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Bridge Construction
… result. I again did a bit of research and found that these tugs had a whole load of different designs for the bridge. So I designed my own with straight sides making it a bit simpler. The wheel house was made from 1/32 Birch plywood. As yo …
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Re: Paddle boxes
Hello with regard to the tug capsizing, due to independent paddles, I very much doubt that - not if you have your ballast correctly placed in the bottom of the hull. I myself built the Forceful Tug with independent paddles and belt drive an …
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Fabricating the Paddle Drive .
… did not recommend it due to the high risk of capsizing the tug if one was on Drive and the other in reverse. Therefore went for a single motor drive via a gearbox. The plans show this arrangement. After a long hunt using Google found a sup …
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Manufacturing of Paddles
… pleased with the paddles so could start thinking about the tug hull. ,
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end of week report LOL
… ek, i should of said that there are 2 of us working on this Tug, myself and my father. this means that we are splitting the work up and as he is retired he can spend some more time on the boat than i can. so, (and i forgot to take the "befo …
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Auxiliary motor, rudder servo, bowsprit bitts
… the pond. Made a stuffing tube just like I did on my rescue tug build. Made a shaft from some 3/16" steel rod, threaded it and polished it up, works great. Photo of the aft section shows continued hull framing and upside down mount of the r …
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Next Build!
PS. Next Build a 1/25 scale Tug Douglas Greg! Is in the works, OK the planning phase!
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Robbe Westerriff lotse pilot vessel
… ed alongside the previously mentioned Assurance class armed tug in South Manchester. ( also, the least I can do is to ensure that a suitable donation is made to the site following the sale of any of the craft that I am offering for sale ).
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Pawtucket YTM 359
This is the Dumas US Army tug kit showing the two hull halves being glued together, I hope to modify the model to replicate the tug I was Petty Officer in Charge of while in the Navy!
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Time to let go !
… structed Model Slipway 1:43 scale Assurance Class WW2 armed tug. The model has sailed previously, but is presently only fitted with a motor, rudder servo and various wiring. It will of course need finishing in this respect. The build qualit …
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Final Entry!
Captain's Log: Final Entry! Tug Brooklyn is totally completed. Along with sound effect and Running Lights! I'm looking forward to a Maiden Voyage in the spring! On to the next project!!! Well, anyway some where out there is my next Project! …
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RAM48 Sound Generator!
Captain's Log: Tug Brooklyn is a 1910 Steam Tug. So, Why not have it sound like a Steam Tugboat! I ordered the RAM48 Steam engine sound generator. All I have to do is install it! The RAM48 doesn't go connected to the motor. Like other RAM s …
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Mtronics W-tail marine mixer connections.
… marine mixer. The reason for this, is, I built the Forceful tug a little while ago and I incorporated the 'W' tail mixer in it for independent control of the 2 paddles and the rudder and when this model did 'sea trials' on the lake & in the …
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PS Iona - on the water
… dd to the boat so it gets finished and looks like a working tug.
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PS Iona - Motors
So to power the tug I needed some sort of motor gearbox arrangement, and I wanted 2 of them so I could drive the paddles independently, using 2 ESCs / batteries. The answer came in the form of 1:16 scale model tank motors/gearboxes. I manag …
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PS Iona - ballast
… oughly calculated how much to use to infill the base of the tug - about 1 inch depth distributed bows to stern, up to the level of the frames, so I could fit a wooden floor to mount the motors / electronics onto. Luckily this came out about …
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Build Finalized
… nd built mostly with scraps and parts on hand. The Springer Tug design is a great starter design and can be easily modified to personal tastes. I recommend this to those out there to get some initial or just more experience at building. it' …
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Moorcock
… a good strong vesel to sail and is often used as a recovery tug.
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Fan Surround
… ls, here is my thinking. I plan to use this unit on a steam tug, steam boilers seem to put out a constant smoke as the burning does not vary on a steam engine, the steam is just regulated. Hence, I have not done this, many commercial units …
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Holy SMOKE !! Video, Tin Can Madness
… Belfast and Graf Spee. Two more perhaps for my Southampton tug. Have used them in the dim and distant past for my 1/72 scale RN destroyer. Built a little RC pulse decoder using CMOS chips followed by a transistor driver to switch a relay s …
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LED Nav. Lighting
… time to work out LED navigational lighting for my Brooklyn Tug and got that installed. I will photograph that tug later. Back to the springer tug, I had difficulty finding a good mounting spot for the starboard and port lighting so I decid …
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Rx-tx confusion
… simple. 2. My first photo shows a Spektrum AR7000 RX in my tugboat. it's a nice RX, IS 7 channel with an addition satellite received. it's overkill for a boat that just needs a couple of channels and doesn't fall to earth in a failure. Ori …
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Smoke generator
… in an 'engine sounding' way, (might add to the effect on a tug or work-boat though) What you have left after this mod is a very handy little geared motor with an eccentric output wheel which could be used for winches, radar and whirly bits …
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Pilot House Structure
… ilot house and substructure location toward the rear of the tug, that was when I was considering a tug ferry. Repositioned now to the more traditional tug front location. Cut up the old structure and am reworking it. Photos show the progres …
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Older Billings Models
… Boulogne-Etaples, now l am currently building the St Canute tug, but l took a rest during the run up and over Xmas, to be honest l am struggling with the hull planking, so l will knuckle down very soon. I have also built the Aero-naut Diva …
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New Batteries!
Captain's Log: Well, I order new batteries for the Tug Brooklyn. I placed the order about a week ago. I received them last night! Before I continue let me say this. I was using the Batteries from Tug Serenity AKA Jersey City! Those Batterie …
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Electronics,wiring
… HEN LIKE MAGIC.... I mistakenly switched it to my zBrooklyn Tug mod on th TX which uses the same esc, and it startled me with the motor running and rudder moving. Everything worked great. So I just copied all of the settings into this build …
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Crack in seam Repaired!
… Test Tank. For 20.0 hours and she is dry as a bone! Eureka, Tug Brooklyn is now repaired! Now all I have to do. is Spray her bottom! And just a few electrical repairs. And she'll be ready for her spring Maiden Voyage! Long awaited but, pati …