1/700 Asheville Class Patrol Gunboat

[Rhino]

Asheville Class Patrol Gunboat. 1/700 scale. I'm still stuck in Teeny Gear!
Moderators, will this count? Might be a first ribbon, if so! :skipper

 

[Rhino]

I've always been interested in a 1/700 USS Defiance, Remember the cool, old, 1/130 (?) revell kit? In any case, I found the 1/700 scale, waterline, resin, model, from Dave Gregory @ PT Dockyards. The price is VERY reasonable. The service is GOOD! She needs a wee bit of massaging, but should make a fine lil' PG! Watch & see!! :drinks :drunk

1975 Med criuse pictures show 2 prominent exhaust stacks for the diesel engines. The big stack in the middle is the exhaust for the GE Turbine, that powered Asheville's up 40 knots, for short distances. I smushed some brass tube, and did a bit of cordless dremel surgery. They look more like jet tailpipes. I may reconfigure

 

[moon puppy]

I'm more shocked that phone is still working.

Don't close it! Yes this will work.

 

[DioRandy]

Is there a model there somewhere? I can't see it.

 

[Rhino]

OOPS! :tomato

Hey! It's been a while since I posted much of anything! :stinker

This what I'm hoping for, only dinkier!!

 

[Rhino]

Don't you razz MY Phone! It still makes & receives phone calls, and sends the fragmented Text! (really slowly). ldguy

 

[moon puppy]

I didn't know the calendar went this high, figure it would have blown up on Y2k

 

[Hippy Ed]

I didn't know the calendar went this high, figure it would have blown up on Y2k

Looks like an interesting build... :hmmm

 

[surfsup]

Man she is small. Thought I was crazy.........

 

[Hippy Ed]

Man she is small. Thought I was crazy.........

 

[Gator]

Man she is small. Thought I was crazy.........

No, crazy is putting a making a cockpit for a 1/350 IJN Seiran floatplane. :gogo

 

[Hippy Ed]

Man she is small. Thought I was crazy.........

No, crazy is putting a making a cockpit for a 1/350 IJN Seiran floatplane. :gogo

 

[lupanzer]

Cool!

Luiz

 

[jknaus]

So tiny
James

 

[Rhino]

I tinkered with the sheer line of the hull, and added my oversized diesel exhausts. (which are incorrect! :idonno )
And decided to womp up an RTV Mold, so I could replicate the corrected Hull.
Anyone wanna see how I make my RTV Molds & Resin cast copies? :drinks

 

[phantom II]

That thing could never cross the Nile river. I don't care what side the mummies are on .

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[Hippy Ed]

I tinkered with the sheer line of the hull, and added my oversized diesel exhausts. (which are incorrect! :idonno )
And decided to womp up an RTV Mold, so I could replicate the corrected Hull.
Anyone wanna see how I make my RTV Molds & Resin cast copies? :drinks

That'll be interesting to see.... :hmmm :hmmm

 

[moon puppy]

Anyone wanna see how I make my RTV Molds & Resin cast copies? :drinks

What you think? :smack

 

[Rhino]

K! I put the RTV Mold/ Resin Casting tutorial in Sprue U! :drinks
Happy Model Day!! :skipper

 

[Duke Maddog]

Thanks Rhino! I may not do anything like that for awhile, but I love learning new things so I'll be checking it out and reading it closely.