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working fire hydrant
Having to make a new pusher tug, the present one been In a sorry state due to playing "last man floating" The new tug will have a working/rotating fire hydrant, thought It might be of some Interest If I documented the build. Although I have …
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Now It Begins
… ay's kit. Decided to go back to lifeboats for a change from tug's I have had a few before but sold them (as you do).
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Northsider
… April 1967, at Richard bunston Hessle for the Lawson Batey Tug Co. Ltd., at a cost of £106,500. Then chartered to the Tyne & Wear Tug Co. Ltd., working on the Tyne for harbour towage. Also visiting other UK and European ports during many c …
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Sir William Hoy
… king on the fittings and finishing. The original coal fired tug was built 1929 in the N.E. of England. Both model tugs have twin motors geared down 6 to 1 and have differential steering.
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J.R. More and the Sir William Hoy
Both these models are scratch built Durban tugs in 1:48 scale. Built J.R. More between 2011 and 2012 and is 41 inches in length. The original oil fired tug was built 1961 on the Clyde and was one of the last steam tugs to be built on the Cl …
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Edmund Gardner Liverpool Pilot Boat
Tug Hercules Fireman Rick wanted to see how I fixed the rigging to masts. Sorry but nothing clever or fancy just tied on with waxed string and super glued In place. Small brass loops to secure to deck.
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Fighting Cock
Fighting Cock was one of the fleet of North West Tugs (Liverpool Screw Towing and Lighterage Company) steam tugs, built by Cammell Laird in 1953. The model is built on a Kingston Mouldings Sun tug hull, the superstructure is scratchbuilt fr …
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Coal barge
… g. fully ballasted. It can be sailed on Its own, towed by a tug or tow a barge Itself. Driven by two 555 motors with a 15amp Mtronics speed controller, two 6v 7 amp hr batteries coupled to give 12v, (will run for hours) (the big battery Is …
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my aluminium barge a meter long
I made a wooden barge for my tugs to pull but found this too heavy so I asked my old firm to make me one in 4mm aluminium it has been fully seem welded and is water tight .I got them to powder coat the whole barge in black matt and I just a …
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Sun XXI
London tug boat. 1:32 12v engine. Radio Futaba 7c. Lights and radar.
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"AMERICAN"
HI All, Heres some pics of my "American" tug boat based on one of McAllister's tugs. it is scratch built from Images on the net, plank on frames in pine, cut on my bandsaw. it has working lights and radar scanner. it's powered by an electro …
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Sea Queen
… from the internet, they were for a 1944 Birch class empire tug, the one I chose to make was the Empire Walter, later re named Sea Queen and she worked in the Bristol and Avon area.
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Sun Medway
This tug was made from a Tito NerI tug kit and modified to make it look more like one of the local tugs near my home, she is fitted with two azimuthing propellor units driven by 900 size motors and a bow thruster unit
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Building a Kort Schottel Drive Unit
I started to build a "Rhine Tug" it's a pusher called the Egrete, from a set of plans that I bought. Selected it because it had some neat challenges. 1st was making the telescoping wheelhouse so that the pilot can see over 2 containers stac …
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Anteo
… e will be powered with an electric motor, and she is an R/C tug. She will have the maiden voyage this spring. Here she is seen under construction.
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Anteo
Here are some pictures of my new tug boat under construction. it is almost finished. I made some changes to make the tug look like a Turkish tug around 1930's. Her Turkish name is Kalender. Original kit is 1/30 scale Panart Anteo model, 890 …
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please help
… ......it runs nicely and does move some water..if I put the tug against the bank and throttle it up it blows the fuse on each motor..I ran the leeft motor gradually increasing power and fuse blew..I repeated this with the right engine and i …
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hull / plan help
… to this , I have just acquired a hull of what looks like a tug but has no plans and was wondering If someone could Identify It or suggest a plan to suit kind regards simon
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
… everything is tight! 8 bolts holding it all on, bring it on tug boys!
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
… deck with another plate underneath, my goal to to out tow a tug! with this hook, twin brushless and 28volts at my disposal I should have a fighting chance (nobody at my club has taken me on yet! )
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The Lady Hilary
Scratch built New York Harbour tug. Wanted something different from the norm. Quite powerful, too much really had to power her on 6v even though she was geared down. Up for sale now on ebay. Dont get the time to sail her much because of wor …
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Sct. Knud (St. Canute)
… m dings, stains, oil spills, scratches, wear and tear to my tugboats My Knud runs as well today as she did 45 years ago and in all that time has only needed one repair to her gearbox!
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Hercules
… e It olso has working lights for the night runs. I run this tug evry weekend for the past 10 years and it still looks new . I live in Whitestone NEW York and I belong to the Empire State Model Mariners Club . Check us out at Empire State Mo …
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Mast Lighting fine parallel wires for mast lights or radar
… supply should be fused at a low amperage rate. 250mA in my Tug.
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KATRINA
Katrina and tow on the lake at Bluewater. Tug on the flattop barge belongs to another Chantry MBC member.
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Katrina
A couple more pics of her.taken at one of our tug days at Bluewater
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Maggie B a modified Southampton
this is the Maggie B she is a modified Sothampton R T R tug. there is a video of her in the video section. the main casing was taken off and the lower three quarters of it was cut off, so that it reduced the overall height., she is fitted w …
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Danube V
I have got a few more bits added to the tug now, and she is starting to look nice.