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Are you, or would you like to build a tug?
Yes, in 1/700 36%  36%  [ 47 ]
Yes, in 1/350 26%  26%  [ 34 ]
Yes, in large scale 17%  17%  [ 22 ]
Yes, for R/C 14%  14%  [ 18 ]
Yes, but only if it's commercially available 3%  3%  [ 4 ]
No 5%  5%  [ 7 ]
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 Post subject: Re: Calling all Tug fans
PostPosted: Sat May 08, 2010 12:01 pm 
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Who's the "young guy" handling it? :wave_1: :woo_hoo:




Les, You may notice the reddish hair with the grey streeks, :heh: :heh: :thumbs_up_1: :wave_1:

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But, what happened to the reddish hair? Fear of the Pirates? :woo_hoo:

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But, what happened to the reddish hair? Fear of the Pirates? :woo_hoo:



No, I saw kenny,s SHORTS. :heh: :heh: :heh: :heh: :wave_1:

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"Terrorshorts" was a good Pirate. One look and things changed on your body. Look too long and you went blind. :woo_hoo:

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Well since I answered yes I might as well explain a little.

I am going to build a tug eventually, aka three years or more from now, and when I do, I hope to build it in the scale of 1:230 so I can display it in proportion to my Empress of Canada model...if that ever gets finished. (which it probably won't) :big_grin:

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This is for Jim Baumann, this is what I have been working on HMT RESOLVE, 15 years of dust removed. :heh: :heh: :heh: :wave_1: :wave_1:


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As always, nice build Admiral HHHH. :thumbs_up_1: You'll need a tug to pull the rest of your fleet in when the Pirates get done with them! :woo_hoo:

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 9:54 am 
Coming late to modeling (at age 82 & 8/12), I'd like to find a plastic model, any scale, of a seagoing tug, like the USS Mosopelea ATF158, on which I briefly served in 1946.

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Hey guys, I finally organized the photos I took while on a Friends and Family Cruise aboard the Truman back in the Summer of '09 and found some shots of the tugs that came out to get us when we got back to Norfolk. If anyone wants high-res versions PM and I'll e-mail. Enjoy!

The white one was towing a nasty looking barge
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Here comes ol' Red, the Wendy Moran.
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Thought I got a shot of the stern deck but alas I did not :(

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Hi Guys,

here a good shot of ol'tugs of the "L.Smit Co.", wonderful stuff!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54QC-R4k ... r_embedded

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Hello,

A my friend is building a diorama of an English port and look for documentation on the British tug of War II.

there are models in scale 1/350?

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1/700 scale tugs I can do, but sorry, can't help with existing models of tugs in 1/350. However, f you want to scratch build, I might be able to help with drawings.

Are you looking for naval tugs, or civilian tugs (many of which were taken over for naval use) ?

If you are looking for photos and information this is a good site to try:

http://www.thamestugs.co.uk/

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Hi Don,

Thanks, in particular tug to Scapa Flow in II°War

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Hi Giampiero

I thought this was going to be an easy one, but when I looked in the excellent "50 years of Naval Tugs" by Bill Hannan, there was only one tug mentioned as being based at Scapa!

She was Empire Teak, coal fired, 106feet 6 inches long 243 GRT, completed in 1942 by R Dunston of Thorne.

However, there were a number of other tugs which were listed as being attached to the Home Fleet (very often for target towing as well as harbour work) which may well have been based at Scapa at some time or another.

From the Saint class there was St Cyrus, St Just (but only to 1939) and probably St Mabyn and St Olaves as well.

Bandit and Buccaneer of the Brigand class were attached to the Home Fleet as well.

Based at Rosyth, and therefore possible visitors to Scapa were Buckie Burn of the Burn class and Flamer, Handmaid and Impetus of the Flamer class.

It is likely that the large rescue tugs appeared at Scapa from time to time (although they would not have been used for harbour work) so this would have included the Assurance class tugs and the Bustler class. Also the small wartime TID tugs were used all over the place and as over 80 of them had some naval service it is highly likely some of them found their way to Scapa.

