This is my latest build she is all scratch built.
She is based on a Robert Allen tug built in Cyprus.
She has two 800 motors on belt drive with 70 mm props.
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This is my latest build she is all scratch built.
She is based on a Robert Allen tug built in Cyprus.
She has two 800 motors on belt drive with 70 mm props.
Actually I knew it was Andy 😉
Just another example of my usual pathetic attempt at humour😁
Wonder if John has since made a vid of her Sea Trials?
Or is she just 'TOOO Nice' to risk in the wet stuff 🤔
Cheers, Doug 😎
Actually I knew it was Andy 😉
Just another example of my usual pathetic attempt at humour😁
Wonder if John has since made a vid of her Sea Trials?
Or is she just 'TOOO Nice' to risk in the wet stuff 🤔
Cheers, Doug 😎
Hi not got a vid, but have lots of pictures on the lake 👍
Hi not got a vid, but have lots of pictures on the lake 👍[{"id":"162217917895","name":"162217917895","caption":"","url":"https:\/\/hobby.land\/media\/162217917895\/l","thumbUrl":"https:\/\/hobby.land\/media\/162217917895\/s","isImage":false,"ext":"file"}]
Scratch-built semi-scale from images of a unique vessel used for tug and recovery work on the Norfolk Broads. Was originally steam powered with a fire pump engine,now using diesel. Funnel is hinged to go under low bridges!
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Scratch-built semi-scale from images of a unique vessel used for tug and recovery work on the Norfolk Broads. Was originally steam powered with a fire pump engine,now using diesel. Funnel is hinged to go under low bridges!
My farther made this tug boat for me in about 1949-1950,
it came out to Australia with my in 1977 I have just about finnished re-fitting it out .
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My Southampton tug complete with a picture of the ‘motley’ crew... complete with fog in the background!
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Imara tug, remodelled from an original built by the late Tony Dewsbury, on it's first lake trial. Thanks to Jerry Hayes for the video (and encouragement!)
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Imara tug, remodelled from an original built by the late Tony Dewsbury, on it's first lake trial. Thanks to Jerry Hayes for the video (and encouragement!)
AFTER RECEIVING LONG-AWAITED GLOBALLY SOURCED COMPONENTS, I DID A PRELIM DRIVELINE INSTALL/DRY FIT ON THE USCG 140'ER. 4MM SHAFT/BOX & RABOESCH 5-BLADE SKEWED WHEEL ARE FROM CORNWALL BOATS (UK), THE MOUNT AND U-JOINT COUPLER ARE BBQ ROUTISSERIE COMPONENTS. BTW-THERE'S A 3/16" ID CYLINDRICAL CENTER SUPPORT BEARING BETWEEN THE COUPLERS. THEY ARE NORMALLY USED ON "FIDGIT SPINNERS"
{"text":"AFTER RECEIVING LONG-AWAITED GLOBALLY SOURCED COMPONENTS, I DID A PRELIM DRIVELINE INSTALL/DRY FIT ON THE USCG 140'ER. 4MM SHAFT/BOX & RABOESCH 5-BLADE SKEWED WHEEL ARE FROM CORNWALL BOATS (UK), THE MOUNT AND U-JOINT COUPLER ARE BBQ ROUTISSERIE COMPONENTS. BTW-THERE'S A 3/16\" ID CYLINDRICAL CENTER SUPPORT BEARING BETWEEN THE COUPLERS. THEY ARE NORMALLY USED ON \"FIDGIT SPINNERS\"","subject":"USCG 140' BAY CLASS ICEBREAKING TUG","media":[{"id":"1514938951","name":"1514938951.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://hobby.land/media/1514938951/l","thumbUrl":"https://hobby.land/media/1514938951/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"},{"id":"1514938943","name":"1514938943.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://hobby.land/media/1514938943/l","thumbUrl":"https://hobby.land/media/1514938943/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"},{"id":"1514938988","name":"1514938988.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://hobby.land/media/1514938988/l","thumbUrl":"https://hobby.land/media/1514938988/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"},{"id":"1514941058","name":"1514941058.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://hobby.land/media/1514941058/l","thumbUrl":"https://hobby.land/media/1514941058/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"},{"id":"1514941119","name":"1514941119.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://hobby.land/media/1514941119/l","thumbUrl":"https://hobby.land/media/1514941119/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"}],"youtubeUrl":""}
