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Tug Fort Valley
Eight Here's another short diversion on this build. Before I did the initial float test and learned how much ballast this hull would take, I thought I would fill up the bow with chunks of rigid foam for floatation. Once I discovered the tot …
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Phantom Tug
Five Fast forward to launching, ballasting, and test runs. I knew this hull would take some weight to bring it down to it's marks, but was a little surprised at the amount. I launched it first to confirm the water-tight aspect while the hul …
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Steam tug Lyttelton (steam plant enquiries)
She is to be live steam. Atached photo is her propane fired boiler. Safety certificates are dependent on pressure and boiler volume. This boiler is well below requiring a certificate. Although I have built two Stuart Turner engines in the p …
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Phantom Tug
Chapter Two I should submit a caveat before I get too deep into this. I know terminologies are a little different in some places, so I'll share an anecdote: Back in the '70's my ship tied up in Chatham Yard and a kind local Coast Guardsman …
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Billing Boats St Canute Tug Kit
Hello, can anyone suggest a wood filler for my Billings Boat St Canute? At present l am using a J.Perkins light weight wood filler but l find that it becomes very powdery and by the time you have sanded down with a very fine sandpaper l rem …
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3D Printed Tug.
Not much more done,daughter working from home and taken over my build space, have another go later.Everything 3D printed apart from motors and prop shafts,even props and uv joints are printed
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1 Inch Tug
Hi Guys, I found a scrap bit of plastic and decided to make this. Martin555.
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Bills springer tug
Hi, my first build blog and.... it's not going so well, I had a 17mm plywood board which I cut the rough sides out of, stuck the 2 sides together with hot glue so that I could shape them (at least any goofs would match - all good so far. Th …
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little River Tug superstructure
Sketched out a typical little pilot house and machine room superstructure. I then laid the sides on graph paper, wax paper and then gluing up pieces of styrene. This is my typical method of constructing, stick built. Joe
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Tug Boat "Flora"
Hi Guys, I have finally given up on trying to get this working properly. It is definitely a component fault on the PCB. So i will shelf “Flora” until i find something to get it working. Until then here are a few photos of “Flora” as she is …
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Tug Boat "Flora"
Hi Guys, "Flora" is starting to take shape now. Martin555.
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Tug Boat "Flora"
Hi Guys, Done a little more work on the hull. After cutting the motors off of the sub i attached them to the hull. I then decided to make a start on the superstructure, again using the plastic from the margarin tub. Martin555.
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T.i.D Tug
I brought this model in the shape it is in about 3 years ago hoping that one day I could get round to making it a model to be proud of.. I will be basing this on the T.I.D 164.. I will try and include as many updates and pictures as I can, …
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Springer Tug
Now painted not going overboard with detail this is just a fun boat,Viper marine 15 speed control, 1 1/2 prop, cut down large brass rudder, more than 3 1/2 pounds lead ballast, will be adding nav lights, maiden voyage set for Sunday 2nd Feb …
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Springer Tug
Almost ready for paint, all white parts 3d printed, ( I know it's cheating but if I bought a kit it would have plastic mouldings) that' my excuse anyway!
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Model boat's push tug
after reading model boats mag i started this still a way to go as i found a 1/4 sheet of 1/8 ply
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Dromedary Class Paddle Tug
Semi scratch build Hull, funnels, some fittings from Marks Boat Bits the rest built from plans and photos
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Refit Irishman to Yorkshireman tugboat
I purchased this from an ex seaman who had actually crewed the Yorkshireman out of Hull. He was now finding it difficult to lift the model and transport it, so decided to sell. The model had seen a few owners and may have been 20 years + ol …
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Anteno 2 tug
Decided not to double plank as per kit instructions but skin the first planking with thin cloth 0.60 oz. Lot of rubbing down,now awaiting top coat Quick tip when using aerosol can or airbrush,use a large plastic storage container on its sid …
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push tug..
Well.. sea trial's have taken place, a little to heavy so a smaller lighter battery to try next time, wrong propeller's to powerfull but they was one's i allready had so ordering new ones, and a minor pin hole leak.. otherwise, works well, …
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paddle tug Aid
The green looked too drab so changed to a nice blue only fiddely bits to do I hope . Cheers Marky
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Wyeforce 2 Tug
Lower front superstructure and Wheelhouse made but still need finishing as does the hull. the Korts props and motors are all that's been done in the hull but they do all work. see you next month
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Wyeforce 2 Tug
And now the begging with no end in sight. The hull is bigger than the wyeforce in length and around the skirt but will build it from wyeforce plans so I called it 2
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1:30 scale tug boat
Was at the wood show again today managed to finish hull . I answered a lot of question today so progress was slow .
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Hobby Engine 'Richardson' Tug Upgrade
So following a long away week-end of Astronomy, now trying to get a bit further before going away for a couple of days. As I start to wire up the power circuit I realise how important it is to think things through first! Made up the link fr …
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Sanson Tugboat
Just started my first timber model boat, will be converting it to radio controlled. Still waiting for some electronics, to turn up, motor, ESC, battery, then it will get serious. still have to source propeller and shaft when I find out moto …
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Director class tug
Video of the finished feathering wheels in action can be seen at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zngYUNvRnQo. Roy
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Some sort of tugboat /cargo thingy
Well I have yet another old hull in the shed I have decided I will have to do something with. So Thinking maybe some sort of cargo ship. Or what ever it finally turns out to be... This time with all the superstructure at the stern.. The hul …