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Short Description
A practical illustrated guide to making scale model tug boats, offering information and guidance in line with the very latest developments in tug technology and design, and modern advances in model building.
Full bibliographic data for Scale Model Tugs
Title
Scale Model Tugs
Authors and contributors
By (author) Tom Gorman
Physical properties
Format: Paperback Number of pages: 144 Width: 210 mm Height: 297 mm Thickness: 13 mm Weight: 612 g
156 black and white photographs; 55 line drawings and scale plans; 6 tables of data
Publisher
Special Interest Model Books
Imprint name
Special Interest Model Books
Publication date
05 October 2009
Publication City/Country
Hemel Hempstead/GB
Biographical note
Tom Gorman has spent a lifetime working with small vessels out of Hull and Grimsby on the east coast of England and knows every rivet and bolt of their structure. His enviable reputation as a maritime modeller is the result of numerous medals from craft and model fairs, and his numerous commissions as a modeller.
Table of contents
Tugs in general. Harbour tugs. Coastal tugs. Estuary tugs and tug tenders. Ocean-going and salvage tugs. Small tugs, drive gear and towing. Modelling materials; handling fibreglass and other materials. Tools and equipment; power tools. Building a model tug; kits, semi-kits, adhesives. Electric motors; selecting and installing batteries. Miniature steam engines; selection and installation. Installation of state-of-the-art radio control equipment. Machinery and deck details of tugs; construction in miniature. Lighting the model tug; installation of navigation lights. Painting and finishing; displaying static models; maintaining working models. Competition; joining a model boat club.