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MMM Lady T
… h is possibly more suitable. We have an Applegarth a sister tug in our club and I attach a pic. The garth tugs were a common site on the Mersey before the container port took over. Apart from being a single prop the size and weight are simi …
by dave976 · 4 years ago
10 Jul 2022
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Re: Yeah, but it was a package deal with the Cranberry Isle Lobster Boat, Honey
Beamsville is a Ville Class tugboat built in Owen Sound, Ontario Canada 1942 http://www.russelbrothers.ca/navytugsville.html
by Ronald · 4 years ago
8 Jul 2022
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Re: Judy B
… have those plans from Model Builder and the drawing of the tug when she was in Army service. I intend to build a model of the Edward H that was a civilian conversion of the Army Core of Engineers tug Forney, which was an 85’ ST. The Forney …
by Peejay · 4 years ago
7 Jul 2022
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Re: Yeah, but it was a package deal with the Cranberry Isle Lobster Boat, Honey
… ps a nice piece of 12"x12"x36" driftwood and turn it into a tug.............................. JB
by jbkiwi · 4 years ago
7 Jul 2022
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Re: Judy B
She looks like an 85 Harbour Tug. Photos are of mine.
by Brightwork · 4 years ago
4 Jul 2022
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Sea Trials going GREAT
Here is the Beamsville, Ville Class Tugboat, from Tofino, B.C. towing the barge that Marcel uses in his work. Seen here making a delivery of timber.
by Ronald · 4 years ago
29 Jun 2022
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Graupner 638 lamps also called caged bulbs
… lamps part number 638. I need them to compete my 1/24 scale tug. Pictures of the construction and completed boat to follow. I am on Long Island NY. Any one sailing around here? Thanks, Len
by Len1 · 4 years ago
22 Jun 2022
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Island Freighter "Son Of Jamaica"
… eate something different. Utilizing the trawler, tuna boat, tug, lightship, and shrimper and building each stock, then building a second model of each one to a different style/configuration, would create a fleet of boats that could easily f …
by Black Shoe · 4 years ago
3 Jun 2022
Harbour
Portbalne
portgarth type harbour tug. reworked and refurbished with new superstructure and bridge, renamed "Portbalne" as Balnemoor is its home pond. was acquired with Twin electric motors and full electrics in situ. working off 12v wet battery.bow t …
by Rogal118 · 4 years ago
1 Jun 2022
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Re: My fleet
A couple of tugs.
by Chum444 · 4 years ago
28 May 2022
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ZWARTE ZEE
… ap & sell meeting on Tuesday And I spotted this uncompleted tug the Zwarte Zee for $ 30 Canadian no tax. She is missing a lot of parts & may take a while to build .The first thing I thought about was all the port holes that it will need . B …
by GARTH · 4 years ago
23 May 2022
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Saito T2 steam engine
… looked carefully at using my Stuart Turner Sun engine in a tug I thought it would be too expensive to get the required variable pitch prop system to allow full control, so I have treated myself to a Saito T2 twin cylinder marine steam engi …
by Colin H · 4 years ago
25 Apr 2022
Blog
Fort Valley
This is an overdue semi wrap-up of the scratch built tug Fort Valley. As things "to do" occur to me, they may be added, but with the float season approaching I thought I better tie up all the lose ends and make ready for the better weather. …
by Black Shoe · 4 years ago
21 Apr 2022
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BLUEBIRD K7
… do that. You're right, 2AM here now soooo, last slurp of Portugieser-Dornfelder Rose and up (or down in my case) the wooden stairs to Bedfordshire. G'night all Doug PS Trust you all had Happy Easters - like these hip Easter wabbits!
by RNinMunich · 4 years ago
19 Apr 2022
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Look what the Easter Bunny brought me!
Up until now, I didn't have a tug boat in my harbor. Every harbor should have a tug on duty, right? This is how it came, I plan to add a couple embellishments, but this one is primarily "for fun".
by DWBrinkman · 4 years ago
18 Apr 2022
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"Elly Gray"
… atch. I was asked to crew "Elly Gray" from Portsmouth to Portugal and then on to the Greek islands. You dont say no to an offer like that. She is 19mtr. in length and goes 64 Ton. A one off pilot cutter and is now about 8 years old. A diffe …
by Graham 1954 · 4 years ago
27 Mar 2022
Event
Edina Model Yacht club - Parade of Boats
… is invited to run during this half-hour period. 12:30-1:00 Tug Boats and Work Boats: Display of features and operating equipment on various boats. 1:00-1:30 Water Ski Show: Chris Craft type runabouts towing water skiers. 1:45 Smoking Barge …
by DWBrinkman · 4 years ago
21 Mar 2022
Harbour
Afon Alaw
Will enter detail in time. Afon Alaw is based on a real tug. At moment working around Denmark.
by Hingmyvid · 4 years ago
14 Mar 2022
Harbour
Northern Explorer
… camera provides FPV signal. The original boat was a replica TUG which was retrofitted to produce the RV Northern Explorer.
by RudyM · 4 years ago
12 Mar 2022
Article
Filming your journey
… screenshot of a video taken by an iPhone mounted on a 1,7m tug boat. It is stable enough to ensure the phone is safe. Mounted at a height where the camera lens is in line with the helmsman's view, it creates the scene from the bridge witho …
by RudyM · 4 years ago
7 Mar 2022
Harbour
My Susan
… art of a Trawler but also useful as a rescue boat, has some Tug Boat tendencies, slow and manoeuvrable, easily transported and does not take up to much space. Either in workshop or floor well of a car. Regards Muddy
by muddy · 4 years ago
6 Mar 2022
Blog
start of new boat build "ORCA"
… nning ahead and having something to look forward to. With 3 tugs, Aziz, Yorkshireman and Cervia plus the Brave in the harbour, I felt like a scale change, something not as fiddly so decided on the Orca at 1/16th scale. being a lot chunkier …
by Rogal118 · 4 years ago
28 Feb 2022
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Balsa of choice and alternatives
… ating. So now it is a static show item. I also have a small tug that was built from all balsa wood and still sails regularly. But as yours is a static display model you can use whatever materials you feel comfortable using. Modelling is abo …
by Colin H · 4 years ago
16 Feb 2022
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HAZELGARTH
I know it's a different tug, but my Father was Chief Engineer on the Graygarth in the 70s, based in Milford Haven. She was one of a couple of the harbour tugs that were converted to fire fighting ability. Will P.s, sorry to hijack the threa …
by Madwelshman · 4 years ago
12 Feb 2022
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Re: Eldergarth
… und one taken some years ago which is rather nostalgic. The tug is a Lady Jan named Daniel dave
by dave976 · 4 years ago
2 Feb 2022
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While looking for spare tires in car kits, I found this little gem
… through the kits looking for tires to use on the barge and tugboat, I came across this little gem. I said, “Why not? Build it Ron” One thing about plastic car kits that is frustrating is scraping off the chrome before gluing. Model planes, …
by Ronald · 5 years ago
1 Jan 2022
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Cordage Arrived today in the mail
… d. in N.S. Canada, send me about 8’ of cordage to try on my tugboats and barge. All he had was a green, but with some Tamiya Light Blue XF-23, the colours closely matches Poly Steel the type of ropes used on many of the vessels here in Cana …
by Ronald · 5 years ago
28 Dec 2021
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Christmas Cards & Free Prize Draw
… ch - Sea Truck 12 - Audacity - Admiralty MTB - Boston Lock (Tug) - RAFA Aquarius - Galateia - Pilot Boat 726 - Clupea - Patria - Higgins PT Boat Stephen
by fireboat · 5 years ago
19 Dec 2021

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