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1/700 MV Wild Goose. John Wayne's Yacht '62-'79. TLAR #124

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The little shorty ladders go to the bridge hatches on both sides and the one long ladder to the observation deck goes on the starboard side. It was time to work on something for profit for a bit.
 
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The kit includes a p/e bit for the swim platform. (The stern ladder is molded on the ship!) But I didn't like it, so I used a scrap piece of wood deckling that was lying about the desk. I might advise sanding the stern of the speedboat a little shorter. A 16-footer would be just about right.
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The Yard Minesweeper got herself some love today as well. A 3D-printed Mk. 2 3". 50 caliber cannon will be issued with the US Navy YMS-1.
2 p/e 20mm guns, mast and ladder section make up the rest of the 136-footer metal parts.

People like me with NOD (Nautical Oddity Disorder) get a lot of mileage out of the 1/700 scale YMS-1 platform. Wild Goose and her far-away sister, Calypso were both converted from these handy, wooden-hulled, little ships.

The 45' dive boats got a light gray wash. The air tanks would be metallic, but a swipe with a #2 pencil should take care of this. I didn't cast anything at all today.
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Thanks fer (sigh)................lookin' in, Pilgrim.
 
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