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Tug Boat Project. Creative Inventions and Robotics www.build-it-yourself.com. “Big Bud the Tug”. Need to haul a load of ‘Premium Quality Junk’ to another land? “Big Bud” can do the job. www.build-it-yourself.com. Tug Boat Engine Room.
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Tug Boat Project Creative Inventions and Robotics www.build-it-yourself.com
“Big Bud the Tug” Need to haul a load of ‘Premium Quality Junk’ to another land? “Big Bud” can do the job. www.build-it-yourself.com
Tug Boat Engine Room Mount the Power Top Gear Train and an RCX on two 15 hole beams. www.build-it-yourself.com
Tug Boat Cabin The walls will be 2.5” tall. Measure and mark with a pencil three 2.5” cardboard strips. 2.5” 8.5” 2.5” www.build-it-yourself.com
Tug Boat Cabin Cut out the three cardboard strips. 2.5” www.build-it-yourself.com
Tug Boat Cabin Measure 5.5” on two strips. You Know what to do on the third strip. 2.0” 2.5” 5.5” 2.0” www.build-it-yourself.com
Tug Boat Cabin Cut out the two 5.5” x 2.5” strips. These will be the two cabin sides. Cut out the 6.5” strip. This will be the front of the main cabin. 2.5” 5.5” www.build-it-yourself.com
Tug Boat Cabin Decorate the sides and front. Use blue, red and yellow pencils to shade the wood panels. Then outline the wood panels with a black pen. Left side Front Right side Cut out windows and doors. Then paste them on. www.build-it-yourself.com
Tug Boat Cabin When all sides are decorated, then you can tape them together. www.build-it-yourself.com
Tug Boat Cabin Wrap the sides around the engine room. Glue Popsicle sticks on top to make the structure strong. You can tape the sides to the base It’s best not to put a back wall on so you can easily get to the RCX on/off buttons. www.build-it-yourself.com
Tug Boat Cabin Cut a cabin roof. Then punch a hole through the roof with a pencil so the gear train shaft sticks out. www.build-it-yourself.com
Captain’s Cabin Cut out a 3” diameter circle or use 3” circular container lid. Build the captain’s steering wheel and glue it to the circle. www.build-it-yourself.com
Captain’s Cabin Cut out a 1.5” x 6” strip of cardboard and draw wood panels on it like you did for the main cabin. Then tape coffee stirrer sticks on the back. 6” 1.5” Front Back www.build-it-yourself.com
Captain’s Cabin Bend the sides carefully until they fit around the circle. You can tape the sides to the circle on the outside and the inside. www.build-it-yourself.com
Captain’s Cabin Make the roof a little bigger than the Captain’s cabin. www.build-it-yourself.com
Tug Boat Cabins Glue the Captain’s Cabin on top of the Main Cabin. www.build-it-yourself.com
Tug Boat Sides Cut and sculpt a 1” x 1” strip of foam rubber for the sides of the tug. www.build-it-yourself.com
Tug Boat Sides Glue the other side on. Now you’re ready to add some decorations! www.build-it-yourself.com