Hi everyone, just puttin some pics up of whats gone on so far
All in all iv had this tug for over 4 years, i got it just before my 16th bday as a pressy :angel: This is my first real build of a model boat, i built a leser model some time back, but thats it, im more into free hand building and not very good with plans
Il keep this updated when i do some more :)
Right oh these are some pics of the tug kinda lookin at its life so far :)
years ago ^^ got all the wood in and was just seein how she would look
wiring went in ^^ :) and was testing things
couldnt wait so had to give it a run
oh hehe well i got some other boats so the tito was dry docked for a long long time
work started again :)
rubed down hull :)
primed deck, its going to be grey
how some of the lights will work
test smoke unit >
She went very very well on the water imo probs dosnt need a bow thruster as it turns anyway with out it but i guess it will help at some point
Iv got some bad vids of when she was run :) tbh i was only testin it at this point so didnt have everything set up
i done something alittle silly well two things lol its abit late im sleepy and drillin and i drilled a hole in the wronge place "opps" you might be able to spot it maybe
lights are in, just gota put spot lights on ( holes already drilled ) but i pulled the wire alittle to hard and had to cut the shrink tube off "opps again" but solderd back on just gota get some more shrink tube today then fit them on and all sorted, also pipe work is all glued now
pics here
shows size of the 12v 12ah and a 12v 7ah
brushless fans
new bigger hole to get batts in, also dad painted hull green, but its going to be grey :) so painting that soon
smoke :) im still huntin around for a jjc unit but for the time il be usein the hunter unit, i might even get another and run one per stack
the cool lights :) im really chuffed with how they turned out, im going to add a flashin red or white or both to the tower and i have a solid red to use somewhere but i might get some more white ones for deck/working lights
also ordered a elec dual switcher :) so some time in the week that should turn up then touch wood should have super cool lights
plan atm is to seal the batts in ( which is really going to be a pain ) means carryin around 18 kg to the lake lol and its about 2/3s of a mile to the lake :'(
the thing that is worryin me the most is the smoke unit, just that it gets hot, iv been told that maybe tin foil might do the trick at keepin heat away from things
done alittle more, WoW the spot lights were a total pain but got there in the end >
i know the lights are around the wronge way
where the smoke unit will hopefully go :)
im lovin the grey deck :) so much better than the green that was on there
only first cote has gone on :) will do another one tomorrow then jobs a good un
so much more to come, i kinda wish i hadnt of addin the lead shot when first building the model as their would be more going in like sound unit and working chain/anchor
oks well this is what she looks like with most of the weight in her, stuff got other bits to go in, but the batts are in and what not
when shes done it will be over weight tut tut but hopefully moving the water line up abit might help
:) been planin the towing pole, two large poles with a smaller one going through, and going to solder it in place, hopefully it should be rather stronge so i can tow large things ( when its finished and at some point il be towin a rear boat with it )
if all gos well then with in 2 weeks it should, touch wood be finished >
when shes done and finally finished il put a vid up of the model running :)
Oks oks
this is how the smoke unit should look and work, im going to stick some brass pipe out the end to give it a better look :)
For some more pics :)
needs to be cute down of course
if you can guess what the thing is on the left/infront of the tug you win a medal
oks back on the build :)
i did this today... but.... iv taken the fan back out, and i might take the smoke unit out all together as its really startin to annoyin me
after 2 hours i got the pipe work to line up grrr >
then the fan had probs gettin the air into the smoke unit
another vid
on a nice carm day it should work very well, touch wood
just wanted to see what it looked like out side so made a alittle vid at the same time :)
towin pole is in now, and electrics have just gota be sorted out then the paint will be done, iv hooked the fan up with the smoke unit so they turn on at the same, then im puttin a switch in ( which will be turned on by a servo ) so i can turn the smoke unit off to cool down for alittle while when runnin the boat
also re glue the windows in as more have just randomly feel out lol the once thats done move onto the bottom bit of the s/s :)
:) i did two pics to show how it looks with a dim red light, the only thing with the red light is you cant see it in sun light but you can see the white in the sun light
:)
Me switcher finally came
just been playin about with it so as always theres a vid
( il make a good vid when the boat is finished )
Im going to put the red LED up on the mast :)
all the best
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