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1/350 USCG Full Hull Vietnam Point Class Cutter
- Thread starter Rhino
- Start date
Cookin' 
Duke Maddog
Well-known member
That last line says it all: "Lots of imagination, music, and laughter!" That's what makes watching this Thread so fantastic!
Very sharp! 
Rhino
Super Moderator
Lower hull plate for the waterline version of the Big Cutter in progress!
I made an impromptu mold with leftover RTV and got a really lousy casting. LOTS of shaping & sanding to do yet.
A better businessman would have just cut the bottom off a full-hull model. :idonno :stinker
Duke Maddog
Well-known member
Wow, those kind of days overflowing with modeling mojo are the best ever! Brilliant work overall! Way to go man.
Rhino
Super Moderator
Construction underway! :frantic
Using a #80 drill, the closed chocks up forward are open, the smaller bollard plates get 2 holes each, for dinky bits of stretched sprue. I highlighted the bollard plates with black, so's I kin see to drill them lil' deevils better! Weps pedestals are going on. If you mount a 20mm, leave the arms on the pedestals. This WPB will sport the Mk.29 mount forward, and .50's on the after deck.
Thanks for looking in!
:salute
Heavens Eagle
Well-known member
That looks really good Chris! The detail is quite sharp and clean! Excellent!
That looks sharp!
Rhino
Super Moderator
This is the short version of an inexorable story.
Another soggy day on the Island of Peegi-Peegi. Rain means MODELING! :yipee
Ready ammo lockers in place. There is a hatch on the front of each one, so care must be taken not to install them backwards. Starboard side box is a good example of how far NOT to sand them, since they cast from the top down.
.50 pedestals installed. One more bollard left to pin. Cabin hatch, crane post and bridge ladder installed!
The "Start" and "Finish" of said main deck house hatch. This I did NOT sand this too far. It required a bit of fitting to get it in place. The block on the front of each is the cast-on "handle" so a Guy can grip it with tweezers to sand/grind/cuss the hatch to the proper thickness. Just clip it off & c/a glue it to the Cutter!
It T'were a Fine day in the Nut Department here on My Island!
Thank you Men, for your kind words and attention!
:salute
ldguy
:captain
Another soggy day on the Island of Peegi-Peegi. Rain means MODELING! :yipee
Ready ammo lockers in place. There is a hatch on the front of each one, so care must be taken not to install them backwards. Starboard side box is a good example of how far NOT to sand them, since they cast from the top down.
.50 pedestals installed. One more bollard left to pin. Cabin hatch, crane post and bridge ladder installed!
The "Start" and "Finish" of said main deck house hatch. This I did NOT sand this too far. It required a bit of fitting to get it in place. The block on the front of each is the cast-on "handle" so a Guy can grip it with tweezers to sand/grind/cuss the hatch to the proper thickness. Just clip it off & c/a glue it to the Cutter!
It T'were a Fine day in the Nut Department here on My Island!
Thank you Men, for your kind words and attention!
:salute
ldguy :captain
:captain
The barrel will be a tad thin don't you think?