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Boats In the Park
… & cold weather that moved in Sat night. Kids running pusher tugs Saturday for charity had a great time as well.
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working fire hydrant
Having to make a new pusher tug, the present one been In a sorry state due to playing "last man floating" The new tug will have a working/rotating fire hydrant, thought It might be of some Interest If I documented the build. Although I have …
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Help finding Cervia model
In 1962/3, my late father produced a large model of the tug Cervia as a commission job for a family friend. It was about five to six feet long, totally scratch built, Including the prop and Stuart Triple engine and boiler. My father was fur …
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boat show Ellesmere port
… rb day, the super large ships were handeled superbly by the tugs, excelent scene with the tugs pushing the full size barge into its dock. Hope the traders had a good weekend, the bring and buy area seemed to atract a lot of interest. Not be …
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Plans
I have a number of ships, tugs and motor launch plans for sale. These are all original and In good condition. They have been obtained either from the builder or from the owners. If there Is anybody Interested, then please make contact me
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6 Into 4 wont go
I have a Smit Duitsland tug along with a 2.4 ghz 4 channel receiver 2 switches on the top of the transmitter. The problem Is how do I get 2 motors (paired) bow thruster, rudder, main winch and gog winch to work. I have 2 ESC for the motors. …
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smitt rotterdam
… ice difficult. I have fitted kort nozzels to a couple of my tugs and I would advise using a template to ensure you get the nozzles absolutely central with the prop shaft. The instructions with my Al Khubar suggested using a plasticard disk …
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Too many questions
… ello folks. I have a 15 year old, 44.5 Inch fiberglass bare tugboat hull, and marabouchI 4540 brush motor that has a very nice enclosed 2.5/1 reduction gear and 3 3/4" four blade propeller. I have machined a Kort nozzle from rotocast bronze …
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Too many questions
… fficult (at times) to reverse, so may not be that good in a tug. I personally would stick with your existing set-up and see how it performs. Moving to brushless with that size prop will be an interesting exercise to get the prop speed down …
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knitted fenders
… y Colin I am in the middle of constructing the Smit Rusland tug and looking to make fenders; could I obtain copies of the patterns you mentioned. Please PM me.
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New Member
… gineer. Hobbies:- Static military models. R/c Boats, mainly Tugs, & WW2 Landing craft, scratch build. R/c tanks 1/16th, & 1/6th scale. 3 1/2", & 5" gauge live steam locomotives.
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Speed controller
… oats. I have 2 Electronize ESC which are 20 years old in my tugs, both running on 24 volts and a big 80mm props. Try to find out the wattage of the motors you are looking at, its on the box normally, then as a rough gauge double the value. …
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milford star
… my models end up looking just made, yachts are high gloss, tugs have some gloss parts, and cutters matt. I'm the only crew so I have to keep things shipshape.
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The Model Boat Convention, Haydock Park Race Course
Enjoyed both days, ordered a tug off Tyne models Dennis
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Coal barge
… g. fully ballasted. It can be sailed on Its own, towed by a tug or tow a barge Itself. Driven by two 555 motors with a 15amp Mtronics speed controller, two 6v 7 amp hr batteries coupled to give 12v, (will run for hours) (the big battery Is …
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Neptune
… to this boat modelling. I have been offered a Robbe Neptun tug. It needs finishing off but Is all there. Can anyone give me any advice on this model please. Also I have been offered a Rita Lea, a steam launch. Any advice would be great. No …
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Colwyn Bay Mayor's Cup Regatta
… er nice and good sailing. I picked up a Trophy for my Steam Tug MSC Archer which was very nicely presented by the Mayoress. Thanks again to Colwyn Bay Club for the invite. The Capt..
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Fittings, winches cranes gun mounts etc.
Met this chap at the Bury Metro Tug tow. He was selling of his own stand with lots of good quality bits on offer. Different sizes of towing winch. Hyab type hydraulic cranes, various guns and mounts, torpedoes and tubes, lots of nice pieces …
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Hello
… s really good. Must admit eventually I'd like a lifeboat or tug!!!! Roger f
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Build log of a fast Bulker
… be difficult to dock in any sort of breeze unless you have tug assistance. We actually have a Build Blog section and you may wish to repost your build to that section as you will receive more comments/suggestions. Looking at your pics I ca …
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Hello
Just a thought, why not build a Springer tug to start with, simple and quick to build, you can put any superstructure on that you want, use an old battery drill motor to power it. Gets you on the water to have a play while you build somethi …
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Spraying hulls
… thought I was a bit of a nutter at first but showed him my Tug Amsterdam and he was very helpful. Still thought I was a nutter but who cares Mark
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Can someone help me
… feboat. I'm going to turn it into a floating tow toy for my Tug but I'm going to weather it and make it look old. Thanks for the electrical bit.
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Motor
… s ago (at New Brighton on the Wirral) we used to have model tugs with similar dimensions and prop size and were able to use ex computer motors supplied by one Bert Alt . Sadly such motors are no longer available so you will need to source a …
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Boat Transport
Fellow in Olympia 3-4 years ago placed his 40 inch tug model in a small trailer - solid axle - on the way to a show, over a small bump in the road - trailer went up, boat went up/down and he ended up with more pieces than he had in the orig …
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Wanted
Wanted plans for the envoy salvage class tug 1/48th scale 43 Inches long, civilian type Fiberglass hull also any templates for this hull, will reimburse postage etc, even copy's will do . This Is a model slipway kit. Please contact me via t …
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please help
… rather than blasting about...saying that though the little tug is much faster than a narrow boat doing 4 mph as Iv raced a few
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please help
… can be seen look a bit like the motors I have in my pusher tugs. they are out of battery drills. if they are those sort they take quite a lot of amps when pushing all that water, or pushing a canal boat I only have one 18volt drill motor p …