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Barge Müller Dordrecht
A barge for my tugboats, with removeble top deck, for Ather possibillities. Dutch harber work
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The rest of the story
… have multiple boats to rescue it. So my wife said, "use the tug boat" to push it to shore. I said, let me use the large shrimp fishing boat and drag a long rope behind it and then snag the old torpedo boat to bring it in. so.... After a cou …
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Good and bad
… I did not notice any fire damage? I then rescued it with my tug boat. I am done with this radio. I will post on my other blog regarding this Torpedo boat Isaac
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How many boats?
… uild or projects to finish some I have no photos of:- a Sun Tug 36in a Grimmershorn 40in a hydroplane a police boat a MAS MTB (Italian ww2) a small fishing boat a Water cat M12 a NDQ boat a Tug Hull only a Marble head yacht 50in. others hat …
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Tires
Some of the larger more modern tugs use fenders instead of tires. These are often bolted on so on a model cement could be used avoiding the holes. Lew Florida ️, USA
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Crew, People, and Detailed Interiors
… and “military passengers” are 1/35 figures. The Ville Class Tugboats are figures found at second hand stores that were 6” tall, Friendly Family and Military G.I.Joe type with carved off military garb. The figures riding on board the St.Pier …
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As Requested for AlessandroSPQR Thesis
… .72155KG LENGTH 76.2CM PROP 3 BLADED NYLON 42MM VILLE CLASS TUGBOAT WEIGHT 3.53802KG LENGTH 76.2 CM PROP 4 BLADED BRASS 45MM MISS KATHERINE TUGBOAT WEIGHT 1.54221KG LENGTH 58.42CM PROP 3 BLADED BRASS 40MM ST.PIERRE DORY WEIGHT 1.632932KG LE …
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Huntsman
… igger boat is the one I rescued huntsman the other one is a tug called cerevia getting on with it now super structure coming on nicely. I bet someone is going correct my spelling I am thinking of changing my name to dyslexia Phil UK
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Small lifeboat
… ding. Here's a picture. This stuff may like look right on a tugboat also.
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Re: Oceanic
… m. 2 x screw brass, 4 blades, diameter approx. 48 mm. Ocean tugboat, Workboat
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New Boat
… is the price. 40 years ago I often went out on the harbour tugs in Cape Town in South Africa and all of them had twin Voith Schneider drives, their ability to maneuver was exceptional.
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Teign C
… ter channel. This is Teign C, a Damen 14 metre STAN utility,tug/ dredger. Last summer,I acquired an old Graupner 14 inch Pollox tug hull fitted with new motor and hardware which with a little mod. to the bow ,formed an ideal basis for a 1:3 …
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Question of the Day?
… ct, Dias named it Cape of Storms but when he returned to Portugal the king changed this to Cape of Good Hope as it was a route to the spice producers of Asia. After the Dutch East India Company established a re-supply station here the names …
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Barge/ Lighter
Having built my Bangkok tug, it needed something to tow! In real life these little tugs get harnessed ,with others ,to 300 ton barges! In 1:24 scale Such a barge would take up a lot of lake,so I’ve been building the MMB Thames lighter. Chea …
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The frame is almost finished
The picture of the stern of this as yet skeletal tug is not that exciting. However it represents an afternoon of hard labour. I had to take a razor saw to these two rear frames and carefully remove them from the keel as I discovered they we …
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Kit was called Duna
I have just found out that the really tugs name was Frederic Mistral. Still runs after 100 years. The crew had Chickens in the cage at the bow & sometimes carried pigs in the pen at the stern end was used to make a little extra cash at the …
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trying a video
Sure The Springer tug started out as a Zipkits model that I won as a prize at a boat meet. When Covid hit I needed something to play with so built the hull and replaced the superstructure with my own design. It has a single screw, 540 motor …
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Re: Windows question
Steve, What I did for the windows on my Springer (#3) tug might help. I searched many stores looking for plastic storage bins, the type you could put food (or anything) in. Finally found some at a "Dollar Tree" (here in the US). Had just th …
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Re: Windows question
Steve... I had that with my Fishing boat and Victory Tug build. I just went to Staples and purchased an opaque colour document sleeve or folder (Green tint one for the Tug). Cut it to length to span all the windows and put it in. The span i …
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Looking for some advice on the identity of this vessel
… It's definitely worth restoring. I restored the ocean-going tug OCEANIC and know a little about it. I also posted the OCEANIC in my port. There you can see them before and after the restoration. If you wish, I would be happy to show you mor …
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Model Boat Festival of Lights
… live steam, also. (I'm one of them.) This is my Saito steam tug.
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Un named
1:24 scale-Bangkok river tug - used with others to tow very large barges Entirely Scratchbuilt from photographs and FB entry on an ABS hull acquired on eBay
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Going to need a bigger study
… 2dimensions unlike aircraft in 3D. I get great joy studying tugboats and other work boats. And with model railroading spanning 1950-2013
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Going to need a bigger study
… st a town 130 miles from home where a lady has had a pusher tug posted for sale on FB Marketplace since early summer. As hard as it was, I resisted stopping to "look at it" on both the trip out and the return trip. (The picture is for refer …
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Voith Schneider drives
… pe Town in South Africa and used to go out regularly on the tugs. All the Cape Town harbour tugs use the Voith Schneider propulsion system. Similar to a helicopter rotor but with vertical blades https://voith.com/corp-en/drives-transmission …
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Re: Sea Commander
… g the Sea Commander and my 8year old grandson operating his tug Witte Zee. Filmed at Cwmbran model boat club open day last year. Cheers Colin.
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Dock = US carrier @ 1/35 scale
… ad we don't have the opportunity to test moving it with our tugs because of it being secured with pilings. Just thought I would share my thought. Lew Florida, USA
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Postie bought me a nice parcel this morning!
… t will be installed in a Mobile Marine Models Tollman river tug. I have to resist the temptation to dive in as I must finish the mine sweeper and Puffer first. I must be strong. Although I may sit the boiler in the hull later, just to see h …