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Creative Inventions and Robotics www.build-it-yourself.com Tug Boat Project
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Tug Boat Project
“Big Bud the Tug”Need to haul a load of ‘Premium Quality Junk’ to another land?
“Big Bud” can do the job.
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Tug Boat Engine Room
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Mount the Power Top Gear Train and an RCX on two 15 hole beams.
Tug Boat CabinThe walls will be 2.5” tall. Measure and mark with a pencil three 2.5” cardboard strips.
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2.5”
8.5”
2.5”
Tug Boat CabinCut out the three cardboard strips.
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2.5”
Tug Boat CabinMeasure 5.5” on two strips.You Know what to do on the third strip.
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5.5”
2.0”
2.0”
2.5”
Tug Boat CabinCut 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.
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5.5”
2.5”
Tug Boat CabinDecorate the sides and front. Use blue, red and yellow pencils to shade the wood panels. Then outline the wood panels with a black pen.
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Cut out windows and doors. Then paste them on.
Left side Right sideFront
Tug Boat CabinWhen all sides are decorated, then you can tape them together.
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Tug Boat Cabin
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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.
Tug Boat Cabin
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Cut a cabin roof. Then punch a hole through the roof with a pencil so the gear train shaft sticks out.
Captain’s Cabin
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Cut out a 3” diameter circle or use 3” circular container lid. Build the captain’s steering wheel and glue it to the circle.
Captain’s Cabin
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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.
Front Back
6”
1.5”
Captain’s Cabin
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Bend the sides carefully until they fit around the circle. You can tape the sides to the circle on the outside and the inside.
Captain’s Cabin
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Make the roof a little bigger than the Captain’s cabin.
Tug Boat Cabins
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Glue the Captain’s Cabin on top of the Main Cabin.
Tug Boat Sides
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Cut and sculpt a 1” x 1” strip of foam rubber for the sides of the tug.
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Glue the other side on. Now you’re ready to add some decorations!
