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3 years

Hi everybody!! I'm Ahmad, and I'm beyond ecstatic to finally reveal #TheTugsProject to everyone! This project was the culmination of one years worth of talented people's hard work, who I am delighted to give the spotlight to. Meet the art, & the artists!

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The Tugs Project

@TheTugsProject

3 years

This week is yielding such extraordinary creativity and findings from the TUGS fans, we love you all! In honor of US Sunshine being released today, here's some amazing shots of Izzy enjoying the outside "sunshine" with his builder, Chris Tulloch! Gorgeously restored by @JHRawks !

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2 years

This, is... Thunderbirds? Yep!🚀 To celebrate this fantastic series' 57th anniversary, here's some negatives taken during construction of the TUGS models. These prop replicas were built by Paul Knight in the late 1980s. Thunderbird 4 decided to take a dive in the TUGS tank! (1/2)

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Oooh, I say helloo! 🎩💎Somebody's looking fancy for the occasion! Presenting proudly on this lovely Friday is everybody's favorite railway tug, TOP HAT! These photos are some of the best pictures that survive of any aspect of the original prop, in gorgeous condition too! (1/4)

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Rise n' shine, fellas! 🌞 Work never stops in Bigg City Port! On this fine day, we have some shots from the briefing scene of SUNSHINE, filmed in December '87. You may notice the switcher off to the side, still in his Star livery from JINXED, prior to being painted back to white!

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3 years

Look at this duuude! 😎⚓️ You all wish you were as cool as Hercules, right? Who wouldn't be. One look at him and you can't take your eyes off! This beast is one of the most detailed tugs in the show, built very much to match his real life counterpart in San Francisco. (1/3)

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2 years

ONE YEAR OF #TheTUGSProject !!🎉 How cool is that! Thank you to each and every one of you for supporting us! We always encourage people to learn more about tugboats, and the magic that went into making this incredible series. So, here's a thread of books used in the making!

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3 years

DAMN it feels good to be a gangsta'! Especially when you're a real rough boss like Zorran! Presented in this series of postings are the majority of faces used on the character (along with a fun joke shot)! There's a lot to explore in these pictures, so enjoy your time! (1/3)

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9 months

There are only more chapters to this never ending story, but tonight is the sizzle reel, here in it's glory. Merry Christmas everyone!💚❤️ #TheTUGSProject

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10 months

Missed us? We missed you like no tomorrow. No way we were gonna miss Christmas without a drop from #TheTugsProject ! Enjoy this teaser put together by @JHRawks , we'll be seeing you on December 24th! Be there, if you dare! 🔥❄️ Merry Christmas, you lovely sailors! 💚❤️

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3 years

It takes a team to keep the tugs in tip-top condition for filming! Here is Chris Tulloch adjusting the three tug chassis for the final Bigg City scene in "JINXED", circa 1987. Note the smoke pumps hosed into Ten Cents and Sunshine. Download here

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Sorry we haven't been posting a bunch lately, Zak's been visibly annoyed by this too! Arguably the most ambiguous character of the main fleets, you'll see a lot more emotion portrayed by this guy- especially with the eyebrows. You can spot a number of unused faces too! 🧐

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5 months

Here's a new kind of post, as today's picture is a promotional still- albeit from a deleted scene! This is the Coast Guard praising Zebedee to Captain Zero in helping with the arrest of Johnny Cuba in "HIGH WINDS". Previously only one angle from this scene existed in the book.

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3 years

Monday Monday, another day without a tow into port. Here's Izzy Gomez & his brother "not-Izzy" stuck in DBP's tank. The faceless tramper is fascinating; it's an experimental design before other ships were built (Johnny Cuba, Nantucket/Old Rusty, Kraka-Toa).

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Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄☃️❄️ On this lovely morning, we have some shots featuring Top Hat on the breakaway rescue barge as seen in JINXED! This is the same barge that the "Boomer Brigade" collide into at Lucky's Yard! Here's probably the best shots of it in good lighting.

