New 957 Midwest "Seguin" Steam Tug by Model Expo.

Hey everybody.
This thread is to let you guys know that Model Expo started to produce the oldest wooden steam powered tugboat in the USA history, "Seguin",originally produced by Midwest.
As you all know, Model Expo has the license to reproduce all of the Midwest models.
This new tug is a plank-on-frame kit with basswood and walnut and clean laser cut parts.
Here is a list of the model already in production and others that will come up soon.
MID947 Large Skiff
MID948 Rowing Dinghy
MID949 Canadian Canoe 1:8
MID951 Dinghy
MID951 Muscungus Bay Lobster Smack 1:24
MID Chesapeake Bay Flattie 1:32
MID967 The Skiff 1:12
MID966 Grand Bank Dory
MID67 The Skigg 1:12
MID968 Sharpie Schooner
MID970 Crabbing Skiff
MID971 Skipjack
MID972 San Francisco Bay Scow Schooner
MID976 Sea Bright Dory
MID977 Maine Peapod
MID978 Boston Whitehall Tender
MID981 Indian Girl Canoe
MID982 Peterboro Canoe
MID983 Sakonnet Daysailer 1:24
MID989 Chesapeake 17 Kayak
MID991 Maine Lobsterboat
MID994 Chesapeake Double Kayak
MID997 John Alden Sloop
and the latest
MID950 'SEGIN TUG', This model does not come with the steam drive and will need a minimum of two channel radio.
Specifications
Length Overall...39"
Beam.................7 3/4'
Height................23"
Scale................3/8" to 1' Foot
Today I will start posting a building log for this model and I hope you guys like it.

I cannot seem to find this kit on their site. Could you post a link? Thanks!

Hi RegG
They are waiting for me to finish building and revising the model.
I’m building the prototype and soon I will post a building log here.
I have seen the mayor parts already lasered cut, so very soon will be up for selling.
Tomorrow most probably I will go to ME with all the information.

Sounds interesting. Thanks for posting.

Anybody out there that needs pictures from ME Showroom models?

Bluebeard said:

Hi RegG
They are waiting for me to finish building and revising the model.
I’m building the prototype and soon I will post a building log here.
I have seen the mayor parts already lasered cut, so very soon will be up for selling.
Tomorrow most probably I will go to ME with all the information.

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Many thanks! I will be watching your thread for news!

Claification: this kit wasn't originally produced by Midwest. It was originally produced by Laughing Whale out of Bath, ME (later acquired by Midwest). I bought the kit in their store in Bath while I was on vacation in 1982. Built it with a Krick two cylinder live steam engine, and radio control.

Haven't fired it up in probably three decades.

The treenail sitting under it was purchased at the restoration site of the original tugboat on that trip. They were selling them for five dollars with the proceeds going to the restoration. I think the project died from lack of funding.

Thank You for the background history, I didn’t know.
Very nice looking model you made. It looks outstanding where it seats.
Great work.
Congratulations.

Quite a collection room you have.
Many memories and hard labor that went into building all of those models.

Thank you. I refer to it as my War Room, and it is unfortunately hopelessly cluttered because it's all the space I have now that my bride and I have downsized our living quarters. To make matters worse, that photo is about six years old, so --- even more clutter.

Besides my models, historical figures, and all of my books, it contains memorabilia from my entire life - my first baseball glove, a set of Howdy Doody puppets I got when I got my tonsils out (age 4), switchblade knife I smuggled out of Nogales when I was 14, high school and boot camp yearbooks, letters from family and friends when I was in the Navy, a slide rule LOL, my great grandfather's pocket watch, a Minie ball slug removed from his wrist from the Civil War, on and on.

A lot of other stuff should be in there, but it just won't fit.

BTW, if any of you are going to build this fine kit, I'll post some detail photos. (But first I'll have to remove 30 years of dust.)

You are lucky my friend.
Not everyone can hold on to so manny memories.
Good and happy times that we had in our life’s.

Im also a historical figures painter.

Hotspur
Yes, please, post details from your Seguin, I will like very much the details of your metal funnel.
Thanks

Two cylinder Krick steam engine. The nice part about this little engine is that it has no dead centers so forward and reverse are an easy switch of pressure flow through the engine. No reverse gear.


Ballast is rows and rows of 45 cal. lead balls laid in a few at a time paying attention to fore/aft trim while floating in the bathtub.


Funnel is a 1 1/4" chrome plated brass sink tailpiece that I chucked up in my lathe and sanded off the chrome. The bottom part is fabricated from sheet bras.



The head:


The pilothouse, with wheel, engine order telegraph, and binnacle made from scratch, coal stove, chart table, and bench. Oh, and a rain slicker.





The bronze wheel (separate purchase):


Various views:





I had a little mishap the last time I raised steam in her and damn near burnt her to flinders. Luckily I was running her in the pool without the cabins in place so I was able to spot the flames immediately and splash them out. It was a bright sunny day and I couldn't see the butane flame well, and had set it too high. Burnt the boiler lagging and charred the insides of the deck.

The servos:


The lifeboat:


Over time the door hinges break loose and I have to repair them.


For glass I use microscope cover slips (not slides). Coverslips are super thin pieces of real glass that you can score with a diamond scribe and snap just like glazers do. It doesn't scratch, discolor, or get foggy.


Rudder control:

Excellent workmanship.!
It’s a masterpiece.!
Congratulations .