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Ships - S/B John B Lundh
There are two tugs in Dåseberga harbour. S/B Söle and this one S/B John B Lundh. John B Lundh is a bit smaller and handier in a harbour compared with Söle. In the able hands of captain Arne Ankare it solves tasks quite equal to Söle. The build of John B Lundh is described below.
Just like S/B Söle, the John B Lundh is based on a NOCH 35710 kit. I do not know if that exist anymore, and it is in a strange scale somewhere between H0 (1:87) and N (1:160) and yet still not TT (1:120)? Anyway, the kit is a very good base for a build of my own following pictures. A real kitbash it will be.
The tug to medel is today found as the Storm Princess in the marine museum Maritiman in Gothenburg by the Opera. Storm Princess was one of a number of harbour tugs of the Stormking company in Gothenburg. There were two other tug companies, the Röda Bolaget (Red Company with red bands around their chimneys) and the Johnson Tug company. The Storm tugs had a very characteristic chimney marking with a white background and on top of that light blue stripes. They are therefore easy to see on B/W photos.
Storm Princess and the other Storm tugs are well documented in photos. Good background info for building and detailing, and the build was on.
I will keep the hull but will add a 2 mm thick bottom to make the side of the hull more correct. A new deck is placed over the whole hull. This type of tug had its deck all the way to the sides. The old superstructure is put in the nice to have box apart from the two skylöights and the chimney. On the following picture the chimney and the engine room vent is already in place.
A bit closer look with the anchor chain box on the fore deck and the narrow extra extension of the front end of the deck house.
Taking a leap in time without pictures unfortunately we can see the following items being added:
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A small aft hatch under the two line guide to be able to get at the rudder quadrant.
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A skylight in front of the chimney to the machine room.
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The tow hook frame with its movable tow hook.
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A wheel house for a bit better weather protection.
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Railings and moorings as well as a low plate "railing" to prevent stuff to just roll of the deck into the water.
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Flagpoles.
Further details such as, search light, lanterns rigging and mast. The chimney mark must be re-done. Captain Ankare inspects the build together with the foreman from DMW. The name plate is found on the wheel house front.
From behind we can see that also a tug carries rescue rings adn the flag is hoisted. On a tug the flag is seldom placed at the stern as it would get in the way of the tow line (cable).
As a final picture we see the two tugs together. Söle looks a bit bigger by its larger and higher wheel house/cabin but they are made from the same kit and is in reality exactly equal in length and breadth.
John B Lundh was also the tug that most often pulled the railway wagon barges in Dåaeberga harbour, and captain Ankare was an expert in pulling, pushing an shoving the barges in place even in tight spots.
Enjoy!
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