First post here, not sure where to start or what thread to post in. (mods feel free to move this if needed.) A long time ago I was into 1/35th scale military and won a few awards at shows and as a member of the IMPS. Then I got into RC cars, then into real cars...and the list goes on an on. Long story short, family member got an RC boat, I just had to match him, and after a couple of days of flipping my high speed boat way out in the lake, I decided to get a recovery tug.
Picked up a lightly damaged Aquacraft Atlantic II tug off ebay. (I could have gone with the Southampton tug, but I got a good deal with the Atlantic instead.) The boat is entirely sufficient to do what I need it to do, but I was never one to leave stuff well alone. I will be modifying it to look more like a sea tug (not trying to keep it true to form of any particular tug) and just have fun building it.
Step 1 is to remove the bridge, scale accessories, and the deck. I initially just sliced the handrail off the lip of the hull with an X-acto, then used a jigsaw on low speed to trim away the deck. Next step will be to use a sanding disc to remove the remaining deck material from the inside edge of the hull.