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Test Floats - Sea Trials
… my three winter builds up the street to my neighbours pool. Tug Miss Katherine, Vosper, and Folk sailboat Ballast was good on all three. I had my Forward/Reverse power controls set-up opposite to what I prefer but those were just minor adju …
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Re: Microscope anybody?
… erimenting with motors and servo/ESCs for my proposed Micro Tug when ... Kerrphutt! Stone cold soldering iron Had to dig out my mini iron intended for SMD stuff and hope it was man enough for the job. It was .. Just! Sooo! Just ordered a ne …
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Superstructure.
Hi Guys, A good friend sent me some plans for a different Tug so i will be using some ideas from them. Again using plastic from a Margarine tub. Just a little word of warning, if you plan on using Margarine and Ice cream Tubs it is best to …
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📝 Airboat, getting back to it
… et one dry and see what it looks like,- might be good for a tug if it will dry without splitting. Might do a bit of pre carving with the chainsaw while it's soft.
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Thrusters
Re - There is a plan of a Fire Tug from Richard Webb Doesn't say in the ad if it's a particular design Peter, but it was built by Whangarei Shipyards. 32.4m powered by Ruston/Paxman english electric engines of 1007kw ea (1350hp) Auxilliary …
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Brushed or Brushless.
Good luck with your springer tug build. I attached a drawing that I found online somewhere, this is what I used for my build. Hope it helps. Joe
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Thrusters
Here's a 1970 twin NZ built Voith tug (Kupe) for sale a while back, not too bad for room.
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Thrusters
… both from Graupner Expensive! Graupner used to make a model tug called Parat that took 2 x Voith Units South African Harbour's had both but the Voith outmaneuvered the Schottel's and the Voith Equipped Water Tractors (Official Title) Tugs w …
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HMT Resolve
Resolve was a class of ocean going tug built for the Admiralty just after WW1. The model is built from the Caldercraft kit and I am really pleased with the way it has turned out. The many white metal parts are of good quality and as you can …
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Dutchmen
my dutch tug I build while stationed in Netherlands I also build a model of one of their fishing boats
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battery drill motor
… controller............ Motor looks similar to the picture - Tug is only 13" overall
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Coronavirus Towboat
… ooked around for a simple boat to work on. I had a Zippkits tugster that I received as a prize at a boat regatta so I thought I'd see what I could do with it. It is a simple thing meant as a retriever for a disabled model. This kit is basic …
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Alwyn Vintcent Build
Scratch built 1:50 scale model of Steam Tug Alwyn Vintcent. Last operating steam tug in South Africa. model. Having completed Sanson (Artesania Latina kit) and Anteo (scratch built using plans from internet scaled to 1:50) I had the "Tug Bu …
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Lockdown project
… he deck got shuffled. Starting with Miss Katherine, a small tug seen at a boat yard in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada. Next, a Folksboat seen in a boatyard along the shore of Lake Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. Most recently the 1/35 Italeri …
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Re: Starting the build
… er than usual. Another thought I had when building my micro tug was to use a voltage step up converter to allow the use of a smaller battery. This should allow the use of, for example, a 2 cell battery to step up the voltage to 4.8v and hen …
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Re: Starting the build
… atteries available. I had to reduce the battery in my micro tug from 4x AAA to 4 x 2/3 AAA. Not a lot of capacity 400mAh, but then you don't need a lot for these micro boats. After all, how long are you going to sail them for in a bath Grah …
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added some detail
Installed a spotlight on the tug, yes it works, a super bright led. Some misc items added.....
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Help
… to say that the closest superstructure Ive seen is my River Tug Luemba - but that would be nonsense as the hull is definitely not a tug - not sure what the original owner was building.
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We are sailing.......!!
… , so its time for a replacement. I was trying to build this tug from items I had in stock during lockdown without having to buy anything, but I didn't have another motor available that would fit in the tug. I managed to buy a replacement wi …
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Tow Winch, keeping busy....
… . Well now I thought I would try a drum winch to mount on a tug for fun and drive it with a CR servo. This will be an experiment at a small fuctional winch, not to be confused with the high quality, accurate scale stuff I see you guys and g …
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Tow Winch, keeping busy....
… ell, that way the load is on the barge, not on the springer tug. Besides that would give me another project to build. See photo for possible winch patina look. Joe Joe
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Re: Controls
… ulk than a 4AA pack. Would this set-up work well in a Micro Tug?
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Deca box
… o test. See attached pics. These were for 3 or 5mm LEDs for tug setups, was easy to 'plug in' the LEDs and resistors and adjust as required. I've also done similar for SMD LEDs but with the SMDs soldered onto Vero board. I suggested 1/8th W …
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Deca box
… times here. Mainly in connection with lighting circuits on tugs for various folks. Basically all you need to do is add up the voltage drop (Vf) on each LED and subtract the total (Vt) from the supply voltage to give the volts to be 'droppe …
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Lockdown Challenge
Springer Tug - rough shape only - superstructure not shown - one different superstructure picture
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Re: Airboat, getting back to it
… calm day. Definitely have to try that. My first solid wood tug pulled my 9ft 6in ply dinghy years ago, with a 12v 540 brushed motor, so anything's possible ! could nail it to the foredeck and it would serve a dual purpose, -drive and fan f …
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Re: Deck fittings and Horn
So, it seems I am not the only one building a push tug in honor of the coronavirus. This was a Tugster kit from Zippkits that was a raffle prize and at the Empire State Model Mariners meet some years ago. The kit sells for $29. It is pretty …
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Re: SA Navy A200 Valour Class Frigate
… t for the Woltemade and John Ross...they were great looking tugs. I know that we have completed models of both within the club.