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@TheTugsProject

3 years

Feeling fancy? Top Hat sure is! Enjoy some Top Hat shots in this round of tank test photos. Some things to note are the lack of the number and star, and the large amount of side bumpers only seen in earlier episodes. #TheTugsProject 🔱

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3 years

BOO! 👻🎃 Happy Halloween! I hope everybody is enjoying the Trick or Treat festivities, although I can assure you this is no trick (unless you count the incredible camera tricks that made the Ghost Tugs look more haunting than they actually were in the episode)! (1/2)

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@TheTugsProject

3 years

How's everybody enjoying Christmas?❄️☃️🎄 Here are two tugs I'm sure you've never knew existed- did you know that "Dummy Replica" models were made for the flagship fleet switchers- Ten Cents & Zip? These were commissioned by the studio for promotional purposes. (1/3)

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It takes a team to keep Bigg City Port in ship shape! The Coast Guard & his messenger Davy Jones are responsible for monitoring which ships can come into the port. These two guys were built by Jeremy King, and are among some of the smallest vessels in the series! #TheTugsProject

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To end the night, it's with great pleasure that we announce our collaboration with GILES CHRISTOPHER! Working alongside Terry Permane, Giles took some incredible pictures during his time on several episodes, which we're excited to release through our Project! Welcome aboard!⚓️

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2 years

Missed us? Well, we're back baby! And "I've just been thinking" now's a great time to drop some Jinxed shots. You can see in these pictures that the crew are still deciding how to position Sunshine, compared to the actual scene in the episode. (1/2)

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3 years

Hi everyone! I just want to say, I am so emotionally touched by each & every one of your kind comments. It makes it feel like every second we put into this was all worth it for the fans. In honor of today's video, enjoy these Boomer pictures, color corrected by @DTNGE ! 🤎🤎🤎

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3 years

OBEY ORDERS! ⚓️🪖 Well, not from him at least, he's *still* in shock! And who wouldn't be with these absolutely gorgeous shots of Bluenose fresh in his first form, built and painted by Michele Jones! If you look carefully, you can see his black bottom hull, never screen-used!

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2 years

Here's O.J., fresh out of the workshop! In these shots he's missing his woven bow fender, stars, number, and Letraset name decals. Built by none other than Simon Parker, O.J. was one of few models to have electronic paddlewheel functionality alongside Billy Shoepack...

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3 years

Stressed about work? Take it nice and slow and enjoy these behind the scenes pictures from Munitions! Notice that both of these scenes were filmed in the exact same spot in the port, with extra set dressing for the Munitions factory. #TheTugsProject

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Happy December! ❄️☃️ Might wanna hang onto your hats for this one- here's everyone's favorite Star stack, WARRIOR! The detail is extraordinary, the model has many details on it that truly define the character. Take note of the chips on the hull's rubrails and messy fender. (1/3)

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1 year

🥱 Missed us? We missed you guys! Don't worry- we have some stuff cookin' in the kitchen! We'll be back in action real soon. In the meantime have this fun picture of the Ten Cents and Zip standees outside the studio. Download📷: #TheTUGSProject 📷

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Taking off! Well, if the owner of this 1986 Toyota floored it, she may as well have been! Built by aviation enthusiast Peter Boys, here is Sally Seaplane in her final guise. Note the refined windows for eyes and more "realistic" lipstick. ✈✈

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Here's Zip- the 5th member of the Z-Stacks! "A true zero". History of these pictures: they were shot on the last few spaces on a certain negative roll until the film ran out! These 3 face shots are the only ones of Zip we know of to exist.

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2 years

Oi! You!📣 You'd better pay attention, because the ever-authoritarian Bluenose is here! Notice the black bottomed hull, which was never featured onscreen in the series.

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2 years

Here's a fun fact for Friday! Back in the '80s, *everything* you see in TUGS had to be achieved with live, practical effects! 🪄✨ Here is an example of early dry ice tests, which were eventually practiced in the episode GHOSTS! Download👇:

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1 year

🎥 Look at all those cables! In these pictures believed to have been taken during Jinxed, we get a much better view of the environment the crew were working in, and a nice look at the 'North West Pacific Lines' Terminal. Download📷: #TheTUGSProject

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3 years

Brrrrr! Sure is cold outside! 🥶 Hopefully everybody's staying warm around the "campfire" like Ten Cents and Sunshine here! 🔥🔥 Presented are all the Ten Cents faces that were completed in late 1987, along with a single Sunshine happy face!

