… everything is tight! 8 bolts holding it all on, bring it on tug boys!

… deck with another plate underneath, my goal to to out tow a tug! with this hook, twin brushless and 28volts at my disposal I should have a fighting chance (nobody at my club has taken me on yet! )

I have got a few more bits added to the tug now, and she is starting to look nice.

… more colour in her cheeks and is looking every inch a steam tug, she will be powered by a 12 volt M G cooling fan motor with a 26amp battery

hiim looking for a small tug boat a wyeforce would be nice or a al khubar or one like the above model boats has any one out there have one for sale regards deepstar

well here she is looking more like a tug with some undercoat painting done

… ht as I was just working from photos and memory of the real tug.

… ng work is done, it is time to start making her look like a tug. the Bow fenders are on they are really heavy rubber fenders around the bow. and I use 20mm x8mm rubber strips in two layers and smaller strips for the lower fender,the half ro …

… Bow Bumper support plat abd knees in place , this class of tug has a bow fender/bumper consisting of 4x14inch square rubber fenders around the bow so quite heavy steelwork would be required on the original ,which I have tried to model here …

… though that I should post a couple of pictures of the real tug for you,and also of the funnel which is made from plywood and the two towing bits made from brass. More to come later.

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

Has anyone built this tug ? ? ? I am about to attach the brass plates that rim the upper section of the hull. The square and oval opens In the brass have not been punched out. I am attempting to open these with a jeweler's saw. CAREFULLY. T …

… 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

Building the ANTEO TUGBOAT by PANART. THe prop shaft sits low In the hull. THey want me to mount the motor higher -connect It to the shaft by a pulley. Where do I get a belt and pulley??? NO IDEA! I'm thinking of cutting out 60 percent of t …

… o voltage sense off the robbe motors. Ive also installed a "tug air horn", sounds a bit like an american diesel train horn, but will certanly be heard when across the water! All the navigation and blue/red emergency lights function, the sea …

… 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 …

… 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!