I hope that this group will grow to help all seasoned builders and future modelers interested in tugs and towboats a one stop shop for all their research....
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Eddy Matthews
eddymatthews...
Jan 1, 2006 9:34 pm
I'm here Joe - Nice to see a site devoted to tugs and towboats... Regards Eddy...
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Phil
phipac2000
Jan 1, 2006 11:20 pm
Looks like I'm your 3rd member! Will post a link to this on my site. Thanks, Phil...
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Towboat Joe
towboatjoe
Jan 2, 2006 1:57 am
Thanks Eddy, how are you coming with the other projects?...
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Towboat Joe
towboatjoe
Jan 2, 2006 2:01 am
Thanks Phil, How's things going with your new projects?...
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vac-u-boat.com
phipac2000
Jan 2, 2006 2:38 am
Working on how to make a plastic alligator have flexible joints. Harder than it looks. Should have something worth showing in another month. ... From: Towboat...
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Eddy Matthews
eddymatthews...
Jan 2, 2006 11:38 am
... I've posted a few photos of my model of the Al Khubar 3 tug and the Suter sternwheeler... Al Khubar is 1:24 scale, approx 40" long with an 11" beam,...
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steve_c_78602
Jan 2, 2006 6:23 pm
I was reading that they use towboats and barges in South America and many older US towboats end up there. Do any of you know of web pages that have pictures...
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Towboat Joe
towboatjoe
Jan 2, 2006 9:47 pm
I haven't come across any South American sites as of yet. I know ACBL started a subsidary company in the 1980's in Venzuwela. A lot of my favorite boats have...
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Towboat Joe
towboatjoe
Jan 4, 2006 1:41 am
I've added a few things to the files section that may or may not be useful. There's a couple of courses that can be tried out. Got some more course ideas? Send...
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Towboat Joe
towboatjoe
Jan 4, 2006 1:01 pm
A new file called Scaled Versions.xls by Mike Graff is a great tool. It uses Excel software and it gives you accurate height for figures in any scale. No more...
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Frank McNeill
frankmcneilll
Jan 5, 2006 6:06 am
Hi all, I intended to stay below as a stowaway until somebody said something about a plastic alligator with flexible joints. Will the flexible joints be...
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Frank McNeill
frankmcneilll
Jan 5, 2006 3:11 pm
I just added a pdf titled "whitman sampler" to files. It has nothing to do with tugs and tows, but does have a sketch or two of geared cams that might be used...
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Frank McNeill
frankmcneilll
Jan 5, 2006 4:27 pm
I just added a jpg file with more geared cam stuff. I might leave this one until Phil has a look at it and take the Whitman Sampler pdf away in a day or two...
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steve_c_78602
Jan 5, 2006 5:57 pm
I was surfing today and found this oral history project and it has alot of interviews about river life years ago. ...
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Eddy Matthews
eddymatthews...
Jan 5, 2006 6:05 pm
Hi Joe, Just love that photo of the Thomas K with it's tow - What a monster! I bet it looks magnificent on the water. Regards Eddy...
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Towboat Joe
towboatjoe
Jan 5, 2006 6:26 pm
I'll ask Bill if he has any other photos of the tow. with all the barges the model is 26 feet long....
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Eddy Matthews
eddymatthews...
Jan 5, 2006 6:36 pm
... Ah right, I didn't notice it was one of Bill Zumwalts models - Blind as a bat as usual! :-) I haven't spoken to Bill for a heck of a long time, so please...
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Towboat Joe
towboatjoe
Jan 5, 2006 8:59 pm
When you got the power, because of the rudder system these boats have, you can turn the boat in it's own length....
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phipac2000
Jan 6, 2006 3:20 am
Now, Joe is going to get mad at me because he didn't name this group Tugs, Tows, & Alligators.... I skimmed the Whitman Sampler. I need to print it to study it...
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Frank McNeill
frankmcneilll
Jan 6, 2006 11:51 am
What possible reason would Joe have for getting mad? See: Alligator Warping Tugs, Paddleducks Forum, Plans & Drawings at: http://www.paddleducks.co.uk/ to find...
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vac-u-boat.com
phipac2000
Jan 6, 2006 2:49 pm
Good point! Permission not needed. My address is on my website. Thanks, Phil ... From: Frank McNeill To: tugsandtows@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 06,...
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Towboat Joe
towboatjoe
Jan 6, 2006 4:10 pm
That Alligator shows some promise. River Bill says he wants to get one. You don't wanna know what he plans to do with it!...
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steve_c_78602
Jan 6, 2006 6:08 pm
Hi Joe, Did this mess up the river much around where you take your pictures ? It said Oct but not what year. I was surfing to try and find out how a dredge...
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Frank McNeill
frankmcneilll
Jan 6, 2006 6:20 pm
... You are right about my not knowing what he plans to do with it— because it would probably require an extra- large alligator with case hardened teeth that...
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Towboat Joe
towboatjoe
Jan 6, 2006 10:25 pm
It didn't bother anything around here. It sure played heck on the towns water plants on up the Big Sandy. It was weeks before some towns could get water. There...
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Towboat Joe
towboatjoe
Jan 6, 2006 10:30 pm
He plans to sneak it into local swimming holes to scare birds, ducks, women, and chase a muskrat. Those missouri guys,,,,, I don't know????...
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Frank McNeill
frankmcneilll
Jan 7, 2006 2:54 am
No problem Joe, just a minor design change to include a wireless video camera so the alligator could sneak up behind women and silently untie the strings on...
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Towboat Joe
towboatjoe
Jan 7, 2006 5:33 am
Now I could go for that!!!!...
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Jim
griffon_tug
Jan 7, 2006 8:31 pm
Hello all, I've tried to load a Photo Album to no avail, I'd like to let you see my model tug fleet in whatever state they are presently in. Maybe just maybe...
