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Question of the Day?
… for herself! She made her feelings very clear for my Thames tugboat. She had a look and then implied that this would not have been her choice! Roy
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Which motors for my next boat?
… to give smooth proportional throttle. The ZIPPKITS plastic tug props come in lefthand & righthand & are very economical. They are cast in a bronze-looking plastic
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She has a crew!!
Hi y’all. So, I’ve been adding a few details to the tug. I built up a manual winch from a small spool and scrap pieces, added a door for the cabin, a ships wheel, windows and a crew! I decided to use 2 Lego characters from the Lego movie, E …
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Renovation of a lovely old boat.
I decided to renovate a very old model Clyde harbour tug which belonged to my Dad. This has been in the family for over 80 years (Dad would have been 100 this year) and was in need of some TLC. It is now fully radio controlled and runs from …
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Rescue mission
A little while ago I was given an old wooden tid tug hull that was rescued from a bin full of cracks and more holes than a lump of Swiss cheese. I got myself a plan and started working on her. Many hours of filling , sanding , fiberglass, s …
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Rescue mission
… 80T version, for the high torque at low RPM for my Springer tugs under construction. Includes blue/yellow leads with bullet connectors, not attached to the motor. It's a rock crawler brushed motor. Regards, RodC
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Rescue mission
Update on Tid tug She's all done ready for getting wet hopefully on Sunday, Had her in the bath for ballast and hopefully I can get final ballast tweeks on the pond
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Rudders
… k up the drive is swung 180°. I assume that regular z-drive tugs do that as well. (Anyone know?) Lew Florida, USA
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Aeronaut TIM RC wood building
… rical model from wood, with the sound of the “Odilo” harbor tug in Maasbracht. The engine is the Industrie 2vd5. 1st test on the water at model building club www.mbczl.nl The real tug from 1924 is still in the museum harbor in LEER Germany …
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Fairey huntsman 31 47 restoration
… y life but I think compared to when I first brought the big tug home I’m hopefully doing it justice time for a few days off now to look after the mrs after her op
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Vintage model boats.
… an get quiet competitive in maneuvering and towing with our Tugs. I suppose my main hobby is the restoration and conservation of these fine old models which need love and understanding to bring them back to life, I try to keep them as close …
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ARTR Powerboats for a change?
… unning it when others are on the lake and often sail my TID Tug instead - even in the rain and strong winds roycv ! The faster boats do help to keep your "eye to hand co-ordination" nice and sharp and so could even be regarded as therapeuti …
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Found old photo First R/C model & Transmitter & Speed Control
… s my first R/C controlled model & I think it was a Billings tug The Sampson .The radio was a Cox Sanyo transmitter & Receiver . I had to get a C/B license back then to operate the radio . Years later I removed the deck & cabin & used the hu …
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New low-cost figures available
… 5cm). I hav Capt. Jack Sparrow at the wheel of one Springer tug & I can shear off Hagrid at the ankles to get him at the helm of my next Springer. Hagrid is an imposing figure, he is 5-1/2 cm wide at the elbow. And of course every ship need …
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Bugsier 18
Part of my tug boat fleet; Bugsier 18. Some not quite completed photos.
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Just a little sailing at Spencer's pool
… ple of members went for a morning sail I had may North Rock tug & a fellow member was checking out his latest R/C model that I really like the looks of her I forgot the ships name but the fellow running her said it was a Steam research vess …
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Navigation lights
Nick This is one of my Tug's, I used 0402 size SMD for all the lights. here is a like to a resistor calculator that I have used that worked for me. Fred https://www.engineersedge.com/instrumentation/series_parallel_led/series_parallel_led_c …
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Re: Aft hatch fittings and tow rope rails
Apparently according to this link, there were two tugboats with the same name. The Billings kit is smaller than the second vessel, which has twin exhausts and the aft is open. https://www.shipsnostalgia.com/media/banckert.47846/ You can see …
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A blast from the past
… servos. Used it with my 42 inch scratch built Standard Oil tug scaled up from a plastic kit. Lew Florida, USA
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Re: Aft hatch fittings and tow rope rails
… you painting the upper decks? Here is a webste with actual tugboats that may help in selecting a color as there are options. Some decks are not painted the same color as bulwarks, while others, the deck is painted up to the edge of a raili …
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Nathan Phillips Square Fun Day
Picnic Table is for real on Pete Spencer’s tugboat when not at work. He does community social activities throughout the year using the Loganville. Maybe I should add all of those banners and flags to the model, making it a real eye catching …
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Re: Prop and prop shaft
… s available combinations. The top one on the list is in the tug pictures 2/3/4 running on a 12v 7ah sla battery with a 60mm 3 blade brass prop. That gives a run time of between 2 and 4 hours. Total running weight is 8.85 kilos . The last 2 …
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Nathan Phillips Square Fun Day
… the drawings. It was my first attempt at scratch building a tug.
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The chain of command
… vided. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER Barely clears small huts, Loses tug-of-war with small engine, (Wins tug of war with an engine when assisted) Can fire a speeding bullet, Swims well. Is occasionally addressed by GOD LIEUTENANT Sometimes clears a …
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Re: Motor ?
Good evening Marky, I have a a large tug running on a 540 motor using a 12v 7ah sla battery with no issues, gives about 90 minutes running on full power while towing or up to 2.5 hours running solo. As the 550 is much more efficient motor i …
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Flower Class Corvette
… s “resident historian” that the Sudbury was a fairly famous tug on the coast for salvages and long tows, Vessel started life as HMCS Sudbury a world war II Flower class corvette and was converted after the war to a tug by Island Tug and Bar …
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Starter for 10
… and that will give me a template if I want to make another tug .
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A box has arrived.....
The big reveal folks! The boat is a Tollman, a River tug that worked on the Humber Trent and Ouse rivers from 1931 to the 1960s. She has a drop down funnel (which I will make operational) for clearing low bridges. This is the first MMM ship …