The model is a detailed easy to build kit of the U.S. Army "ST" (small tug) type tug boat. These were produced for World War II and many survive today. Working on the Great Lakes is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers tug Forney and the William C. Selvick. The Gaelic Tug Boat Company of Detroit operated the Kilkenny in the 1970's which was one of these tugs.



This site tells about turning this model into R/C This site is well worth a look:

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This is a nice little tug! Being that I live in "The Great Lake State", I do have a lot of opportunities to go down to the Detroit river and see what is going by. Mostly freighters, but still very interesting.

This might serve as a nice project for my son. Thanks for sharing the info.