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Toot Toot! Did you know they also made a large scale "normal" Star Tug whistle, as well as a Zero one? Restoration on this batch were achieved by @TheTug97 and @DTNGE , with the latter handling color as well. 10K scans available on the Drive! 🔱

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3 years

🎵Sun is shinin' in the sky! There ain't a [scratch] in sight! 🎵 Presenting these rare pictures of Sunshine in his very first white livery, with the dirty weathering not seen in the episode! You may also notice a change in the water- after the first one, it was dyed blue!

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3 years

Here's some tank tests of all four Shrimpers that appeared in the series! These little guys work independently collecting shrimp around the port, hence the name. 🦐🍤 Usually, they're seen as a group with Warrior during his antics.

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Happy New Year everyone! 🥳From all of us here at the Tugs Project, we hope 2022 is kind to you and that you accomplish all you set out to achieve! To bring in the new year, here are two photos of the outside of T-Stage at Shepperton Studios, where TUGS was filmed.🎥

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What do a bunch of Tugs do after fighting a large munitions fire? Lounge around with each other getting cleaned up of course! 🃏🍻 Presented in today's tweets are a selection of characters hanging out in a storage room during production of QUARANTINE in August 1988. (1/2)

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3 years

T00T T00T ! Alongside the Star & Zero whistles, Ten Cents got a large scale one built of his very own! This would've been used in JINXED and SUNSHINE, albeit never utilized in the final edits. FUN FACT: The whistle is supposed to be a "Jiminy Cricket"-like figure to Ten Cents.

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3 years

Here's Hercules, the Ocean-Going Tug! Notice in these tank tests, he's missing his eyeglasses and the number 6 on his stack. A bit unusual that he doesn't have a 45 degree angle picture, but I guess it's a good reference view from 1987 of both starboard and port sides!

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2 years

A small peak behind the curtain at Bigg City Port! Here we can see the crew members hard at work inbetween takes of Jinxed. Both tug fleets better keep an eye out for roaming giants!👀 Restoration and Color🖌️: @DTNGE Download👇:

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2 years

Amidst the REGATTA festivities in Bigg City, there's a lightship in need of a rescue! 🆘🚨📣 In these shots, you get a full glimpse of the Periscope Lens system used in filming the series, right at "character level"! Restoration🖌️: @DTNGE Download👇:

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2 years

Work never stops in Bigg City Port! These stills were taken during the production of WARRIOR’S LONGEST DAY! Here we see Ten Cents and Zip tearing down buildings, Big Mac on the rock contract, and Sunshine with Pearl. Restoration🖌️: @JHRawks Download👇:

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3 years

Here's the face shot set of the scheming, yet cowardly, ZUG! This completes the negatives of all five Z-Stacks! The model was built by Paul Knight, and his faces fashioned to resemble the likes of film actor Peter Lorre. Can you spot which ones were rarely on screen, if at all?

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2 years

The year is 1987, and a load of new floating friends are under construction at DBP Models! Can you spot a certain tug being built on the rear bench? It's a tight space with these big models, but the atmosphere was exhilarating! Download the high-res here!

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2 years

Toot Toot! In these two pictures from SUNSHINE, you can see Warrior & O.J. aiding the Duchess into port. You'll notice Fire Tug is on the opposite side of the Duchess compared to the episode, and Coast Guard is missing from his port side. Download👇:

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1,500 followers in under 54 hours!! How insane is that! I love you guys so much, your enthusiasm and support is pushing us even further to get more done! 💙🤍 We hope you're as happy as Chris Lloyd is here, building a certain whistle character! Restoration entirely by @DTNGE !

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3 years

Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🍂 Zebedee's super shocked at all the birds on everybody's table today- Izzy's asleep as usual from all the food! I want to give a special thanks to Paul Knight and Jeremy King for spawning this Project into existence & providing their materials.

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2 years

Devious man, devious! Well, as devious as you can get with a couple of clowns like ZIP and ZUG! You'll notice both of them are missing their flags and side bumpers. One of these pictures were super challenging as far as restoration goes, we'll make a post about this soon!

