Dumas came out with the Brooklyn tug kit several years ago. I loved the type of tug but hated the color. The green cabin and pilot house was not going to work for me. I wanted to add sound and smoke plus a working fire monitor. I used the smoke unit from Harbor Models. The problem was that if I coupled the smoker to the speed control as you were supposed to it did not work. The model has a large 4 blade prop and it doesn’t need to turn at high speed to move the tug. If I just wired the the smoker to the 12v drive battery it would work fine and put out a lot of smoke. The problem was that it would get too hot and start to melt the body of the smoker. I had to install a separate speed control just to run the smoker.
The sound system is also from Harbor Models. It sounds pretty good and the engine sound is coupled to the speed control so the faster you go the faster the steam engine revs. It has a ships bell sound plus a crowd favorite seagulls. The only complaint I have with the sound is the steam whistle is a train engine sound. Not the sound you would hear coming from a steam tug.
The fire monitor I found on Shapeways and it had to be modified to fit on the pilot house roof. I had fits clearing the passages for the water to flow properly. They were clogged with powder from the printing process.
The tug weighs 28 pounds. During testing I found that when I turned on the water to the monitor the tug would move backwards as the water sprayed out.
The sound system is also from Harbor Models. It sounds pretty good and the engine sound is coupled to the speed control so the faster you go the faster the steam engine revs. It has a ships bell sound plus a crowd favorite seagulls. The only complaint I have with the sound is the steam whistle is a train engine sound. Not the sound you would hear coming from a steam tug.
The fire monitor I found on Shapeways and it had to be modified to fit on the pilot house roof. I had fits clearing the passages for the water to flow properly. They were clogged with powder from the printing process.
The tug weighs 28 pounds. During testing I found that when I turned on the water to the monitor the tug would move backwards as the water sprayed out.
