Canadian "Ville Class" Tug

[bwmarksbmcs]

Stand off scale of the 40' tugs built in the early 40's. RC with operating navigation, towing and interior lights. 28x10x3 direct drive Dumas 6 volt motor. Some history of the tug is here: http://russelbrothers.com/xtorville.html

 

[Uwek]

first of all a warm welcome here on board of our forum
Many Thanks for sharing with us your good work on the tug model.
Are you working actual on a project?

 

[cdnfurball]

Very nice build, paint is beautiful too.

 

[The learner]

Nice build, I like your bow matt

 

[bwmarksbmcs]

Thank you very much for the notes, it was a fun Fall and Early Winter build. Now I just have to wait 'till Spring to test run her.

 

[Alex Binkley]

Very nice build, paint is beautiful too.

Great looking model--thanks for the link to learn about the tugs

 

[Alskabear]

very nice

 

[Foundation Franklin]

Hello
Beautiful model and workmanship, I am planning to build a ville class also. I am working on a Glen class tug at the moment.
I am looking for a set of plans for the ville class tug. Do you have a source for the plans?
Any help will be appreciated

 

[bwmarksbmcs]

Hello
Beautiful model and workmanship, I am planning to build a ville class also. I am working on a Glen class tug at the moment.
I am looking for a set of plans for the ville class tug. Do you have a source for the plans?
Any help will be appreciated

No plans, I did use this web site for a lot of ideas and history https://russelbrothers.com/index2.html

 

[Uwek]

Stand off scale of the 40' tugs built in the early 40's. RC with operating navigation, towing and interior lights. 28x10x3 direct drive Dumas 6 volt motor. Some history of the tug is here: http://russelbrothers.com/xtorville.html

Hallo @bwmarksbmcs
we wish you all the BEST and a HAPPY BIRTHDAY

 

[Wolle]

A really nice ship that you have conjured up there. Everything fits.....I congratulate you.

 

[shota70]

happy Birthday

 

[Uwek]

Hello
Beautiful model and workmanship, I am planning to build a ville class also. I am working on a Glen class tug at the moment.
I am looking for a set of plans for the ville class tug. Do you have a source for the plans?
Any help will be appreciated

Hallo @Foundation Franklin
we wish you all the BEST and a HAPPY BIRTHDAY

 

[Uwek]

Stand off scale of the 40' tugs built in the early 40's. RC with operating navigation, towing and interior lights. 28x10x3 direct drive Dumas 6 volt motor. Some history of the tug is here: http://russelbrothers.com/xtorville.html

Hallo @bwmarksbmcs
we wish you all the BEST and a HAPPY BIRTHDAY

 

[shota70]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

 

[Roger Pellett]

If I understand the tug’s history correctly, she was built at Owen Sound which is on Georgian Bay, Lake Huron. She spent her working life on Lake of the Woods, the huge inland lake on the border between northern Minnesota (USA) and Canada. Lake of the Woods is in a different watershed from Lake Huron. It drains into a River system that eventually reaches Hudson’s Bay.

Today, she could be sailed to the port of Duluth and hauled by truck north to Lake of the Woods but in the early 1940’s roads north of Duluth were not what they are today. Perhaps she was transported by rail. Anyhow it would be an interesting story.

There were a number of very similar 40’ tugs built in the Duluth Harbor for the US Army also in the 1940’s. One sits in a land berth in front of Duluth’s Lake Superior Maritime Museum, run by the US Army Corps of Engineers.

Roger