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2 years

DIVE! DIVE! Here's everybody's favorite submarine, Grampus! These shots show him just beneath the surface, and right at the waterline. He's a tiny little guy, and is a keen ally of the Star Tugs! Color work achieved by @DTNGE . Download the high-res here!

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3 years

Happy Monday! On this morning, we have a pair of big tugs that decided to look their best for the week! Constructed by Chris Lloyd, Big Mac & Warrior are proud Star Tugs showing their strength ready to go on set! Warrior's been extra careful to keep clean! #TheTugsProject ⚓️

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2 years

WATCH OUT GRAMPUS!!! Here's everyone's favorite submarine posing with a naval mine never seen in the show! Notice how high Grampus floats on his own in the water. Color restoration achieved by @DTNGE . Download the 10K high-res here! 👇 #TheTugsProject ⚓️

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2 years

Every new TUGS picture we put up goes through some degree of restoration work involved. Some have more damage than others, and require additional attention in cleanup. Here's a comparison with a Bluenose tank test we published. What are your thoughts on these kind of posts?

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2 years

Taking off! ✈️✈️ Here's a fun low-angle shot of Sally taken during the production of SUNSHINE! In the background, you can see Warrior, Top Hat and the Duchess. This is the first time we see Sally's underwater chassis. Download👇: #TheTUGSProject ⚓️

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2 years

Happy 4th of July to all our American followers!🇺🇸🎇 To celebrate the day, here's a snapshot of a 4th of July in Bigg City Port! I wonder what the tugs are up to... Enjoy the hot dogs and fireworks! 🌭 Restoration: @JHRawks Download the high-res here!

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3 years

2,000 followers!? Who would've thought! We're thrilled to the moon and back from all the lovely comments, messages, and creativity that has resulted from this project! Here's Simon Parker having a good time- looks a lot like a distinct relative that lives at the Star Pier..!🧐

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2 years

3,000 followers!! You guys are awesome, Thank you so much!! ^_^ ❤️‍🔥⚓️ Here's a special treat for all you, two shots from the notorious cut dock explosion scene from JINXED! Enjoy two clear shots of the gasoline barge that went out with a BANG! 🖌️: @DTNGE

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2 years

"Big Mac is snoozing, but it suddenly woken up"! Love us some night time shots of Bigg City Port, taken during filming of SUNSHINE in 1988! 🌙✨ Where's Ten Cents off to? Restoration🖌️: @JHRawks Download👇:

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3 years

Many of you have asked about the restoration process that goes into our pictures- here is a good example of some of the tedious work that has to go into these cleanup procedures. The polishing was done by me, & the coloring was achieved by @JHRawks , alongside the Big Mac ones!

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3 years

Dinner's ready! 🍴🎄☃️ You'll have fun digesting this one- it's a treatment plan for the episode JINXED TUG. These documents would've been translated into actual shooting (or) dialogue scripts, used for their intended purpose. (1/3)

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2 years

EMERGENCY, EMERGENCY! Here's the one and only Fire Tug - always on standby with his usual companion...Philbert the Bell-buoy? Quite a strange pairing hey? Color work on this by both @DTNGE & @JHRawks . Download the 10K high-res here! 👇 #TheTugsProject ⚓️

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As the Captain of this ship, I couldn't have asked for a better crew to sail the sea with. All the late nights of quality control & pressure for perfection made it all worth it. You guys are great, & to the fans, your enthusiasm made it all worthwhile! Thank you, with love. ❤️⚓️

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3 years

A unique look at the dusting process for the project. All pictures in this project required it to some degree, but some were worse than others. Here's one of the moderate ones. Enjoy!

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Here's another before/after restoration post, featuring one of our more unique challenge pictures. 🖌️ This was a difficult one, as the negatives were stored badly. Achieved by @DTNGE , this particular restoration was done by combining multiple negatives from the same shoot. (1/2)

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3 years

Here's a couple of shots of Burke and Blair's faces in progress! Notice in the picture with the two of them, Blair's glasses are shaped differently to how they turned out. Dusted by myself and colorized by @DTNGE . Download the high-res scans here 🔥🔥:

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2 years

As promised, here is the process of the ZUG tank test restoration- unarguably the hardest photo to tackle in this entire project yet. Tackling this was a collaborative team effort, since it would've been literally impossible to handle alone- our computers would've been killed.

