Tugboat?

[Westfalia Chris]

Herb Gundt (HGWalls) used one in an ACW game sme years back that he had converted from a plastic kit. I hope to see him at Historicon next week and will ask him as I was also trying to find one that would not break the bank account.

IIRC, the Herb Gundt tugboat was based on this Lindbergh kit:

http://www.wettringer-modellbauforum.de/forum/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=32069

1/82nd scale, so maybe a bit on the small side, and it might be tricky to find. I don't know if it is too old-fashioned for your taste, but given that some vessels like those were used for decades, I think it could work, especially if one updates some of the details such as radar, maybe a GPS receiver, or a more modern pilot house. Note, however, that the hull is a single piece and would require cutting down to produce a waterline version.

[Drachenklinge]

sometimes some "normal" modeller's hobby-stores do have these "ready-to-go" RCF radio-control models ... to be more precise - the hulls for them, they are often a bit detailed and a bit painted ... but with all the necessary desgin. Maybe there are some useful amoung them.
Like "Graupner" and such ...

best wishes
Drachenklinge

PS
in Stuttgart there is the "Bastlerzentrale" ... a good first start to look!

[Prof.Witchheimer]

Graupner? well, that one is nice..

http://www.graupner.de/de/products/02fea07f-6862-49f6-ba74-4ef1aed40441/2087/product.aspx

and only 577 EUR... 

[Hammers]

I’m looking for a tugboat in an appropriate scale (28mm). Any ideas?

Spooky, I to am looking for a tug boat! It's like we share one brain between us!

The HLBS one (early 20th century, perfect!) looks like it could be fairly easily scratch built to. The deck of the resin vessel looks a bit small for my purposes.

[Hammers]

and only 577 EUR... 

I was going to say...

[Hammers]

Working on one of the HLBS-Tugboat right now for my Innsmouth project. It´s a beautiful boat but it is a bit cramped. Based miniatures will only fit in the bow and on the roof. Bought two of them. The one I bought last year was a perfect cast. But the second tug that I bought last week had some defects, and a lot of bubbles. It looked, and smelled like, HLBS changed their resin mix. I'll post a picture of my tug later in the week.

If you are unhappy with one of the models I will buy it from you. Name the price.

[Mindenbrush]

Westfalia Chris identified the one that Herb used, I think he may have converted it a bit.

Lackawana

[Mindenbrush]

The Linberg Tug model is C$45.00 plus tax here in Canada 

[Burgundavia]

I have the hull from a Theodore Tugboat. It is about 12" long and is quite nicely scaled. It can be fairly neatly dissembled by some screws. Here is an ebay link to a random one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Theodore-Tugboat-Theodore-ERTL-1998-/300571011840?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item45fb6dab00

[Drachenklinge]

and only 577 EUR...  

a real snip, I'll say! ^^

But I bet this one is a model with the RC thingy thangy included. Not to mention all sorts of workable gadgetry.

What I meant is something like this - in Your a little bit more advanced:
http://www.graupner.de/de/products/2120.2/product.aspx

search criteria "schiffsrumpf" (hull)
http://www.graupner.de/de/service/suche.aspx?usterms=schiffsrumpf
and "only" 20 buck then. This one in sold out, but it is "just" the hull, maybe there are some others with a a little more supersructure.

best wishes
Drachenklinge

PS
i think i will get there in July anyway ... maybe i could ask them - is there some sort of dead-line?

[Prof.Witchheimer]

No deadline but a hull isn’t an option, no time at all for that sort of scratch building. I need a proper ship, more or less ready to paint.

[Raxxus]

here is something but dosnt stand what it is

http://z11.invisionfree.com/Work_In_Progress/index.php?showtopic=16582&st=0

[Hammers]

I have the hull from a Theodore Tugboat. It is about 12" long and is quite nicely scaled. It can be fairly neatly dissembled by some screws. Here is an ebay link to a random one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Theodore-Tugboat-Theodore-ERTL-1998-/300571011840?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item45fb6dab00

Did you keep the red hat on?

[Hammers]

here is something but dosnt stand what it is

http://z11.invisionfree.com/Work_In_Progress/index.php?showtopic=16582&st=0

What a waste of a good tugboat... 

[von der Tann]

Have a look <a href="http://cgi.ebay.de/RC-Schiff-RC-Schlepper-/370522376924?pt=DE_Allesf%C3%BCrKind_Spielzeug_FerngesteuertesSpielzeug&hash=item5644dacadc" target="_blank">here[/url] and <a href="http://cgi.ebay.de/Dickie-Losch-Einsatzboot-defekt-Akku-u-Fernbedien-/110707648409?pt=DE_Allesf%C3%BCrKind_Spielzeug_FerngesteuertesSpielzeug&hash=item19c6b0a799" target="_blank">here[/url].

These tugs are not very difficult to find on ebay. They are very toy-like which will give you the opportunity to fiddle and make them into a decent tug. Plus ... it really swims. Ok .. might be a little over the top for a tabletop game but if you can get one real cheap you could convert it into a waterline model.

<a href="http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=020150b54ecccb585f0346b12707ed05&topic=7802.0" target="_blank">Here[/url]'s a link of someone who did wonders with a toy like that.  

  Doh, should have read about the "no time to fiddle" response ... my bad. Sorry!