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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 …
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Push-tug San Pedro
I have found a piece of plastic that came from the transom! it's the right size for the stern area which I believe is leaking! The seam looks as if it's separating, so maybe I'll reinforce the seam! As you can see from the picture on the ri …
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Tugboat Serenity (AKA) Jersey City
I was looking at my new crew, I just noticed that one of my crew members is a different scale. it's at 1:50 instead of 1:32 it's not to bad of a difference. I'm just glad its the figure I inadvertently put as the captain! the only way you c …
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Tugboat Serenity
Introducing my crew of gnomes, I found these at the local Dollar store! I should of bought three packs instead of one. at least Serenity has some kind of crew!
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Tugboat Serenity
Not the neatest looking engine room but, I do know where everything is! Serenity is powered by separate batteries. two lead acid 6.0 volt 2.5 amp 9 volt 3.0 volts X 2 one power pack 1.5X8=12 volts. she has quite a bit of weight also a lot o …
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Tugboat Serenity
Her Fantail is made up of plastic and wood! I decided to just glue 1/6" X 1/8" spruce. if you look at the stern shot you can see how snug a fit there is! do you see the escape hatch!
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Tugboat Serenity
OK, I'm going to take Serenity for her maiden voyage in about an hour or so. I'll be doing a video to document the voyage hopefully everything goes well!
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Tugboat Serenity
I just wanted to show my tow hook, its embedded in to the main cabin. I decided to do this when I noticed that the aft H bitt wasn't strong enough to handle towing. the H bitt can how ever handle on the hip towing!
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Tugboat Serenity
I made her Bow fender out of a jar gripper folded in half , because I didn't want to spend a bunch of time making a bow fender! maybe in the future I'll make one up. see the way I have her tied off the H bitt.
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Tugboat Serenity
She has a steam smoke stack but I have a diesel sound generator in her I thought why not have her modern sounding! if you look forward of the smoke stack you can see a small area. where I'm going to put some port holes looking through into …
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Tugboat Serenity
oh, though this is her starboard side. I just wanted to point out the lines I drew, to be used for her rub rails.
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Tugboat Serenity
Her main deck is two pieces, so you can see the green tape I used to hold the main deck together! for gluing this is accomplished by running a bead of thick CA on the under part of the deck, the deck must be upside down on your work bench f …
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Tugboat Serenity
If you look at her Smoke Stack you'll see her logo is too high up the stack, I wasn't sure if I was going to use the logo that came with the Kit! About her Dingy, it comes as two pieces of molded abs. which I then cut out and tied criss X c …
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Tugboat Serenity
Topside features include a hand made working radar and spot light which were an after thought! I would have liked to make the water canon work but, I ran out of room in the engine room, where would I have put the pump! Oh, in the third pict …
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Tugboat Serenity
Her mast is suppose to be 12" (305mm) but I made it 10" (205mm) to conserve mast height. I figured that when I make her transport box the extra 2" (51mm) is more wood I need. and who would really notice except another Jersey City model buil …
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Tugboat Serenity
Her original plans have her Mast going through the deck in the main cabin, I decided to put her mast aft of the main cabin as I thought this would make for a stronger hold and change her design. You can clearly see the Bondo I used to seal …
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Tugboat Serenity
As you can see I've placed the Rudder, after the resin has dried over night. I couldn't solder the Rudder post to the Rudder, so I drilled a 1/8" hole through the Rudder and Post. and used a piece of copper wire and hammered it all together …
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Tugboat Serenity
Stern looking down, this is where the Rudder block and post will go! Be careful not to glue the post to the Block or the Rudder.
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Tugboat Serenity
If you look where the Pink and Black pieces where on the cabin aft, you'll see the Mushroom Vent I made up!
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Tugboat Serenity
I cut the original Vent stacks that where in the back of the cabin located where you see the pink and black pieces. I made my own mushroom vents which were made of plastic and wood.
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Tugboat Serenity
I replaced the original Stem post with a bitt I made myself out of aluminum wire. It's embedded about 5/8" into the cap-rail and bulwark. It makes for a strong tow astern! also I reinforced the Bow using 3/8" pieces of plastic.
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Tugboat Serenity
I've glued the Hull together and have also used Bondo to the Keel, having done that I also sanded it. Make sure the keel is sanded and leave a little grit on the surface for the primer and paint to stick to!
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Tugboat Serenity
I used over 25 clips to hold the hull together, also everything is just positioned as I was not sure if I wanted to use the Original design of the JERSEY CITY! I wanted something different so as I put her together I started Improving, makin …
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Jervis Titan Tug model with a job
Boat has been In the water. Speed seems good, still a bit high In the water, but that run was without the house or rubber bumper an that alone Is 6.5 lbs. overall weight looks to be 60 lbs, but I still have hardware to add to hold the house …
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Oceanic Tug
A couple of years ago a colleague gave me a rather beat up model of the Oceanic. It Is from HegI modellbau kit. I am about to refurbish this model and I will provide updates as I proceed.
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Tug restoration
I'm pleased with the results so far, working lights fitted so far:lower cabin,main mast,towing rear mast companion ways and 3 home-made deck flood lights (all led's) and I have test run the model on 6volt lead acid batteries and like the am …
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A Cullermix tug conversion
Here she Is ready for trials now with the before and after pictures added.