I can help with drawings of Saint class and Assurance class and TID tugs if you PM me.

The steam tug Cervia is preserved at Ramsgate and was originally built as Empire Raymond and would have been similar in appearance to Empire Teak. This is a photo of a model of her in the Ramsgate Harbour Museum.
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Gentlemen, opinions requested please. Which kit is better; Loose Cannon's Pawnee or Battlefleet's ATF?

http://www.modelwarships.com/reviews/ships/misc/tugs/700-atf-bf/battlefleet-review.html

http://www.modelwarships.com/reviews/ships/misc/tugs/700-pawnee-lcp/lcp-review.html

From reading the reviews both seem excellent and being priced within a few dollars of each other I'm having trouble deciding on which one to get. I'd like some input from you guys. I'm going to be building one towing a damaged USN light cruiser into port. Looking forward to your insights guys.

Also, how accurate are the tugs that come with some of the DML Essex kits? I remember reading on here about some accuracy issues but can't remember how bad they were.

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 10:26 am 
Dear Colleagues,
Probably many of you are familiar with the Tamiya's 1/700 "Tugger Set", it represents several Japanese tugs and other auxilliary vessels and barges from the World War II period.
I have it and would love to build it, but I'm standardly adding the lower hulls (scratchbuilt) to the waterline models, and would like to do the same with these ships. But I have no data about how their underwater parts of hulls looked like. Please can somebody advice or share some info/schemes maybe? Thank you in advance!


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TUGS ? I think they are the cat,s meow.I still don,t know how to post pics, but please take my word for it , I had a tug that was scratch - built in 1/24 scale and it was rc,d as well as lit and had working winches and a real working fire moniter (love those aquarium pumps ) .I took best in scratch at the GOLDEN GATE MODEL YACHT CLUB in 1995 . The tug is now retired and ALL the running gear is in the 1/72 scale FLOWER CLASS , CORVETTE . I have another TUG in the works and it is a plank on frame in PLASTIC (like the other one ). It,s patterened after the MR DARBY type EXCEPT it has cycloidal drive and a very different wheelhouse . Now that is what is nice about tugs .You can make them out of just about any kind of vessel .I have seen tugs on the CALIFORNIA DELTA built from lcvp,s and lcm,s as well . I know of two that were originally bouy tenders. Oh , If you are wondering , the original rc tug was called the" VIRGINIA LADY "in honor of my then very short time gone first wife .She was the inspiration for it and yes it was plastic plank on lexan frames and keel.It weighed 90 pounds ready to run . The stack was a 1" water pipe from pvc .The deck was lexan and the deckhouse and wheelhouse were sheet styrene .(full detail in the wheelhouse including a working clock made from a wristwatch !) All lights were grain of wheat and the full running gear was powered by a 12 volt electrical system for longer runs (two full hours)(I used motorcycle batteries ) The gel-cell type .I would build nothing but tugs except for one thing SPACE requirements . The 1/350 scale tugs I havent built yet , but , I do know they are in hobby shops and there is a "harbor set in 1/700" that has them. They are also available in 1/350 . The first small tug I have done is a 1/87 scale tug for "JUST TRAINS ", in CONCORD , CAL . I think JOAN still has the little guys on the store layout . Have any of you seen the tugs available in PAPER ? There,s about a dozen and the scale is a constant 1/350 or depending on brand 1/400 . Oops , I ran off at the mind again din,t I ? sorry . commodore4


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PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:11 pm 
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Tugs? Sure,..very interesting subjects. I'd like to do up one in 1/144 to go with my Fletch. build,..or a 1/125 to display alongside my Minesweeper,....er maybe in 1/72 to mate with that subchaser.......er,..or...ahhh.....yep ! I like to see them in a larger scale kit form! :thumbs_up_1:


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Welcome. I'm looking for the tug boat Natick class plans. Does anyone have any drawings (top view, side view)? I would be grateful for any help ...


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