No, I am not talking about “Tug” the 1989 British children’s TV series that focused on the adventures of two anthropomorphized tugboat fleets, the Star Fleet and the Z-Stacks, who compete against each other in the fictional Bigg City Port.
Although I could see a game in that! Hmmm “Warrior” V “Zug” in a head on pushing contest! Titans in action! Anyway I digress.
The model is a HLBS creation, although I can no longer see it on their website. This is a generic tug model based on several designs of small harbor tugs from the 20’s and beyond. Tugs similar to this were used at Gallipoli for towing rafts with supplies and equipment ashore.
This kit is very a simple one consisting of a hull, cabin, deck housing, funnel, mast, and optional searchlight. I have deleted the mast and installed the searchlight in its stead, purely for ease of storage.
In order to complete the Port/Harbour all I just need to paint the small cargo ship below. This will make both a great scenic piece but also something to fight over maybe even a helicopter boarding!
The ship has both accessible crew quarters and bridge to fight over and is from TTCombat.
Now that is a nice tug model! 🙂 Good idea leaving the mast off!
Thanks John. As well as the storage issue it looked about “goofy” with the tall mast, and the searchlight looked better in keeping with the squat nature of a tug!
Great work on the tug Dave, looks really well weathered, and have to agree with John, great call on the mast.
Yeah these days I have so much scenery I need to think carefully about storage.
I’m liking this whole scene set-up you’ve been working on lately.
Thanks Eric. I now have an industrial sector, a railway sector, a freeway fly over and off/on ramps, and am now working on the port and destroyed sector (more on this in a few posts time). It is now about 9’X3′ and will be 12’X 3″ when the destroyed sector is finished (not that I use it all at the same time.
Nice littler boat.
Cheers,
Pete.
Thanks Pete. It is a great size at 1/56th scale.
Great work on the little tug – I especially like the weathering!
Thanks Az even today they can be a bit weathered!
Looking good 🙂
Thank you. The model is not bad either!