, just as an example for you, this took me 6 months to fully complete from a kit. SORRY< not trying to out you off, but trying my best to explain a bit more in detail as to …
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Start
… psides might emerge at this stage, it might be just another Tug type although the thought of 'Ark Springer' with a Harrier type ramp does keep coming to mind! Chris
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Model as bought and tested
… apped this 1:12 (1"=1') scale model for my ageing Al Khubar tug. This is a good size 52" x 17". As received there were two Bhuler motors and two 30amp ESC's, plus two servos - one for each rudder. initial sea trials at the club lake(www.cre …
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Arun Class Lifeboat
I have just acquired this model via a swap for my Al Khubar Tug. I am in the process of deciding which actual lifeboat to model. This is based on the Metcalfe Moulding and is 1/12 scale at 52". in its present condition it has two Buhler mot …
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Smit Hunter
This tug boat is almost finished, she is based om my fiberglass hull. Power is 2x Speed 700, lenght is 104 cm
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Watergeus
This tug is in scale 1:25, used two 900 motors. Still need a lot of details. Models are based on my own fiberglass hull
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Tito Neri
… finished Tito Neri, based on Graupners kit. As all my heavy tugs Tito have installed water ballast instead lead
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Braveheart
This tug is based on my own fiberglass hull. She is 91 cm long, two Schottle drives with Speed 900 motors
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Ayton Cross Built by Terry O'Rourke
Svitzer tug Ayton Cross, built by Terry O'Rourke in 2006/2007. Mostly scratch built, on a Mobile Marine Models GRP hull. She is powered by two car heater motors, with a Marx luder bow thruster. I have used an Action kit motor mixer, it work …
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Happy Hunter built by Pete Munday
This kit model of the seagoing tug Happy Hunter was started in 1983 by a friend of mine. Finding it too difficult, he let it lie until 2006 when he asked my son and I to build it. After 219 hours work it is finished and sailing. it is power …
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BG Coulies built by Geoff Lewis
… is is BG Coulies built by Geoff Lewis. its a French Harbour tug that he built following an article in a well know magazine, advertising a set of plans, thanks to the office photocopier he saved himself several quid. Coullies is driven by 2 …
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Judge McCombs Fireboat built by Don Hodgson
… s 3 water pumps run by 12 volt. The boat started out as the tug Betty-Bess in 1947, in 1950 a small fire pump was installed driven by a separate engine, in 1972 the extra 2 monitors where installed. it will now pump a 1000 gpm. Enclosed fin …
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Hatches
… or two as they still don't look what I want. This is why my tug is in to its 8th year and rebuild four or five and my other tender is on its second re fit without it seeing paint. But this will finish soon!