TomTango Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 So this is my third concurrent ship build..but this ones really tiny, a 60' harbour tug. I thought about buying a kit but I'm going to try scratch build this out of whatever I've got lying around. If it's terrible I can always buy one later to go into the final diorama. My only reference. Quick hull form to use as template to cut the foam core that will bulk the hull. four rough pieces of foam core the foam core layered together and covered over with milliput. Smoothed out to close to the hull shape, currently drying on the windowsill. Should be dry enough to sand down and smooth the hull in a few hours. As always, I build messy and tidy up later Plan is to smooth out the hull, use some more putty to build up the hull curve above the waterline. I'll use bits and pieces of PE I dont need from the other kits and raid my bits box for the rest. Hoping I can get this done (excepting painting, too hot to airbrush atm) in two to three days. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomTango Posted July 19, 2022 Author Share Posted July 19, 2022 Milliput dried so fast on the windowsill it bubbled, never seen that before but better than waiting 24 hours before sanding. Literally junk from the bottom of my bits box I'll use for this build Start of the deckhouse, used some spare PE from the Liberty Ship, Door's will get covered over with some greebling. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomTango Posted July 19, 2022 Author Share Posted July 19, 2022 A few minutes with some 100 grain sand paper and the hull's looking a bit more accurate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomTango Posted July 19, 2022 Author Share Posted July 19, 2022 (edited) 6 hours in and pausing for tonight. bridge more or less done, there is still the windows/roof to go on the bridge tower itself but I'm going to have the interior visible and a couple of crew in there. Edited July 19, 2022 by TomTango 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomTango Posted July 20, 2022 Author Share Posted July 20, 2022 starting again for the evening decking added to the hull, gunwales and winch platform attached. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 This is a rather creative build. Very entertaining. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomTango Posted July 20, 2022 Author Share Posted July 20, 2022 most of the detailing on now, just bollards, lines and fenders to go on. The roof and windows for the wheelhouse will go on half way through painting, rigging will of course be done after painting. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelholic Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 (edited) Looks good. A bit too much beam maybe Web says 16m length, 5m beam (45.7 x 14.3 mm in '350) http://freeshipplans.com/free-model-ship-plans/tugboat-plans/saturn-steam-tug/ Tom Edited July 20, 2022 by Modelholic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomTango Posted July 20, 2022 Author Share Posted July 20, 2022 yeah, she's definitely a bit portly, and has far too much draught as well for the reference. I think the problem is I increased the length to 70mm as I wanted something about 25m long, but also increased the beam to 23mm. Kind of wish I'd kept the beam to something more like 18mm. Once I've painted the base coats I'll see how I feel about using the model in my diorama. I'm hoping that the draught wont matter as the waterline will be just below the Gunwale and that the over large beam won't really be too apparent when she's in the scene with the other two, far larger, models. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 You had fun and she has a certain charm. I think she'd look good in your diorama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomTango Posted July 20, 2022 Author Share Posted July 20, 2022 (edited) That's it for tonight. A bit of filling to do around the bottom of the deck house, bollards and fenders to attach then ready to undercoat. Current build time about 10 hours. Edit : Notice the tiny PE deck hatch that I thought I'd lost, but apparently got rolled into my Milliput Edited July 20, 2022 by TomTango 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnoldAmbrose Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 Gidday Tom, that's an interesting bit of scratch building. 👍 A cruiser next? Then perhaps HMS Furious? 😁 Regards, Jeff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomTango Posted July 21, 2022 Author Share Posted July 21, 2022 ooh that would be interesting to do. in WW1 before she got her second flight deck and still had an X turret. I think I'm already forming a nightmare about making a load of 1/350 sopwith camels though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnoldAmbrose Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 45 minutes ago, TomTango said: ooh that would be interesting to do. in WW1 before she got her second flight deck and still had an X turret. I think I'm already forming a nightmare about making a load of 1/350 sopwith camels though. Gidday Tom, I actually want to do HMS Glorious as built and as converted to a carrier, but in 1/600 though. 1/350 Camels? Piece of cake, although I'll forgive you if you omit the wire rigging between the wings. I've done a couple of trial aircraft in 1/600 for carrier air groups in the future, but they're a bit basic. Regards, Jeff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomTango Posted July 22, 2022 Author Share Posted July 22, 2022 So, realised I made a bit of an error when lining this little boat up along side the others. I'd made the draught so deep that it would sit too high in the water next to them so I've had to cut away about 5mm from the bottom of the hull. Not much progress tonight due to that. Pretty much all I've done other than cut the hull is add the fenders, bollards and the towing winch on the stern. Really am learning a lot on this that I'm hoping will improve the result on the other two ships. It's a lot of fun as well. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 7 minutes ago, TomTango said: It's a lot of fun as well. I think that's the main thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnoldAmbrose Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 4 hours ago, TomTango said: Pretty much all I've done other than cut the hull is add the fenders, bollards and the towing winch on the stern. Really am learning a lot on this that I'm hoping will improve the result on the other two ships. It's a lot of fun as well. Gidday Tom, it's little things like these that can enhance a model considerably. And the fun bit - looks like you've got rule #1 covered. Regards, Jeff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman 29 Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Nice tug! I think you know the Saturn plans are available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B32-8ZWvIt6UQ0tkY3ozRVIySDA/view?resourcekey=0-TgR0R7PXujHGsvaCuY7uRg 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomTango Posted July 23, 2022 Author Share Posted July 23, 2022 Thanks. I saw the plans, but I'm definitely not trying to replicate Saturn. I was just using that image as a rough guide of what a tug should look like I've been working on the Sunderland Steamer today, so no real progress on this one except a base coat. She's ready for painting but I'm waiting on some paints to arrive before I can get on with that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 looks a bit like one of those Toon kits a Toon Tug. 👍 Stay Safe beefy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman 29 Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 So fun! 😜👍 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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