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Forceful paddle tug - Towing Beam fabrication
… paths, and fittings that look like they belong on a working tug. Trial Fit on the Model With the plates installed, I positioned each beam on the deck to confirm alignment. The beams sit cleanly against the bulwark line, the brace geometry i …
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Forceful Directors Class Paddle tug
I’m in the middle of building a 1:48 Directors‑class paddle tug — Forceful. I’m using the fibreglass hull and working from plan No. 1292, plus the two Marine Modelling International articles from Jan/Feb 2017. The paddle wheels are built fr …
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TID Tug
My first scratch built model was this TID Tug. I made the main superstructure from plastic card grafted onto a second-hand glass fibre hull that I had bought previously. Bob.
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The Brooklyn Tug
… nd squirrel finds a nut once in a while! The Dumas Brooklyn Tug was one of their best kits and much to my surprise it came with a very strong set of directions...unusual for Dumas in my humble opinion. Be that as it may, it's a large (40 in …
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ULISES Tug Boat
I am about to purchase my first kit, which is the Ulises Tug Boat, to build with my grandson during the coming months. Its the basic kit, but I want to make it R/C and I looking for advice on the following - What should I use, and from whic …
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Harbor Tug "Fort Valley"
Tug "Fort Valley" was the recent subject of a build blog. She's scratch built plank on bulkhead/frame and sheathed from the deck down in 2oz fiberglass cloth. She's not of any particular tug, but rather representative of a class of harbor t …
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Re: Dumas Brooklyn Tug
… let me know your mode of power and electronics used on your tug! Many thanks!!! — Guy
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Re: Dumas Brooklyn Tug
… long series of posts on his building of the Dumas Brooklyn Tug. I have reached out to him since it’s been 7 years now since he began his building blog on this website. We were all waiting for photos of the launch but I am not sure it ever …
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Re: Dumas Brooklyn Tug
… ely do is post your photo on the Facebook “Radio Controlled Tug Boats Only” page and let that gang know what you are looking for.
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Re: Dumas Brooklyn Tug
@puttn Those are very unique to that particular style of tugboat. Never having built one of these Dumas tugs, would these be White Metal castings? I could imagine they are white metal casting which with some careful fabricating, you could d …
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New builder of a tugboat
I am looking for a set of plans for a small tugboat 18" to 24" long. Something similar to the Shelly Foss. I have some experience at building a couple of Dumas runabouts and a couple of scratch built boats. I will be installing an electric …
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Proboat Harbour tug mods
… tually do some research and make some updates to my proboat tug. The initial build was done while this model was owned by a friend in 2022. I added deck lighting, interior lighting, working radar, and changed one of the mast lights to a bli …
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Old Style Tug or Puffer Plans
… blank, anyone have a link for a set of old style plans of a Tug or Clyde Puffer that can be copied into laser cutting files. My budget is okay for something that isn't costing an arm and a leg Col.
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Re: Old Style Tug or Puffer Plans
@tomarack Hi, as a lover of both tugs and puffers, I am hoping you don't mind if I make a comment regarding your post. If you google :- save the puffer VIC 32. You will find one of the two last remaining steam operated puffers in Scotland. …
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(Working Vessel) Villa Class Tugboat
… . Marcel Theriault skipper/owner of the Beamsville said his tugboat came with the Texas Nozzle. He said it gives added directional thrust when towing it has nothing to do with speed. I recently added the cone to my model to see what effect …
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Harbour Tug in dry dock images
I saw this harbor tug in dry dock being moved to a submersible slip. It interested me so I took photos from various angles. On the bow were mounted some shapes and I asked my tugboat friend from BC, Marcel Theriault, what they were? I know …
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Re: Harbour Tug in dry dock images
… NOT TO DAMAGE THE PAINT WORK ON CANADIAN NAVAL SHIPS. THIS TUG IS USED TO DIRECT SHIP INTO HARBOUR AND DOCKING. COLD MOVE OF RCN SHIPS USE THIS TUG FOR CHANGE OF DIRCTION WHILE LARGER TUGS ADRE USED FOR MOVING POWER. PETTY OFFICER FIRST CL …
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Re: Harbour Tug in dry dock images
… ails to improve contact when pushing barges, preventing the tug from slipping sideways under heavy loads. If not that, perhaps they're intended as ice-deflecting rails for operations in colder waters
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Re: Old Style Tug or Puffer Plans
Hey there ColRay! Cults3D has a ton of files for tugs, here is a classic New York City railroad tug. Good scale too. https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/rc-tugboat-model-1-32nd-scale-files-and-instructions-mrsandler
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Re: Old Style Tug or Puffer Plans
… blank, anyone have a link for a set of old style plans of a Tug or Clyde Puffer that can be copied into laser cutting files. My budget is okay for something that isn't costing an arm and a leg Col.+ I have been doing 'B' for some years now. …
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Re: Old Style Tug or Puffer Plans
… Ray https://www.printables.com/model/1348500-rc-dutch-canal-tug-boat-ship-amsterdammertje-lisa https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4832191
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Another Pusher Tug
While doing research for my Springer/Pusher tug I discovered these drawings David Metcalf’s Motorflot Pusher Tug and I had all the materials to build it so I put the other pusher I am building aside and started on this one. I am easily dist …
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Brooklyn Tug
… desperate need of the Dumas two piece hull for the Brooklyn tug. I purchased what was thought to be the 2 halves of the Brooklyn tug but is not the Brooklyn tug I believe it is the Carol Moran. Was wondering if anyone knew where I could pur …
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Model Expo/Seguin tug 1:32 scale
"Seguin Steam Tug" HISTORY Seguin is the nation’s oldest wooden steam-powered tugboat and is listed as a National Historic Landmark. Named after Seguin Island at the mouth of the Kennebec River, she was launched in 1884 in the city of Bath, …
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Sequin tugboat builds
Has anyone built the Midwest Sequin tugboat model # 992? I'm interested in any build inputs and photo's of her. I'm trying to build her as close to real as possible. who's building here kits now? I will be adding photo's as I go.
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Re: Brooklyn Tug
@jumpugly I believe I have found a one piece hull Brooklyn tug. Was just wondering, would this be better than the two-piece? Also with everything from my two piece hull kit work for that one piece hull ??? was just asking what the pros and …
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Re: Brooklyn Tug
@Ronald yup it’s not the Carol Moran tug I do know there 2 tugs. 1 short. 1 long. My hull put together measures 35 inches long 7 1/2 inches wide So I’m betting it’s not the Lackawanna either. But still looking before cutting. Also checked b …
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Re: Brooklyn Tug
… work if the hull is in the same scale as the Dumas Brooklyn tug he has parts to built. But here lies the problem, the hull is probably a Lackawanna which came as a 33” Hull and Beam 6” in 1/48 scale. The Brooklyn kit is 1/32 with a hull 39 …