1/350 & 1/700 USCG 41-Foot Utility Boat

[Rhino]

Got started!

Basic hull & deck house shapes.

Winches & other details. These little boats were the unsung workhorses of the USCG. They didn't have names, just hull numbers that started with 41 and their home coast guard station on the stern. If memory serves, the final 41 to retire was in Grand Haven MI (I've actually been there) just a few years ago. The 41 UTB first went to work in 1975. A rugged, reliable, little Boat! Enough power to tow a disabled fishing boat or to run flat-out, even in HORRIBLE sea-states at Her top speed of 26 knots.

Black Sharpie on the bow, to make getting the shape "just so" easier to see! :drinks

Faithful Waldron punch set makes hatches. Sanding part of the round disc makes the oval hatch!

With my dividers, ruler & calculator close at hand, It is much more efficient to make both scales at the same time!
No Men, I'm not making a full-hull version of the US Coast Guard 41 UTB in either scale at this time!
I'm not so selfish I'll make just one of each. I know not every modeler is interested in USCG subjects, but I'll womp up a few more, just in case!

Thanks for looking in!! :salute

 

[Iron Mike]

Carry on. :captain

 

[moon puppy]

 

[Rhino]

Once I swore after the full hull 82, I wouldn't do lower hulls. Based on the pleasing curved lines and simple utility of this project, The TLAR research dept. suggests making the 1/350 41 a lower-hull plate. :bangs hea

So I encouraged Production to make it so. The USS Alabama Museum in Mobile, Alabama has a USCG 41 on a trailer on display in their facility.

Shafts, bearings & rudders going forward. The 1/350 waterline 41 UTB is mounted on her molding base as well.

Just because She's small, doesn't mean TLAR will scrimp on details for the 1/700 version. AND I learned a new trick to apply tiny p/e hatches! :yipee

(TIP! Flatten the end of a toothpick moisten the flat end. Surface tension holds the bitty p/e part to the toothpick! A little smear of Future, and stick it down.)
Springtime is Molding season!

Thanks for looking in!! :salute

 

[Iron Mike]

:captain

 

[Rhino]

One should never waste space in a mold! It's been a lousy weather day here. Rain/Snow/Ice mix.
It has been a fine day for Modeling! USCG 41 UTB's, 1/350 32-foot lobster boat, 1/700 110 foot freezer trawler, dingy, and retooled USCG 25 RB-S boat.

 

[Iron Mike]

Wow,someone has been busy. :skipper

 

[moon puppy]

 

[Rhino]

I have a lot of projects going on.
I've been eyeing my 1/700 USS Clamagore, SS-343 and considering scribing Her main deck.
After that I could fit Her brake lights.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/fl-reg-clamagore-update-20171120-story.html

Next work on USS Tigerfish, SSN-509, which oddly enough is the same class of US Navy submarine as the Gray Ghost of the Florida Coast, sans the mine-finding PUFFS sonar.

That set will include a 1/700 Martin P6M-5 SeaMaster jet seaplane, to commemorate the 1950's US Navy program to experiment with refueling recon flying boats from submarines. Not unlike the DKM in WWII, but FASTER!!
Noisier too!!

 

[phantom II]

Wow dude ! You really have a fixation with small objects, which by the way contradicts other pictures that you have posted

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[Rhino]

We, all of us have our quirks, don't you agree? :idonno
There is every possibility I may be more contrary than I once expected. :hmmm
I molded Mold #3 for the 1/350 WPB tonight INSTEAD of casting 41's.
I have no expectation of a Micro-Modeler's Month ribbon.

Rest assured, my Friends, I am underway upon a glassy Sea. Making fine headway.
Having sailed off the Chart I have no idea whence I am bound. Lost, but making good time!
:yipee ldguy :salute

 

[Rhino]

First casting of the USCG 41 UTB set. I am well pleased with how the molds produce. Even the 1/700 41 is crisp and nicely shaped!
This was a divided mold in a single box. These little clear plastic containers ROCK!
During construction of the Master with all the different colors & compounds used to shape, highlight and sand, it isn't easy to appreciate the lines of this little Coast Guard workhorse!

The 110 foot Freezer Trawler was in there too!
TLAR Models. The Esoteric from The Eccentric!

 

[moon puppy]

Looks sharp!

 

[Iron Mike]

sharp indeed. Tick tock. :frantic

 

[Rhino]

Courtesy of the Deck Officer at US Coast Guard Station Destin, which is actually on Okaloosa Island Florida.
Detail pictures of their gate guardian 41' UTB

 

[moon puppy]

It's a waterline version!

 

[Iron Mike]

Nice! Glad you made it home safe and sound. :dude

:drinks

 

[Rhino]

Some years back, My Uncle Gene and some interested kids were guests at US Coast Guard Station Destin.
In the foreground is a 36' Motor Lifeboat. At the next berth, through the open space is the 41' UTB, in Her heyday, ready for action!

 

[Duke Maddog]

Oh man, you're making me homesick again! I miss Destin!

 

[Rhino]

While I was there, AJ's Oyster Bar burned to the ground on Okaloosa Island.

It smelled like the Line-dance class at the retirement home had caught fire. From Fort Walton Beach the smoke was still visible.
:stinker