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Here's another before and after comparison, with a side-view of Zebedee! This was quite a challenge to take care of, considering we didn't want to affect any details on the model itself. We're chucking away at new negatives as we speak, keep your eyes open! ⚓️ #TheTugsProject ⚓️

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Lastly, I want to give my sincere thanks to Paul Knight, the man who made all of this possible. Paul, words can't describe the help you've given, & the opportunity for us to grow into multimedia restoration professionals. You're a legend, thank you so much for everything!!

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Joined by them are the hard working @TheTug97 , @FoduckVigilant , & @TheUnluckyTug , who's combined efforts helped with the tedious clean up work, by hand. The results are as clear as a portal to 1987 can get! Big round of applause for a job well done to my brilliant cleanup team!

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The first people I would like to thank are my two Art Directors on this, John Hayes ( @JHRawks ) & Beavis ( @DTNGE ). Without these two and their keen eye for color accuracy, these pictures would look nowhere near as eye-popping, colorful, & gorgeous as they do. Brilliant work boys!

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Slimy ZAK, Zorran's right hand man. He'd love to take over given half the chance! These tank tests were taken in weird lighting, so these look a bit different from the rest. Restoration🖌️: @DTNGE Download the 10K restored files here! #TheTugsProject

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2 years

The quality isn't the greatest on these shots, but you do get a good view of the Ballantines water docks, from several different angles. Restoration achieved by @DTNGE & @JHRawks . Download the hi-res files here! 👇 #TheTugsProject ⚓️

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Any plans for the weekend? Well, aside from enjoying the big bang of New Years, Bluenose can't think what's going on right now. And quite frankly, neither can we. We can't confidently say what happened with this picture, so get creative in the comments! Happy New Year! 🥳

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The two tugboats were built by Paul Knight during his time at DBP Models in 1988. The main difference between these and the screen used ones are a lack of any internal mechanics whatsoever- they're purely static models. Don't you love the classy "trophy stands" on them? 🏆(2/3)

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@JHRawks was responsible for the color, while me and @thetug97 took care of the cleanup procedures. As always, the 10K's are available to download through our Drive folder. We're very happy you're loving all the new content, as we are with restoring & releasing them for you! ❤️

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It's Friday, so here's another fun fact for you! In this territory of "new waters" for the mostly-rookie crew, varying degrees of enthusiasm included.. putting live goldfish in the tank! Needless to say, none of the fish survived, but the story certainly does! #TheTugsProject ☃️❄️

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9 months

Minor technical difficulties with our premiere, we're looking at an estimated ETA of 5:30pm. Thank you for your patience !! 🙇‍♂️

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Caught in 10K! Here's everyone's favorite man of infamy, Zorran. Despite his impure motives, his model looks incredible in these tank test photos. Color work by @DTNGE . Download the 10K high-res here! 👇 #TheTugsProject ⚓️

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In these shots of TB2, you can see some of the references used to build these, including little post cards and photocopies! Super cool to see what it took to build a model with such little reference available at the time! Download the 10K scans here! 👇

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9 months

Correction, the *US SIZZLE REEL BABY! WITH ALL OF THE GRAVY 🔥🔥🔥🔥

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9 months

There are only more chapters to this never ending story, but tonight is the sizzle reel, here in it's glory. Merry Christmas everyone!💚❤️ #TheTUGSProject

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According to Paul Knight, Zorran's mustache was drawn on with Rotring pens, which were very commonly used in the 1980s (and had the benefit of being waterproof)! You can also see the teeth are also separately attached to the face. As far as restoration goes, (2/3)

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Catch our newest reveal at the link below! Merry Christmas everyone!! 🎄🎄

TUGS - Castle Vision Acquisition Launch (June 1988)

TUGS - Castle Vision Acquisition Launch (June 1988)This piece is from a showreel video for Castle Communication's brand new video label, "Castle Vision", whi...

