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Boats that ‘snake’
Full size tugboats tow multiple hulled vessels. The first one is very close, I will confirm with the skippers I know. Marcel sent this sketch to show how the Bridle is shorten see the lower in area of sketch. Ronald
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R/c switch for 6v-12v water pump for fire monitor
… to the item you show in your post. This is what I use on my tug.
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Steam Generator which is follow the throttle arm
… think that this is one of yours, its in one of our members tug, it looks good. Fred
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Smoke/Steam Generators.
… ll I think that one of our member's has one of these in his tug, if it is then it is the best I have seen for smoke. The photo shows it at low speed (for the photo) Fred
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power boats
… come the wind pushing the bow. I only have them on my large tugs. I guess someone will give the technical details. Cheers Colin.
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In for a Dip
… the lifter will keep it off the Dock. I have maid one for a tug boat and a sail boat Good luck Cyril413
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Thames Lifeboat Kit
… to wisdom, it can not be me. I could just get away with my tugs as Newhaven is still a port, (part of it may be owned by the French) any way it looks as if I could be getting myself a Lifeboat at the end of the month. If the wife finds out …
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What Paint Do Members Use?
… r that tip. I hav built only one boat (plywood kit, Zippkit tug) & i painted it by foam brush using HOME HARDWARE (Canadian chain) self-priming porch & floor paint which is a pearl grey acrylic...$40 per litre. Ive been using that brand & f …
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What Paint Do Members Use?
… rom the color cards in the rack. $6 (US) will paint a large tug (Fort Valley) three times with paint left over. All of the colors can be mixed with each other with no worries.
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chargers
… ess very highly. While such attractions are very useful for tugs or scale freighters, they are less so for faster model boats of all kinds. Here the much faster discharge rate and power\ weight ratio of NiMH cells and especially LoOks come …
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NARA Plans
… t military, not just US ships either. There are numerous UK tugs and merchant vessels, as well as warships. There appear to be multiple listings for the same ship, but close examination will show the the plan differs, often due modification …
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chargers
… ustom street rod, blue car in my picture, as well as my 42" tug.
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chargers
… (sealed lead acid) where i need ballast. My newest Springer tug has two 6V/4Ahr SLAs wired in parallel into the ESC. All up she weighs 9lb. I charge them in parallel by setting a lab powersupply to 7.4V & then i short the powersupply leads …
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Ellesmere Port Model Boat Club
… lar sailing days and invites to other clubs days to include tug towing competitions.
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Insight please
… lia (tea trade/wool trade etc) and for operations out of Portugal. The hull in the link seems much too beamy to me and I see no cargo hold openings. So whatever it is she wasn't designed for speed or commerce, rather for stability. My tip w …
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Just wanted to share some of the progress on my Push Boat.
… hey are a high volume item therefore pretty inexpensive. My tug weighs 9lb with 2 of those batteries & a bit of birdshot to trim. Right now i power the ESC from just one battery at a time however intend to experiment with drawing current fr …
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Just wanted to share some of the progress on my Push Boat.
Hi RodC, The springer tugs are great. I usually do live steam and scratch build launches. Doing a electric is a change for me. I also put a motors and horn sound module in the boat. I made a brass two piece keil for rudder support. This mak …
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Just wanted to share some of the progress on my Push Boat.
… the first guys who took me under their wings, had Springer tugs. I checked out the Zippkits website and ultimately ordered 2 kits, one single-engined, outrunner brushless (640kV, so high torque at low rpm) which you heard abt already, + on …
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Just wanted to share some of the progress on my Push Boat.
I enjoy the simplicity of the Springer tugs. Mine, too, is a Zippkit. Fun little boats, and they make a pretty decent recovery boat.
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Just wanted to share some of the progress on my Push Boat.
… H, nicely done ! Your wheelhouse reminds me of the Springer tugs quite popular in Toronto. I've attached a photo of my ZIPPKITS wheelhouse from my own Springer. Her maiden voyage will be April 2nd when MMM rents a rec centre pool for an hou …
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The Pleasure of Building Models
… s one especially I remember was RC warship and attendant RC tugs (about 6 inches long) and a HO railway layout all working. It was 2 deep with visitors the whole time. My son was with me and as he speaks German we had an interesting convers …
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Smoke units
… smoke units. They also have sound units. I have them in my tug abd are happy.
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Old boat, new deck planking
… n is I ordered some from Zipp Kits (makers of the Springer "tugster" kits) (as first) - got a variety of reject sheets and cut-offs at a reasonable price. Lew Lew
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two odd questions
… hop as I will look them up and change my plastic prop on my tug to a brass one
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Ballasting a New Boat
… can substitute lead shot for the sand as it is heavier. My tug uses 18 pounds of removable ballast and weighs in at 45 pounds when trimmed out. I use the same approach as Cashrc uses and add the weight when the boat is in the water.
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Battery connecting
Hi on my crawler and tug. I have two 7.2v batts wired in parralel which gives me still 7.2v but the extra stamina. Don't do it in series it will double the voltage to 14.4 I have joined the two batts together and and charge them both at sam …
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Bilge pumps
… ming suction water pumps for my fire boats, and also in one tug as a bilge drainage pump. I've only used via an rc switch not automatic. Her is the link to such a pump, hope that helps you cheers Colin. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2545554649 …
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Bilge pumps
… need 12v power. They are powerful, and I use one in my fire tug to shoot water from the fire-jets. They shoot about 6 feet.