Model Boat Mayhem
The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Springer Tugs => Topic started by: portside II on March 11, 2009, 09:56:36 pm
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on Saturday we attended the hobbies exibition at the local leasure center in Goole .
This is a good time to show your wears and to see what others are doing besides boats , any ways whilst there i was offered this for a very reasonable price . so been a Yorkshireman i offered a price lower , which was accepted . Now i dont know if it's a real tug or just a representation but i like it , what do you think ?.
Oh not sure if the crew are on the right boat , or maybe ready to repell boarders
daz
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u176/darran77/little%20shove/P1010373.jpg)
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u176/darran77/little%20shove/P1010375-1.jpg)
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(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u176/darran77/little%20shove/P1010380.jpg)
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u176/darran77/little%20shove/P1010378.jpg)
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u176/darran77/little%20shove/P1010382.jpg)
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You got a bargain there no matter what you paid. Great detail, even inside the wheelhouse. Crew look OK to me. Nice buy.
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Nice boat... and probably worth what you paid for it... :}
Whats inside it?.. motor?... running gear?.. How big is it?... 18" x 8"?
It might be a Springer, the shape looks like it could be... though I'm not sure what the 'purists' will think of the twin props and rudders.. >:-o
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I notice a slight "flat" on the base of the hull. Springerish and nice.
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Definitely not a Springer for the purists, but a beautiful model none the less.. :-)) :-))
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I agree it's got great little bits of detail dotted around---
Have you tried it out yet ? :-)) :-))
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Aha ! I thought I recognised the tank on the upper deck. It came from a childs "farm tractor" toy set fertiliser spray trailer. I put to another use G-guage railway weed killer wagon. For those that might have missed it on another thread here is a handy start for a Springer wheelhouse from Lidl , only £1.95 for two. Some surgery and clear windows and you have the traditional "pagoda". Easy to glue as they are made of polystyrene.
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Still waiting to get it wet , i had to replace the two servos strange thing they were both twitching like mad , at first i thought it was my end but they still twitch out of the boat . Under the lid she has a bob's board esc and some lead the twin props are driven by a pair of early metro fan motors and on bench trials with the bob's esc they work well on the recomended 12v . As for size well she is bigger than a standard springer so could be a super springer model (sizes to follow) and the detail is realy good , right down to the rivets around the portholes and the leavers on the hiab , hopefully i will have it on the water this saturday and get some photos .
daz
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Well things change fast in the model world , well they did with the little shove .
Bought it last saturday ,fitted a pair of new servos in ,gave it its water trials today and sold it .
One of the members saw me putting it through its paces on a choppy pond , a bit gusty too and asked to buy with radio ready to go ,
what could i do ,with a shed full of models i have to reduce . So i have the last few photos of it in my hands and she sails well despite the gusty wind .
daz
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Ah finally loaded the pics
daz
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u176/darran77/little%20shove/P1010398.jpg)
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u176/darran77/little%20shove/P1010399.jpg)
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That looks really good on the water.
I would have liked to see if she would tow.
Andy