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Working radar
… having worked with South American navies (mainly Brazil (Portuguese I know!), Chile and Ecuador) for several years. "It is better to give than receive" and "It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive!" I just realised that you are in D …
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No power
Hi tidtug! don't get too excited - we don't know if we've solved it yet! Mainly cos Nick's feedback is very sparse and we're not sure if he tried the step by step tests we suggested or what exactly he did and happened. As an electronics eng …
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Model Engineer December 1962
… s Martin of Walton on Thames giving a final check to to his tug before launching it on an indoor pool at the Model Engineer Exhibition in 1962. It says in the write up that boys and girls can see radio controlled models demonstrated. I gues …
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Book
… del boat construction ,my first gallant attempt is a static tug (I will attempt to post pictures ) for my next project I thought what ever it is should move , can anyone recommend a good book on basic radio control , there is loads of advic …
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Fairplay X - Plastic Magic! :-)
Nice one Saintsalvio I have the Revell Harbour Tug kit - ca 15cm and intend to do the same as you and motorise it. Micro motor, servo and RX already purchased. have to be very very careful with the weight; max 96gm payload!! What battery ar …
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Flickering LED
… k you have got a flickering LED, they are used in old steam tug, to imitate oil lamps. I hope this helps. Dave
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Winch operated large or heavy boat launching and retrieving apparatus
… fantastic! I could use one at the pond. I sometimes take my tug to!
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Fairplay X - Plastic Magic! :-)
… - merely responding to command - foolish steering - lovable tugboat. hope this pics can help (Excuse me but I sealed the fruit before fixing to the hull with a lot of electric tape and sealing paint to waterproof it! So I haven't images of …
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Tor Viking icebreaker
It's the tug used in the film North Sea Hijack (with Sir Roger Moore RIP)...which I was watching the other day....just wondered if a kit had ever been produced, if you don't ask you never get :-)
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Fairplay X - Plastic Magic! :-)
… think he was talking about working on a mini Smit Nederland tug. Or was he asking a question? Never the less this is why I responded like I did. "Oh, I think I get it! Push the ship side ways, Right?" Ed
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Fairplay X - Plastic Magic! :-)
Hello is the tug the Smit nedaland as I put the radio out of one of the small boats you can get to play in the bath it was about 4" long and it could push some one's sub side ways ???
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Book
… t's a hard cover! Ed PS. Please post pictures of your model Tug!
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How many is to Many
I have two sailing boats, two tugs, one trawler,one pilot boat, one speedboat all working. Restoring one robbe dusseldorf, building one tamar lifeboat,helping my son with a 48" perkasa and I have two lesro fire tenders waiting to be restore …
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Aeronaut Pilot Boat
Hi Tintin, My Tugboat came out OK, She is complete now. but, I haven't put her in the water yet! as she has a small leak and I haven't found where from. That's another project I have to work on.
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Aeronaut Pilot Boat
… I hope to get it done before the summer holidays, hope your tug boat is fairing well! Thank you for the link cormorant, I shall take a look! Tintin
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What battery do you choose?
… ballast.. so the large batteries have a dual purpose for my tug...
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Norstar Wave Princess original box
… ght. I used a Taycol electric but it pottered around like a tug! I woukd love a plan copy if possible.
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Fiberglassing
Any suggestions in how to seal a wooden tug hull with fiberglass.
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New to the game
… ing the Renown and in parallel was cutting and building the tug from scratch ,the tug has taken over this is my first ever build and I have become addicted I will try and post some pics
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What is going on here?
Hi Grandpa, The tug is the container ship's Brakes! Otherwise it would need a few miles to come to a stop! Cheers Doug Don't forget Blarney Castle and the (in)famous Stone while you're down there. Lovely countryside
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What is going on here?
… iner ship just sailed in front of my hotel window, towing a tug boat, or so it appeared. But why? We are in Dobh, Ireland where the final boarding of passengers were taken aboard the Titanic. A lot of history in the waters of this Harbour i …
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3 Footer on a very rare outing
Hi Paul, tugs are short an' fat, destroyers and subs are long and thin! The ratio refers to the length overall divided by the maximum beam. Basically the higher this ratio the faster the hull will move for the same power input! Snag, the hi …
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3 Footer on a very rare outing
… ducks, but it looks stupid on a Crash Tender, as it does on tugs and warships that are too fast as well. indeed, most people use speedboats too fast as well. Martin
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Where do yachties go?
… at 12-53 or your dinner's in the dog!"! Otherwise it's all tug fans and pocket battleshippers who love a good bobbing cork. Fussy ain't I? I could accept all that if they weren't so far away and so expensive. What you have to understand is …
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And now it is ESC time
… ilar to car heater fan motors which I have used in my model tugs and damaged the MOSFETs in the ESC. Not all motors have multiple poles, which appear to be the main culprits. If you have a problem at least you can go back to the supplier an …
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For sale Zwarte Zee 49 inch hull and plans
… Not Mine I may add a Zwarte Zee 49 inch hull and plans. The Tug has the decks on No idea if they are right or wrong.. Selling for somebody else... Also included with the Hull is a full size plan and some sort of booklet type building manual …
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glass cloth or tissue?
… ogany speed to merchantmen and if I ever see another damned tug it'll be too soon, so I am forced to make what I want to see on the water. And I still get a bit of a kick from it AND I'm still pretty quick. But for now, I'm orff to watch Mi …
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Rare Comet model "Sloop Gypsy"
… into 'Plastic Magic' and am fitting out the Revell Harbour Tug kit, hull length 23cm (9 inches !!) with RC. And I'm not the first to do that with this kit. For instance look at http://www.micronradiocontrol.co.uk/ Nothing is Impossible! (I …