I'm sorta stuck in limbo - here, the 8N Ford started leaking round the PTO Shaft and I'm trying to locate the parts to fix it with - today. No big deal,...
Hey Bill, You wouldn't have any of these problems if you'd move to Colorado!!! No 5 or 5 or 50!!! Keep digging up bargains old timer. Nothing like a...
I been ta Colorado - John........... And out thar, its just to damned far, in between Tree's = fer me! Besides, ya don't ain't got no Towboats = Out Dar =...
... The thing about Colorado, is Kansas, which lies between here and there. Something those not from this side of Kans-empty-as probably don't experience. ...
Hey Y'all; What is the usual towboat knee contact/pushing surface? Bare steel? Rubberized fender? I haven't any recall of running across something that says...
Hello all i was wandering if anyone has built the dumas model of american beauty? I love to watch tows up and down the river, and would like to build a model...
Hi Inland river tow boats have rubber "pads" on their tow knees. If you go to Bill Zumwalt's or Joe Brown's web pages and look at the pictures they have...
Hello Dave and welcome, I'm sure someone here will tell you about the boat. Personally I don't do kits. Two reasons. One, I have trouble following some one...
... you go to Bill Zumwalt's or Joe Brown's web pages and look at the pictures they have posted you can see them. ... Ahh, thanks! Went looking at those pics,...
Take a look at the attached pix. Generally they are strips of rubber cut from old heavy duty tires and assembles on edge. Or they may even be manufactured that...
This time with the photo Take a look at the attached pix. Generally they are strips of rubber cut from old heavy duty tires and assembles on edge. Or they may...
Generally - the Knee - Faces are rubber plated steel surfaces, that are welded-on. Depending on the knee's = widths and the builder, you may find strips of...
Hi Dave! Well since you have some kit experience in models, I'd say you could build the Dumas Kit - American Beauty. But it will give you some problems,...
OOOOoooooooh ......... He used that "S"- Werd AGAIN! ......... (;-)) Old River Bill Email - wzumwalt@... Web - http://oldriverbillzumwalt.members.ktis.net...
Ditto here, on them Thunder Boomers - Forest! We got bashed last nite around 10Pm. and it looks like we're gonna get-it again today! Yesterday I had 105 =...
Hi Dave, Im new to rc boats too,Im building the dumas Creole Queen kit.I started on june 23 and right now Im allmost half way done and so far so good.The only...
... would ... model is ... when i ... Hi Dave; I built the model in the early 90's and as others have said the directions were as clear as mud. It was time...
Dave, if you decide to build the American Beauty, I got a lot of photos of her when we were in Paducah. She locked through Lock 52 in front of us and took on...
Hey Dave; Look at it this way - building that kit will get you familiar with what the shapes of towboat structures are and what they look like and how models...
Forrest, fer the last time - "Ya Ain't A Dwarf!" So get off yer HI Ho and get back ta modeling - LOL! ....(;-)) Old River Bill Email - wzumwalt@... Web...
Gotta go get my Wheelchair Lift = installed, in the new truck tomorrow morning. And Saturday - I'm gettun "New Sneakers" on Momma's Montana Mini-van....
... Ahh, true! But I did sub-contract with the Dwarves to reach places in that towboat's innards that my stiff fingers won't go. Now, if the old shoemaker's...
Hello; Dunno if you've seen of if anyone has said to you yet that one good thing to do is pack styrofoam in any hull spaces not occupied by machinery. Do leave...
Hey Y'all; Is there such a thing as typical width for where towboat deck runs along each side of deckhouse? And what is that part of the deck called anyway? ...
On a boat with a width of 36' with coamings ,cajun style boat, 5' would be about right. That would give you a 26' wide deck cabin. 6' would be fine too for a...
Some of the older boats still have flat steel knees. Newer vessels, and some older conversons, have got hard rubber on steel pads that are welded to the knees....
Great idea you have there Forrest. Do you suppose it could work in the bowls of the 1906 Steam Tug BALTIMORE too or would the weight of the wrought iron make...
Well ,, i hope it comes out as nice as Gary's boats , it's going to be a HUGE boat .. 60 1/2 inches long and 20 inches wide .. Plenty of room for these big...
I recently joined this discussion group. Been a lurker so far. I want to invite you to view my blog http://tugsandtowboats.blogspot.com/ To help me build...
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