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My search for the perfect rescue boat has taken me to a world of small powerful tugs called Logging tugs or Boom tugs. 
Having built and own and few tugs already from my steam powered Hartman (Betty Jane) to my electric Midwest (David Norman) I have been on a quest for a small maneuverable and powerful tug for Submarine rescue.
I had purchased a Dumas Carol Moran for such a task and was quite impressed at its performance in my FS-1 rescue by Kevin Price at a recent fun run.
I wanted something different though (My curse)
and remembered a tug I had seen at this year’s Toledo R/C trade show. It was called the Pixie and was a model of a British Columbia Log Tug used to push the logs around in the rivers after they have been cut down.
It was the cutest tug boat I had ever seen
and fell in love with her on the spot.
Even though she was short at only 28†in length she weighed a massive 50+ pounds
because of her depth and width.
I had basically put her in the back of my mind as a cool boat when I did a search the other day for more info on Logging Tugs. What I turned up was some 1/24 scale versions of the 1/12 scale Pixie.
This is a much more manageable size and a lot easier to fabricate.
So after finding enough information on the net and talking to Darrin Hataway about the tugs of this type he has built I have decided to make one of my own using the lost foam method.
Darrin assures me it will only take me a day. RIGHT!! 
But as he does design and sculpting for a living I think he may underestimate my time frame.
Still it looks like a fairly easy project. The tug will be 14†in length and me thinks very maneuverable.
You can put some big honking motors in them too as weight is not an issue because of the deep draft.
I am thinking one of the Venom high turn truck motors. Lots of torque for a big direct drive prop.
Here is a photo of the 1/12 scale Pixie tug I saw at Toledo that I will base my build on.
Right now I wish I had a sculptor’s eye like Darrin and Steve Neill.
My mind see’s in straight mechanical lines not in flowing curves.
This should be interesting to say the least.
Thanks for your time and wish me luck!! BD.
BTW-Yes CI this is most likely another project I will work on till its running never finish and have cluttering up my workroom with the other 100 or so projects down there now!!
Having built and own and few tugs already from my steam powered Hartman (Betty Jane) to my electric Midwest (David Norman) I have been on a quest for a small maneuverable and powerful tug for Submarine rescue.
I had purchased a Dumas Carol Moran for such a task and was quite impressed at its performance in my FS-1 rescue by Kevin Price at a recent fun run.
I wanted something different though (My curse)
and remembered a tug I had seen at this year’s Toledo R/C trade show. It was called the Pixie and was a model of a British Columbia Log Tug used to push the logs around in the rivers after they have been cut down. It was the cutest tug boat I had ever seen
and fell in love with her on the spot. Even though she was short at only 28†in length she weighed a massive 50+ pounds
because of her depth and width. I had basically put her in the back of my mind as a cool boat when I did a search the other day for more info on Logging Tugs. What I turned up was some 1/24 scale versions of the 1/12 scale Pixie.
This is a much more manageable size and a lot easier to fabricate.
So after finding enough information on the net and talking to Darrin Hataway about the tugs of this type he has built I have decided to make one of my own using the lost foam method.
Darrin assures me it will only take me a day. RIGHT!!
But as he does design and sculpting for a living I think he may underestimate my time frame.
Still it looks like a fairly easy project. The tug will be 14†in length and me thinks very maneuverable.
You can put some big honking motors in them too as weight is not an issue because of the deep draft.
I am thinking one of the Venom high turn truck motors. Lots of torque for a big direct drive prop.
Here is a photo of the 1/12 scale Pixie tug I saw at Toledo that I will base my build on.
Right now I wish I had a sculptor’s eye like Darrin and Steve Neill.
My mind see’s in straight mechanical lines not in flowing curves.
This should be interesting to say the least.
Thanks for your time and wish me luck!! BD.
BTW-Yes CI this is most likely another project I will work on till its running never finish and have cluttering up my workroom with the other 100 or so projects down there now!!
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