Bugsier 3 Tug

Just a nice size tug with a few missing parts !!!

The geared motor was so noisy it had to go.

The rudder had a very poor addon, it had to go.

Installed my design rudder with oiler.

Installed new drive line with oiler.

The motor is a slow rpm from the parts bin.

It runs slower on 2S Lipo than my 80 turn 540 rock crawler motors.

That's by sound, the 80 turn motor is 5500 rpm (un loaded)on 7.2 volts.

Still has more work to do on it, but, it's had it's first run !!!

ONLY TWO YEARS !!!

Harry

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Another Sir Harry masterpiece! Well done son. That’s a very shiny bottom as well!.

Ashley

Hi Ashley

Not the colour I pick for the bottom, but goes faster !!!

Red Oxide which age down looks a lot better.

The boat has very turning forward as I over sized the rudder.

A bit of steerage a stern, but not in the same league as my Smit Nederland.

Harry

PS.

As I retired I was down graded from a TV Vet (Doctor Harry) and from a Prince to a SIR !!!

Senior_ In _ Retirement

Lovely job. I always think there is something particularly satisfying about restoring an old model that was looking pretty tired and fit for the bin. I have a couple that were rescued from a skip and restored by a club member to a beautiful standard and seem to enjoy more showing them off on the water.

The Bugsier looks more like how she should now.

Hi Ashley and Richard

A bit of video from today.

I'm afraid that link does not work for me Harry.

I suspect this was what you were referring to:

Harry's Bugsier

Your Bugsier starts at 3.14

Edited By Richard Simpson on 11/02/2023 12:21:41

Hi All

My little Bugsier had a water leak !!!

The ABS on the stern of the keel hair line crack under the drive tube.

I super glue it up after cutting out the glue from the plywood addon piece.

Fibreglass resin fill the inside around this and the drive tube.

Refilled the joint on the outside and repainted.

Added glass to the windows in the wheelhouse and some crating.

I do not like the lifeboat so going with a life canster.

Harry

HI Chaps

Another trip to the canal and another leak !!!

Discovered the leak at home by removed motor, etc.

ABS crack under port side of the motor mount.

Same repairs as the first lot, but, I notice the rudder servo mount is flexing in the hull as well.

I think I will address this problem as well.

Harry

Old ABS shells prone to cracking. I was given a tug kit (hull, deck, superstructure) once and it was unusable due to being really brittle.

Ashley