@Michael Pags posted:I needed a tugboat for my harbor scene and considered the Lionel units, but they seemed too large for my limited space. I purchased a kit and constructed a tug with assistance of my grandkids (did some painting and named it with 3 different names! You can see 2 of them in the photos). I'm up in Canada for the summer and away from details, but I'm fairly sure this is from Sylvan Scale Models (actually here in Canada). I do not have access to their website to confirm. BTW, I love the tug!
Michael
Michael!...
Yes, that's Sylvan's tug. I built the same model...
Also had George at ITT Products put together a custom sound chip for their module that has appropriate sounds...sloshing water, chugging engine, seagulls (ubiquitous!), that nautical single chime tooter, et al. Lots of gung-ho at the time. Now a shelf queen. Same problem as with the MUCH larger ATSF tug...where to moor on the layout?
Named for one of my favorite Golden Books of yore.
(In which Scuffy was made quite aware of his smaller size by the larger tugs in the harbor!)
BTW...That guy standing at the bow of your tug with his back to us?...He's not doing what I think he's doing...is he??
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The water looks polluted quite enough!
I'm getting re-inspired! Gotta get those tuggers on the layout!
Thanks, Michael!
KD
Paying further homage to "Scuffy's" story, I thought someday when they're on the layout (
) to add some printed eyeball inserts in the front two windows of the tugs. .When the 'kids'...big and small...come over!
