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It was a very productive Cutter Tuesday! I figger it's time to start working on decals. My kit mast will not fit the way the actual one does, and mine is one section too tall, but it will have to serve. The idea is to have fun building rather than pursuing perfection nobody truly ever...

That's just cool! :good:

Decals progress on USS Guitarro for Tom. I would comment that the MicrOMir decals that come with the kit are excellent. Thin and opaque, but still respond well to Solva-Set. When I find suitable 655's for the sail, decals will be finished! I hope CPO White is pleased. He was expecting a...

Initial flat white paint for the 1/350 USCG Island class cutter kit. This is the "Leave it alone until the paint cures." part that I'm really not good at! There are a few tiny flaws in the hull, but rather than striving for the perfect cutter, I chose to focus on the fun of building this kit...

Primer job on the 1/350 USCG Island class WPB, rescue boat and 25mm gun, and Cape Island lobster boat. You can see how nicely capillary action pulled the Future into the teeny gap between the hull and superstructure of the 110. She'll rest overnight before any more paint work is done, but the...

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Metallizer sealer clear on and a start on decals for Tom's Boat. Yes, each letter and digit for USS Guitarro is a separate decal. These are Back Aft Models excellent 1/700 yard craft decals. Apply each one, Solv-A-Set and take a break. The Testors Metallizer sealer darkened the gray paint...

Remember JAG Collective Model kits? Probably the "Gold Standard" of resin waterline warship models and aircraft of all time. Alan Smith said once "If we charged a price that reflected all the time involved in producing our accurate, quality model kits, nobody would be able to afford them."...

Thanks Guys. As fond as I am of the Yukon gold rush "fire canoes", I am starting no new model ship projects at this time. I was cleaning, sorting and marking just a smattering of 10+ years of RTV molds in an effort to bring some overdue order to the "Nut Department" tonight when the...

I am well pleased with how the 1/350 Island class cutter molds cast. I went to work on the box art model right away. I'll give her a bath and spray the reefer gray primer yet tonight. The dome antenna mold from the 210' kit will be returned to service for the WPB kit as production goes...

The paddle wheel frame didn't cast too badly. The Indian 28-foot war canoe Master came out pretty nice as well. :hmm:

I know. But all y'all know how I am about this many doors and winders on this part and how many bitts go here......:bang head

We know that every (1) Sternwheeler model kit begins with a plausible paddlewheel. SS Whitehorse' 1/700 paddlewheel hub measure .3 inches. SS Clifford Sifton lacks any deck plan drawing, but it follows that a 1/350 paddlewheel might be twice the size of the 1/700 unit. This hub is a hair...

1/350 scale USCG Island class WPB major assemblies, Cape Island lobster boat, 25' MSB, and Mk. 38 cannon. The round mold contains my Dad's old 16' Larsen ski boat, the cutter's rescue boat and outboard, SATCOM domes, extra equipment lockers, and a few scale 55 gallon barrels. You always get...

I love the clothing from that era. Gentlemen and ladies were easily identifiable.

Welcome to a most eclectic group of model makers and plastic perusers! If you make tanks (You're welcome!) you will find yourself in very good company. To your dismay, you may find the red doors have been painted here, Sir! Do you belong to an IPMS Chapter? Whatcha workin' on now? Where do...

CGC Knight Island in a well-lit daylight snap! Not near as much firefighting plumbing to do on her portside. I've got the hull pretty much the way I want it. It looks a mess now, bur she'll be much more pleasing to the eye when she's cast in cool gray LPP. I'm hoping the life raft...

A 1/350 project would make sense. 4.10 inches long X .8 inch beam would be manageable for a boat this size. :bm: Based on SS Whitehorse sales data, such a kit would seem less than popular.

Here's a dandy snap of CGC Orcas. Her afterdeck is a busy place, indeed! This will help with placement of details as the ship nears molding. No, I won't be making any bloody 1/350 Wheelie-bins. Orcas looks as if she is standing out to sea for a cruise of some length. (Credit to Military...

I'll gladly take the 1/350 OHP FFG off your hands. :salute: