1/350 USCG SPC-HWX 52-Foot Motor Lifeboat kit #126

[moon puppy]

Maybe the admirals ski boat?

 

[Rhino]

She's a 32' Chris Craft triple cockpit Barrelback. I'm not so happy with the windscreen. It doesn't look very 1938-ish. Fuel fillers and exhaust pipes will see this 1/350 scale speedboat Master ready to mold.

 

[Brokeneagle]

Looks great!

 

[Rhino]

This morning I cast the new waterline mold for the 1/350 SPC-HWX 52 and my huge water/fuel tank. Along with some Old (?) Faithful molds. 4 more minutes of 60 psi pressure pot to go!

Stay tuned, Brothers! More exciting news is sure to come!

 

[Rhino]

I never wanted to make a waterline version of the HWX-SPC, and yet, here we are. Kit 126 will include both versions, a 12-foot fishing boat and a Chris Craft Triple cockpit Runabout. (Because I hadn't decided where they belonged when I made the Masters.)

 

[Rhino]

The 1/350 Chris Craft came out swell! I also molded the chubby, cute Chibi-Maru triple cockpit runabout from a previous failed mold. God alone knows why, but I now produce the only one!

 

[paddy]

I had to look up chris craft as its not a name i have heard. I love those classic wooden deck speed boats . Hows this for a model, 33 inch so a bit bigger than yours

 

[Rhino]

She's a beauty! Nothing rides like a wooden boat!

 

[moon puppy]

An old buddy of mine married a gal who's father built a Chris Craft from the kit they offered years ago. They even had the spare mahogany plug dowls stored away. Mid engine and I want to say it was like a double cockpit, rumble seat like.

 

[Rhino]

An old buddy of mine married a gal who's father built a Chris Craft from the kit they offered years ago. They even had the spare mahogany plug dowls stored away. Mid engine and I want to say it was like a double cockpit, rumble seat like.

The Barrelback Runabout was configured like that. I think the "Barrelback Racers" had twin cockpits close together with the engine bay astern (in the back of the boat.) A better description can be found than my limited recollections.

Chris-Craft Boats - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[moon puppy]

It was definitely a mid mounted motor because we had to stop in the dead of night in the middle of Lake Sinclair and lift the cover to do something with the carb. May not have been a double cab, maybe one could go from the back but the bow was completely covered, no bow riders. I remember sitting the back chatting up some gal and no one could hear us.

 

[Rhino]

I thought the 1/350 scale USCG HWX-SPC 52 deserved some love today. The kit stern railing isn't as much fuss as one might think. The smallest copper rod I have for the forward radio whip is .008" 2.8 scale inches in diameter. Whaddyagonna do?

Instructions progress.

I kinda painted myself into a corner when I used all the RTV mold silicone in one shot. This generated LPP castings for what amounts to 4 new kits, and screws up my one-at-a-time model kit procedure.

 

[moon puppy]

That's a fine looking ship, that last line got me lost though.

 

[Rhino]

Ever forward, 'the Elephant" is being lessened, one bite at a time.

The menial labor of casting and assembling complete kits goes ever forward.

Decals bear revision. The Intrepid script on the stern is in doubt. The USCG crest should be higher on the bow. The boat number bears emboldening and enlarging by bit, but these laid down so well, I kept going. This is more fun than the other chores of TLAR Models. 1/350 scale is easy!

 

[centaur567]

Top notch!! Gary S.

 

[moon puppy]

Looks great.

 

[Heavens Eagle]

Found this Chris thought you might like it.