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Vic Smead or Smeed?
… e, Another plan by the great Vic Smeed - this is the Cervia Tug, it was great fun to build - and really good fun to sail. I built this one a few years ago.
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Change of Tack
… the middle of a plank! I am currently building a live steam tugboat which has a curved strake running round the stern. An obvious candidate for bending from the centre. I used part of that previously cursed plastic tube with an end cap forc …
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Auckland anniversary day regatta 2021
… and harbour (Monday 1st Feb- almost deserted apart from the tug 'race') which in the past would have been standing room only. Most of the yachts had sailed up north 100 miles on a coastal race to the Bay Of Islands on Saturday (seems to be …
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Props
I started my Cervia steam tug in 1972 and finished it last year in lock down
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Real boats
… NZ) I remember Going out of Tauranga Harbour on a new 40ft tug on a fishing charter, (pic) and when we got half way out to Mayor Island, the waves were probably around 12 -15ft ( Tauranga has one of the fastest tidal streams in NZ and was …
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New Running Lights Switches!
… on the Boat Website! I have nothing to do! But, my Brooklyn Tugboat had light switch issues! See, I had used push button switches. which I was told would eventually fail! And as I was told they did fail! So, I purchased some new SPTD switch …
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Receiver Ariel
… uired. Having finished my scratch built Cervia Thames steam tug, I fitted it with an old planet 6 channel radio set I had from a previous refurbished boat, it only needed 2 channel so didn't think it was cost effective to buy new, when I ha …
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Euro-Girl Semi Kit Review
… the load. It is finished off in a rust colour which suits a tug because if you scratch the paint this rust colour will show through just like a working boat! The Cut outs are molded in inluding the propshaft(s) and steerable Kort(s) Here yo …
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Mobile Marine Models Euro-Girl
… ed as a Multi-Task, Multi-purpose unit, this rather 'short' tug, a little under 80 feet / 24 metres l.o.a, is the pinnacle of brute-force & intelligence. Conventional stern drive tug, with steerable korts & the option of bow-thrusters; Push …
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Pusher Tug Design using twin steerable korts
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Re: Finished!
… ue and yellow containers? I need a couple to finish off the Tugboat.
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Re: Deleted
… from a MB hull/ plan. Eastwood 24, a boards cruiser. A Tid Tug built from a Kingston Mouldings hull/ plan. Bruma, a fishing boat converted to a cruiser. One motor, two screws. Starlet, built from a Vic Smeed plan. Sadly, I sold it two year …
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General interest
Just like to share a couple of my models. A Tid Tug built from a Kingston Mouldings hull/plan on a pond at Sneterton airfield. STARLET built from a Vic Smeed plan at Eaton Park Norwich. The pond at Sneterton is no longer available and the s …
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BUXTON MODEL BOAT CLUB
… k cargo. The design also enables the vessel to be used as a tugboat, either pushing or towing and are often equipped with large deck winches and strong points for this purpose. A true Swiss army knife of the sea, able to adapt to most roles …
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plans
… e plan that Fred's talking about; James P Woods. US harbour tug from early 20th century. It appeared in the March 2019 issue of MB. An extremely detailed description of the construction in 5 parts was published in the March to July '19 issu …
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… rawings and see what I have, also in 2019 Model Boats had a Tug and the drawings could be down loaded. Hope that this is of some help Fred
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Painting the Lesterville
I am making two superstructures of this Ville class tugboat, the Lesterville is currently in Port Dover, Ontario and is a white and yellow scheme. The other will be the Beamsville currently in Tofino, B.C. and has a paint scheme of red and …
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Re: Added figures to the Steam boat
Super nice! I have not found any figures to go with my tugboat yet. 3/4=1” Wheelhouse painted according to the tugboat we were on the Port Dover. Like so many models, once the roof goes on, you will not see much of the inside.
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Re: MV Gladys B.
… bow & stern and the rest being frames. Take a look at this Tug I made again just scrap wood but layered. The scale is 1/32 @ 46"x 11" The twin homemade Kort nozzles give out a huge amount of power, 6 or 12 volts. The only downside with my …
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Graupner mc-26
… per wiring plan) This is my second model, the first was the tugboat JOFFRE operated by a SANWA dash SABRE (2stick,2channel) RC so a big step up on both model and controls, Just got you message working on switches just being on/off unless yo …
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Clube de Aeromodelismo de Setúbal
In 1982 we didn't have much to buy in Portugal and what we had was expensive. Taking advantage of my status as a 3rd mate :-) I bought some kits, one in Ireland and one in the USA. The fotos are from a meeting we organized in Troia in 1982 …
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Norstar model fireboat.
… props often have the rudder shaft at the leading edge, e.g. tugs. Attached is a pic of my Sea Scout installation; 28x8.5" boat, 30mm prop. Rudder fits close to the hull and extends to approx halfway down the lowest prop blade. (That's what …
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Double Bit Bollard
Hi modellers. Where can I get a Double Cross Bollard for my tugboat that will tow various objects? The base is roughly 5cm x 6cm. Height of the two main pipes is 6 cm and are 1 cm dia. I am building 3/4"=1' If you can open the word doc the …
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What is it?
… orth Atlantic! https://www.google.com/maps/place/Azores,+Portugal/@36.1181666,-36.0366328,4.33z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0xb467f1e11e43b05:0xe2911b674bce0c1d!8m2!3d37.7412488!4d-25.6755944 Cheers, Doug Seek and ye shall find! http://uboatarchive.net …
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Four wheel secured
The skipper from Port Dover, said that a tugboat’s propeller is called a wheel. If you drive the tug with a four blades it is called four wheel. Thus two, three, five also a two wheel, three wheel or five wheel. Learned something new.
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Minicraft power tools
… Huntress , a Billings 100 series Trawler , and a pair of Q3 tug kits - all for grandsons & other family members - a 23"Huntsman for a friend plus a 19"Huntress for myself , and a pair of Cabin Cruisers 7" & 10" respectively started in Lockd …
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BUXTON MODEL BOAT CLUB
… Buxton Model Boat Club members boats that include Yachts , Tugs , Rowing boat , Submarine and other power boats
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RC Sailing No 107
… Buxton Model Boat Club members boats that include Yachts , Tugs , Rowing boat , Submarine and other power boats.