whilst looking through the list of available drawings advertised within Myhobbystore, i came across the multi star system for some models. may i ask what are these for. presumably 1star is for a beginner and four advanced.  or is it 1star for average looking and 4 for lots of details.

 as i have had no luck in finding the model that i wanted to build, might i ask if anyone could advise me on a first model to build.   be it tug or fishing boat of the british type. also on the large size as the boat pond here in ottawa is rather open and choppy at the best of times.

many thanks Dave

 hi robert, sorry to say i’am from england and married a canuck. then she dragged me back to canada. been here for 7 years now.   living on the outskirts of ottawa. the weather has started to change. snow forcast for tomorrow and the temps begining to go down.   the -40’s are comming in january as per norm.

have looked at the kits from modelslipway, yes there are two i would go for but due to cost are out of my reach.  have to look at scratch build from plans.

all the best David

 thanks for the link Len, have downloaded the basic plan. during my trawling of the site. i came upon the forum and links to a lot of real pusher tug photo’s and that weird steering mechanism.   three links and three rudders.

  my problem is i’ve lost where i was looking and tried in vain for over an hour trying to get back to the forum pages. may i ask if you might direct me back there.  this tug is just the ticket for the pond i have in mind.  i could have lots of fun and the young lad with this set up. some butty boats to shove around.

David

ps found the forum link and spent sometime looking over the many variations of this tug, even the clyde puffer.  i was gob smacked at what there is.  i’am now chomping at the bit and ready to get going. many thanks for this info. 

  reguarding fish tail rudder. i came across pictures of a three rudder configuration another with a square section braized on the tail edge of a standard rudder and finally a kort nozzle.  so which would be the system recommended by yourself. or would you publish exactly what this fish tail rudder is.

 hi robert, just snowed here last night. about 4 inch’s and more forcast for later today in to evening. another 4-6inchs of wet snow.  i can cope with the cold over here but not the height of summer when your in to the high 30’s with humidex readings of 40+.

  you could trying looking on lens web site and see if there are any river patrol boats there.  i have now decided to go with the springer tug plans. very simple and lots of different versions to build. 

as for hockey i’ve not realy got in to it.  i’ve only ever got to see one live game ( 7years ago) yes that was the senators.

david