AFTER RECEIVING LONG-AWAITED GLOBALLY SOURCED COMPONENTS, I DID A PRELIM DRIVELINE INSTALL/DRY FIT ON THE USCG 140'ER. 4MM SHAFT/BOX & RABOESCH 5-BLADE SKEWED WHEEL ARE FROM CORNWALL BOATS (UK), THE MOUNT AND U-JOINT COUPLER ARE BBQ ROUTISSERIE COMPONENTS. BTW-THERE'S A 3/16" ID CYLINDRICAL CENTER SUPPORT BEARING BETWEEN THE COUPLERS. THEY ARE NORMALLY USED ON "FIDGIT SPINNERS"
given to me as a project finished it recently ready to sail
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The model was bought off eBay as a barely started kit from the 80s and was called Ontario. it was a basic model with no detail and so we decided to make it into a tugboat it had a huge resemblance with called Ionia.👍👍👍😊
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The model was bought off eBay as a barely started kit from the 80s and was called Ontario. it was a basic model with no detail and so we decided to make it into a tugboat it had a huge resemblance with called Ionia.👍👍👍😊
I AM BUILDING A 1:48 SCALE, 35" REPLICA OF THIS US COAST GUARD ICEBREAKING TUG
THIS IS THE ACTUAL CUTTER IN ACTION IN THE ENTRANCE CHANNEL TO THE HARBOR AT LUDINGTON, MICHIGAN, USA
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ON THE WAYS: 1:48 SCALE USCG 140' BAY CLASS ICEBREAKING TUG; FIBERGLASS HULL WITH WOODEN CABIN/SUPERSTRUCTURE KIT FROM COAST GUARD MODELS IN CHICAGOLAND. WILL BE REPRESENTING ONE OF THE CUTTERS I SAILED ABOARD IN THE EARLY '80s.
USCGC KATMAI BAY (WTGB-101), H/P SAULT STE. MARIE, MI, USA.
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ON THE WAYS: 1:48 SCALE USCG 140' BAY CLASS ICEBREAKING TUG; FIBERGLASS HULL WITH WOODEN CABIN/SUPERSTRUCTURE KIT FROM COAST GUARD MODELS IN CHICAGOLAND. WILL BE REPRESENTING ONE OF THE CUTTERS I SAILED ABOARD IN THE EARLY '80s.
USCGC KATMAI BAY (WTGB-101), H/P SAULT STE. MARIE, MI, USA.
Tank you! Just received kit about an hour ago. Life's good, I reckon. Shegoes well with the matching scale cutter. This is truly a dream come true!
Tank you! Just received kit about an hour ago. Life's good, I reckon. Shegoes well with the matching scale cutter. This is truly a dream come true![{"id":"1511912763","name":"1511912763.jpg","caption":"","url":"https:\/\/hobby.land\/media\/1511912763\/l","thumbUrl":"https:\/\/hobby.land\/media\/1511912763\/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"}]
Thought you might appreciate these....Towing a 30 Ton barge with 30 Tons of metal in it at Ellesmere Port Boat Museum, 1996. Making an unofficial Record. (35 mm pics)
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Thought you might appreciate these....Towing a 30 Ton barge with 30 Tons of metal in it at Ellesmere Port Boat Museum, 1996. Making an unofficial Record. (35 mm pics)
Just seen this video of An Ayton Cross tug. The radars can be seen, stationery on this model.
{"text":"Just seen this video of An Ayton Cross tug. The radars can be seen, stationery on this model.","subject":"Ayton Cross by Alan Read","media":[],"youtubeUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jgWqL2YSJM"}
Just another example of my usual pathetic attempt at humour😁
Wonder if John has since made a vid of her Sea Trials?
Or is she just 'TOOO Nice' to risk in the wet stuff 🤔
Cheers, Doug 😎