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Sadly, these models are no longer around due to severe damage from touring around to various countries to promote the show. These pictures are the best to exist of these models, restored from the original negatives! You can download them here! 🔥

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BANG! 🎉🎉 Happy New Year everybody! To start off the year, have a shot of Billy Shoepack's inner workings in TRAPPED! You can see the motor used to turn his paddle wheels, and the wiring to give his light power. #TheTugsProject Download👇:

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Tune in tomorrow at 5pm EST to watch our Christmas drop! We thank you for your support over the past year, enjoy this present from us, to you. 🎅 #TheTugsProject ⚓️☃️

TUGS - Castle Vision Acquisition Launch (June 1988)

TUGS - Castle Vision Acquisition Launch (June 1988)This piece is from a showreel video for Castle Communication's brand new video label, "Castle Vision", whi...

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Happy December everyone! ☃️🎅 Here's a picture of lovely Lillie herself. Unfortunately no "tank test" shot exists- this is the only image that was taken during the series of shoots. You can see she's not in the water here. Download👇: #TheTUGSProject ⚓️

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From all of us, to all of you- have a happy and healthy holiday season! 🎄☃️ We can't wait for Christmas, I wonder what Santa's gonna drop down our funnels tomorrow! 🤔 #TheTugsProject ⚓️❄️

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The whistle was built by Chris Lloyd, seen here giving scale to just shows how enormous these models truly were! Restoration was handled by @DTNGE on color, and @thetug97 and I aiding the cleanup. You can download the 10K scans here! 👇 #TheTugsProject

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Hercules is one of the lesser seen characters in the series, and these negatives showcase some of his rarely used faces in greater detail. Some haven't been seen outside promotional pictures sized like a stamp! Can you spot which ones weren't used in the final episodes? (2/3)

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As usually, go ahead and download the 10Ks from the Drive folder, they're a gorgeous treat to see up close! We plan to make a thread documenting the progressing journey of this set of negatives, so keep an eye out for that! Love ye' all! 💛❤️💙 (4) ⚓️ ⚓️

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...and the Fultan Ferry. Due to his width, O.J had functional floating capabilities, however he was clamped and hand-pulled on a chasis like all the other tugs. Playing the "hand of God" in one of these photos is Chris Lloyd, adjusting his hat.

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You may notice some of the Z-Stacks have their red flags from Munitions, which would've been the previous episode in production. Grampus is next to Zorran drinking some good ol' "Star Tugs Coffee"! Download the high-resolution scans here! #TheTugsProject

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What I believe to be the case, is that two Ghost Tugs were made in 1987 alongside the rest. At some point in 1988, these were sprayed black and used as the "Mysteron" Green Eye tugs in PIRATE. These black tugs were given more modifications, which turned into Burke & Blair! (2/3)

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The restoration on these ones were tackled by @DTNGE . I apologize for the lack of posts the past couple of weeks, we've been preparing some super awesome stuff that will be truly worth the wait.. All hands on deck this month! 💪 Download the 10K's here!

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Me and @TheUnluckyTug handled the cleanup, while @JHRawks tackled the extremely challenging color work desperately needed. We've had some help from @MK_Inst , who aided us on removing the awful green shadows that reflected off the walls of DBP's workshop. Thanks Max! (3/4)

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Look at Ten Cents all decorated! Is he discussing his holiday plans with Grampus? He better cut the conversation short, thick headed Bluenose is bound to stick his nose in! 🤫 What sort of plans are you thinking about this holiday season? ☃️ Download👇:

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Chris Lloyd built this one, and his face was sculpted after the likeness of Jeremy King. One detail you may find interesting, is the fact these are all missing their eyelids. Some look more jarring than others with/out them. See if you can spot any unused faces in this thread!

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This set of negatives were arguably the most troublesome pictures we've had to work with to date. We have spent an unbelievable amount of time trying to get these absolutely perfect, with several times calling them "done", only for them to be outdone every time. (2/4)

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Color work done by @JHRawks , and dust work by @DTNGE , @TheUnluckyTug , and myself. As always, please download the high resolution files on our Drive folder! Happy Holidays!! ❄️☃️🎄 #TheTugsProject

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You're also notice in the first photo, Zak is missing his teeth. This exact face is on the model today, believe it or not! Dust work done by me and @thetug97 , with @JHRawks handling color. Please download the 10K scans from the Drive folder! ⚓️🤎⚓️

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