Model Boat Mayhem
Mess Deck: General Section => Model Boat Links => Topic started by: Captain Barbosa on November 26, 2007, 06:40:49 pm
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Hi Everyone,
Nice to be on board, can anyone shed some light on this tug currently showing on youtube here is a link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnmzM0rZOoM I think it is a kit but not sure?
Any help would be well received.
Barbosa
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hi there and welcome . Sorry can dont know if she is a kit or not . But some one has spent a lot of time and money on her. They have done a great job. john
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Certainly has gone to some trouble, but if you watch the other vids from the same guy, you'll see some frightening (not to mention inconsiderate) tug driving, so I wonder how long it will look like it.
On topic, isn't this a model of a Chinese tug, rather than Japanese? I've seen it a few times, but can't remember the real name. If I remember and everyone else hasn't by then, I'll post it!
Andy
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Isnt that the Ngan Chow (or some such spelling)
Bob
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The general opinion from other sites discussions about that Youtube video / tug is that its either a scratch build or a VERY heavily modified RTR that is possibly only available in Asia.
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boat's name is mai po
and there are 3 of them
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theres talk about it on http://www.rcmodel.com.hk/leobbs/leobbs.cgi
all i get are boxes where the words should be
http://www.rcmodel.com.hk/leobbs/topic.cgi?forum=33&topic=2127#sub
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Thanks for the help so far, I found this link to the real tug but nothing about the model is it a kit can it be bought?
http://www.hktug.com/towage_fleet_details.php (http://www.hktug.com/towage_fleet_details.php)
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http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=6149.0
Here is a thread form back in September on the same model with other links.
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Thanks, does anyone know of a kit that could be modified to resemble this/or a similar tug? I have been looking long and hard and found a similar tug here is a link http://www.tugphotos.co.uk/pages/vikingbank.htm (http://www.tugphotos.co.uk/pages/vikingbank.htm) I think this one could be the answer if a kit is able to be purchased?
barbosa O0
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umi posted this on another forum
WE FOUND THE TUG O0 ;D {-) :D
So I did a search on TAI KOO, and rediscovered Scalespeed...
http://www.scalespeed.com/taikoo_en.htm
I say rediscovered, because back in 2002-3, I was looking at his RHS hydrofoil.
I asked about plans, and was told he only sold boats, so I asked the price for the Hydrofoil, and
never got a reply to any further queries.
Perhaps you will have better luck.
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Thanks for the link, emailed them NO RESPONSE!! So it seems that I will have to look at other options.
barbosa
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looks like a scratch built version of the dickies workboat, only larger than said dickies
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here is the e-mail from scale-speed about the tai-koo
Dear Mr. Mark,
Thanks for your appreciate for our model boats! Glad to answer your enquiry!
All of our models are built by handicraft. The FRP models supplied by us are fine scale R/C ready to run boats. Maybe you have noticed that either their aspect details or their sailing performance are obviously superior to other ready to run boats.
Our models could include the motors, the speed controller, the servo, the three channels FM R/C transmitter and receiver ( The agonistic type is used for airplane model aerobatics 3- channels FM type. ), even the rechargeable NiMH battery packs, and the instruction CD.
Further more, for make sure the sailing performance of our products, our ready to run boats are passed seriously operational check. So either their aspect details or their sailing performance are as same as the pictures and video clips on our web site.
The Tai Koo tugboat you mentioned is a popular type, also her building course is heavy and complicated.
There are two different driving systerms for you to choice.
One, the two directly driving propellers and propeller shafts.
Another, the two Z-drives.
The two different driving systerms decides how excellent the maneuverability of Tai Koo is. Also in the handcrafts building process, the difficulty degree of the two different driving systerms are totally different. As a result, the tug with the two Z-drives is more expensive than the tug with directly driving propellers and propeller shafts.
Would you please tell me which kind of driving systerm is expected to build on your Tai Koo?
We would be glad to estimate freight charge to your home, if you would tell us your address and postcode- this information is needed by DHL.
Best wishes,
Yours sincerely, Simon Tang
2007-11-29
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Hi bigford, I got an answer earlier tonight, almost word for word as yours, spooky!!
barbosa
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Hong Kong Tug
I drew the model plans of Tai Koo for Model Boats magazine.
Jim
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The Tai Koo plans are available from Model boats mag and do turn up on ebay from time to time from where I picked up a copy.
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They get around don't they!