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Towing Barge
… from a MMI plan from ply. Look realistic when towed with a tug and used to see similar on the Mersey many years ago. For ballast I use milk bottles that I fill with water at the pondside and place in the model at the lakeside. Much easier …
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Superstructure paint, glazing and freeing ports.
… hed, filled imperfections and sanded .now, I tend to run my tugs on the lighter edge of their ballast range, as I think they are more lively when maneuvering. If I’m given a waterline range, I shoot for ballasting at the lower half of the r …
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HMCS GLENSIDE
… ne, I’m currently building 1/32nd model of the Canadian WW2 tug Glenside. The tug was built for the Canadian navy in the forties. Some of the Glen class tugs were sold to Foundation Maritime. I will be making this tug as per the Foundation …
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Coxswain
… just for the soft rubber tyres, to use as fenders around my tugs. Happy rummaging.
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FAIRHAVEN LAKE MODEL BOAT CLUB (FORMERLY BLACKPOOL AND FYLDE MODEL BOAT CLUB))
… cale warships (1/120th scale PT boat about 6” long) through tugs, trawlers and launches to various sizes of yacht. There is very little interest in competitive sailing, we do it mostly for relaxation and the enjoyment of seeing a good-looki …
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Re: African Queen build
… dy have a few easy to build kits in production. The Harbour Tug is in the drawing board. This is me applying their Shop sign.
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Re: Long Island
… ith metal as well as wood, so I made the rear H-bitt on the tug Long Island out of brass. It is through bolted with a backing plate under the deck. Other metal and wood project was a 1" to 1' model of a 24 pounder muzzle loaded gun. Not a b …
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Bottom Paint, Decking, Grating.
… today and did some work on the grating at the stern of the tug. Will be painting the sides of the hull black in a day or so. She will not look newly painted for long as I like to weather my ships. Tomorrow will be making deck fittings and …
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http://towingline.com/
If you like tugboats check out this link. But, he also posts news about other types of vessels. Check out this research vessel, for those scratch builders. It is in the current newsletter post. Also look for the unique vessels used in the w …
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Rawdon Model Boat Club Open Day 10/06/2023
… every class of boat you can think of, including, Trawlers, Tugs, Warships, Cargo ships, Fast Electric Racing boats (note; Internal Combustion Engines not allowed), and Racing Yachts. You will be sure of a warm welcome at our friendly clubh …
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Rochester, NY. Scale model boat club?
CHUGALONE, my zippkits tug has no interior yet, but i will be adding some. Perhaps a camera too for FPV. And the exterior needs details added too. Here is the innards in case you care. ZIPPKITS universal didn't last very long. I bought some …
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Hochseeschlepper Zwarte Zee
Hello Here I present my Zwarte Zee. A Dutch ocean-going tug. As extras I installed a rotating radar and 3 fire monitors, which are fed by a water pump of a car windshield washer system. 1 monitor faces bow and 2 monitors face port and starb …
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Foundation Franklin
… 60 Inches long. I am presently building another Foundation Tug. I plan to build a few tugs from the Foundation Fleet where i am retired now and have plenty of time to dedicate to this great hobby.
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Are Motorized RC Scale Model Boats Hazardous?
… cat on lap. Doesnt look too out-of-place aboard my ZIPPKITS tug (kit from Florida). GREY PAINT on the tug is a self-priming acrylic porch & floor paint manufactured by our Canadian flagship hardware chain HOME HARDWARE. PEARL GREY, I hav us …
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Are Motorized RC Scale Model Boats Hazardous?
… voyage & i'm going to pry her off the roof, as she made the tug topheavy. I didn't build her, i purchased used. Power is abt a 380 brushed, battery is 3600 mAh 7.2V NIMH. Shaft tube needed more support hence the unpainted triangle twixt bot …
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HMCS SACKVILLE
… museum she was on the set of the Canadian tv show Theadore Tugboat. You can see her in the opening scene of the show and in many of the episodes. Was a great opportunity to be part of the show. Th Show was filmed in the basement of the cor …
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Anybody have a known-good schematic to homebuild an ESC?
… LAs gives me the benefit of adequate ballast in my Springer tugs). Yes I know i can buy all sorts of ESCs ready built but I am looking for an electronics project for our long cold winter evenings.
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Rochester, NY. Scale model boat club?
Do you mean the zippkits pusher tugs? I hav 1 running, a twin under construction,& several kits on order. Or do you mean something else?
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MV Pastolik
The MV Pasotlik is a Yukon River tug boat that was built from 2 LCMs on the beach in Nenana Alaska by the Yutana Barge lines. My model is 1/24 scale printed on my 3D Printer. There is 2 ESCs one for 2 motors and one for the last one. At som …
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SMIT NEDERLAND 1:33
SMIT NEDERLAND dutch harber tug. The 1e of the 1800 serie of 9 tugs, build for the harber Rotterdam Netherlands, in the 60's. RC build model from BillingBoats. My build is made, out of 8 Gb original pictures from, these tugs, that i got fro …
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SMIT NEDERLAND playtime
My Dutch harbertug SMIT NEDERLAND is ready to get wet, https://youtu.be/QnmgcZbG03M https://youtu.be/Vtg9fS77gck
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Motor and esc
… orning all Yesterday I acquired an old bread and butter sun tug but question is Does the motor and esc run on 6v or 12v.. I've only ever seen one of these geared motors on a picture and as for the esc no idea. Regards Terry.
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Motor and esc
Sorry been out.. The boat is based on London Tugboat SunXX11 I tried taking a pic of the inside as to me it looks like it's been carved from a block of wood and is quite heavy with a tiny bit of lead on the sturn
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Re: Re: Canceled fishing boat style
That's a R/C Billing kit of the U.S Army Tug Boat just a little fun boat for little pond's
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Free MTB at estate sale ina display case
… st test; if it checks out, then I may use it with one of my tugs and tow it.
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Smoke/Steam Generators.
… video from my friend. The Denes Design Smoke Generator in a tug
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Steam Generator which is follow the throttle arm
… video from my friend. The Denes Design Smoke Generator in a tug
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Steam Generator which is follow the throttle arm
Hi, Nice thick Smoke/Steam from a lego tug. I can see many new ideas how people use the Denes Design Smoke/Steam Generator