American Beauty tug 939mm

River towboat American Beauty was built in 1968 Shipyard St. Louis Ship Co. and since then crisscrossing Mississippi waters. "American Beauty" is 170 feet (51.8 meters) long and its hull has a width of 45 feet (13.7 meters). It is powered by a pair of diesel engines of 2,500 horsepower, a pair of propellers is placed in fixed Kortových jets. Management always ensures a pair of rudders placed before Kortovými jets and a single rudder for them. American Beauty typically pushes the speed of 4-9 knots naves 20-25 barges - each has a length of 200 feet (about 61 meters) and a width of 35 feet (10.6 meters).

Designers river towboat pushing a scale of 1:55 Rozsyp for electric drive series for advanced builders. Thanks to the high almost ready to most parts of the building is not particularly demanding on the skill and workshop equipment - but, of course, careful and patient work in the shipbuilding necessary to achieve a good result. For bonding you need a medium glue, epoxy resin and adhesive for plastic models. The actual construction proceeds according třípohledového drawing a reduced size depicting the outer appearance of the ship. The individual construction steps are carried out according to the perspective drawing showing in detail the structure of the ship, selected key steps and making accessories such as railings or ladders facilitate preprinted templates in 1: 1st For the final finish color will suit small areas eg. Acrylic paints to plastic kits, larger hull surface can then be sprayed with a suitable spray on the body.

The fuselage is made of plastic vacuum molding (compact polystyrene) with internal reinforcements of předseknutých plywood parts and parts of předseknutých mikropěnových PVC boards. The superstructure has again skeleton předseknutých plywood parts, the outer walls are made předseknutých plastic parts. This avoids time-consuming planking, filling, sanding and painting typical of ships of all-wood fuselage. Also, extensions are coming "quickly by hand" you do not have to fight with all sorts of twisting and vakuovanými ill-fitting parts, as you may have experienced at vakuformových kits.

Scale Parts are delivered as a separate set of Dumas # 2104th If you have enough flavor and perseverance, you can further improve the model eg. Adding glazed windows and interior equipment, functional lighting etc. It is up to you, how do you put on your work depends ...

Propulsion motors are two series of 500 or 600 (not included in the kit) powered by the šestičlánkového NiMH or NiCd battery (suitable example. Šestičlánek for RC cars 1:10) or 6 V lead-acid battery. For the model, you can buy the original set Dumas # 2339 containing Kortová nozzle shaft bushings, couplings and cardan maketovými three-bladed propellers, rudders, shafts and levers etc ..

To control the ship will suffice, at least any two-channel radio system, bi-directional electronic speed controllers least 30A (depending on engine) and two standard servos for the rudder.

Kit includes: vacuum moldings hull and lifeboats předseknuté plywood parts of the hull and superstructure, plates of microfoam PVC předseknutými parts, plastic and spruce beams and rods, laser-carved plywood details set of stickers, drawings of the ship, image building instruction.

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