Guys,

I am not anti-Dumas at all. I don't know why anyone would be. True, some the of the kits wood leave something to be desired but overall they are fine kits. I have built several of the Darby tugs. Along those lines, I am putting a couple of these pictures of the latest Darby I am building. This boat is for another club member. It has the Harbor Models power upgrade kit with Pittman 3700's Prop Shop screws, resin rudders and resin prop shaft outlets. Also, it comes with the "steering solution" This allows the rudders to be turned hard over without jamming them. A pretty cool and simple setup. I also enlarged the stern opening so that you can actually access the rear to work on things. My personal Mr. Darby is setup the same way. For such a large boat it is extremly manueverable, even without using a bow thruster. One screw can be reversed while the other is going forward and it literally will turn itself around on its own axis. It also has the power to push and dock a 1200lb barge (we tried it, it will!)

Pete