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1/700 USS Entemedor, SS-340 Balao class GUPPY IIa 3D printed Model Kit.

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I am pleased to announce the release of TLAR Models 1/700 US Navy cold war "Attack From the Sea" Seaplane and boat set #518A!
Just in time for the Christmas gift giving season!
Do you know a model maker afflicted with Nautical Oddities Disorder? This is the perfect treatment!

Also, the 1/700 Alpha numeric decal sheets have been restocked so you may apply the appropriate squadron codes and aircraft numbers to your shiny, new waterline scale Navy airplanes.
Don't hesitate! Quantities are limited!
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Packaging and kit contents! :yipee:
Once again, The Esoteric from The Eccentric, since 2015!
 
You know that whole "NO NEW Stuff until all these other projects are FRIGGIN' FINISHED" motif I claimed I was sticking too?
Yeah. yeah. Sheyit. :facepalm:

One of our Club and M/A members wanted to know where the Venezuelan Narco boat was. Out of courtesy I contacted my Oracle of all things US Coast Guard to see if he knew, or knew anyone that knew, how big these overpowered wave-carving, high-speed unlicensed pharmaceutical barges are. Guess the rest?
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A 60-foot boat is 2.05" in 1/350 scale. Her beam is .512 inches. These AGM-64 worthy vessels vary from 42' to 60' LOA. Mine's the big one! She'll be molded and cast on-the-step, at speed, like the 93-foot offshore powerboat in the the 1/350 scale 3 mile limit kit.
I saw a video of a fleet of these Monstro-del-Mar boats at anchor. The bow profile looks like a guillotine!
A ton of 1/350 barrels and 5 or 6 200 hp outboards will need molded. USCG HITRON Dolphin and Seahawk helicopters are going to be busy!

Fun fact: 1/350 scale 55-gallon drums are the same size as 1/35 beer cans. I was planning to include these in the new 1/35 scale Wehrmacht stowage set anyway. (I know, I swore that TLAR Models kit was shelved. I'm an Oak.)

I stopped here tonight to make my Sweetie savory spaghetti supper. Well, and to tend Bar for our Happy Hour! 12 inches of snow on the way tomorrow morning!! :yipee:
It's been a good day! A damn good day!
 
Interesting! I can see all kinds of ways to show this beastie going BOOM! That could be a fun build. Weather folks agree or not, "My Opinion" is that anyone with distribution amounts of the "Evil Chemicals" should get the long sleep as there WILL be people harmed from those chemicals.

So, no personal problem with these boats going BOOM.

Spaghetti! YUMMM!
 
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Bottom contours are shaping up. , 6 outboards and 40 barrels. That should do it. I s'pose this will be in the 1/350 boat set I was considering. Looks like its on now!
 
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Before and after Dullcote. The finish for kit #518B (boats) draws ever closer! Only 6 inches of fresh powder fell here after I circulated a vicious rumor at school about the coming of 10 to 12 inches of snow. Ain't I a stinker? :stinker:
 
They look good. Still too darned small though. Lots of snow here, but the killer was the -30C with -40C windchill. Thats -22F. My son got back from TD at midnight and I went and got him and delivered him to his place. Cold Late night.
James
 
They look good. Still too darned small though. Lots of snow here, but the killer was the -30C with -40C windchill. Thats -22F. My son got back from TD at midnight and I went and got him and delivered him to his place. Cold Late night.
James
My frosty friend, the name of your town is "Cold Lake" is it not? What's in a name, I wunda?
Ain't no "Sunnyvale" in Canadia.:lol:
 
I got the listing started, in anticipation of the upcoming kit release.
 
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