1/350 USCG Full Hull Vietnam Point Class Cutter

[Iron Mike]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9wmWZbr_wQ



:drinks

 

[moon puppy]

Cookin'

 

[Duke Maddog]

That last line says it all: "Lots of imagination, music, and laughter!" That's what makes watching this Thread so fantastic!

 

[Rhino]

Contrast picture.

Starting general purpose hull & 82' Cutter.

 

[moon puppy]

Very sharp!

 

[Rhino]

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

 

[moon puppy]

 

[Rhino]

The decals for the Big Cutter came today! 29 Vietnam wartime and peacetime USCG Point Class WPB options!
:captain :salute

 

[Rhino]

Ok. Why I can't say, but TLAR Models kit #118 will now be a 2-Cutter set.
A Full-Hull model, and a waterline version, with lower hull plate.

The Waterline lower hull version gets molded tomorrow. Or rather, later on today!
It's been a fine day for Model Mojo!

 

[Iron Mike]

As long as you're having fun. :drinks

 

[moon puppy]

 

[Duke Maddog]

Wow, those kind of days overflowing with modeling mojo are the best ever! Brilliant work overall! Way to go man.

 

[Rhino]

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]

That looks really good Chris! The detail is quite sharp and clean! Excellent!

 

[moon puppy]

That looks sharp!

 

[Rhino]

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

 

[moon puppy]

:captain

 

[Rhino]

Struts & bearings were less of a PIA to trim/grind/sand/install than expected.

Today was Mast Day.

16 foot Boston Whaler with 50 HP outboard motor. I mastered the outboard over-sized. If YOUR Whaler wants to have an 80HP motor, She may have it!

Thanks for looking in!

 

[Rhino]

While on vacation, I bemoaned the fact that 1/350 M2 .50 caliber air-cooled guns are hard to find......

Master Mike says "Make one."
The 5 1/2 inch scale thickness ammo box might be a tad small. :idonno

I've go another idea just in case!

 

[moon puppy]

The barrel will be a tad thin don't you think?