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  1. 1:48 mufflers for early Elco 80-footers

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    Hi Guys,

     

    I ordered the 1:48 mufflers for the Elco eighty-footer from the vendor known as HOLDEN8702 (Luis) from Shapeways in 3-D for the last project which Stan Pienkowski will do for me.

     

    The project (the Merit 1:48 early Elco eighty-footer) will depict PT-191, the "Bambi" in late-44/1945.

     

    The mufflers are impressive.

     

    Tim

  2. Book on the USCG 83-foot Cutters in World War II

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    Hi Guys,






    Well, ... thanks to comments that I received from Al Bubnis and from Dr. Al Ross; I resized, revamped and corrected my 83-foot cutter book - and while I was doing that, Dan Withers, who owns the CG-83527 sent me additional material to include in the text and I did.






    The book went "live" again last week - on Amazon and CreateSpace ... just now, I received the five copies which I will send to the IPMS JOURNAL (to have it reviewed), the USCG Academy's library and the US Naval Academy and the USCG museum in Barnstable, MA .






    I've got to say, the revamped book really impressed me. The larger format really improves it greatly.

  4. Lindberg's USAF Rescue Boat

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    Stan finished my Lindberg 95-foot USAF ASRB as an USN Beach Jumper boat from the 1960s. Chip Marshall, who is an excellent researcher, and a good friend helped me with the info on the one former USAF boat which the navy used as a Beach Jumper boat.


    The two twin-20mms, the radar and the figures are all from SHAPEWAYS. The flag is from AMP (Accurate Model Parts). The props, struts, shafts and rudders came from a Revell PT-109 kit.


    The kit is old, un-detailed and extremely inaccurate - but - thanks to Stan's unbelievable modeling skills, it came out better than I thought it would.


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    Tim

  5. Book on the USCG 83-foot Cutters in World War II

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    Thanks to Al Bubnis' comments, I've resized the book to an 8.5 X 11 format and realigned the drawings which Al had issues with ... making the book bigger did make the print bigger and religning the drawings somewhat enlarged the drawings and I fixed the color issues and added a few more photos. Unfortunately, as I feared; the price rose from $15.00 to $16.83. When it is "active" for sales - I will alert you.


    Tim

  7. Lindberg's USAF Rescue Boat

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    Ya know, Guys?

     

    I've got to tell you.

     

    Each time I go over to Stan's to watch him build this model, I can't believe how inaccurate this kit actually is ...

     

    I mean, the hull is too short. I'm kicking myself now that I didn't have him insert plugs into the hull and deck to get the model to the correct length.

     

    The kit guns were jokes ... there was nothing in the cockpit and even though the scratch-built details in the cockpit are not exactly "historically accurate" or remotely accurate, it did/does "improve" it greatly.

     

    Tim

  8. Lindberg's USAF Rescue Boat

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    Went to Stan's today. He put the railings on, using black nylon thread, he glued the radar on, and the guns, but needs to paint the sights. He put three shafts, props and rudders on - using three each from a Revell PT-109 kit ... He put the flag (from AMP) on ... he painted the figures. Once everything is glued, touched up and all that - he'll Dullcote it and it should be done next week.


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    Tim

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  11. Book on the USCG 83-foot Cutters in World War II

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    Here's a review of the book:

    Book Review

     

    Sub Busters: Wheeler Built 83-foot Patrol Cutters in World War II

    Author: Tim Connelly

     

    As an obsessed student of WW II since childhood, the truism stands valid; no matter how much one studies, devours, learns, understands, there is always “more” out there about what was arguably the largest single “event” in human history, simultaneously encompassing the entire globe and leaving residuals and repercussions which continue to affect humanity. Those fateful years of about 1930 to 1950 left indelible marks, benefits…and scars.

    Occasionally, untapped subjects and new information arises about the era, refreshing “breaths of fresh air” from endlessly rehashed, even “trite” streams of data on Messerschmitt Bf 109s, Tiger tanks and the battleship Yamato.

    Such a 2016 Spring whiff of fresh air is well-known author on small naval units, Tim Connelly’s latest literary effort, Sub Busters: Wheeler-Built 83-foot Patrol Cutters in World War II, a welcome piece of veritably untapped material about The War.

    Continually amazing to this admittedly jaded point-of-view is how enormous, focused whelming and efficient, was USA design, procurement and production of war material in that fateful era (roughly 1939 to 1946), totally without computers!!!!!

    A well-known accomplishment of American industry during WW II was constructing a mighty-beyond-description fleet which in size and capability, exceeded the combined navies of the rest of the world.

    While students of US WW II naval matters freely acknowledge; the aircraft carriers, submarines, destroyers, escorts, cruisers, battleships, fleet and T-2 oilers, LSTs, Liberty / Victory ships and Landing Ship Tanks (LSTs) DID the really big jobs of winning the war at sea…

    …veritably no “print and plastic” is devoted, reference material and model-kits-wise, to the VAST “supporting cast” which is always in the “popular ships’” shadow.

    One such largely unknown type is this book’s subject, the humble 83-foot Patrol Cutters, an American contemporary of the Royal Navy’s Fairmile Motor Launches.

    Tim Connelly applied his fascination with small combatant watercraft and skills as researcher to this latest tome, probably the only current book on the subject. THIS is the definition of NEW material!

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    Summary and spoiler alert: the 83-foot Patrol Cutters were the result of frantic expediency, built fast and in substantial number (230 !!!! plus a few more for the USN) for the US Coast Guard (though many served under other flags). Constructed of wood, all by the same builder, to the same general design…all are now gone, save one museum-boat.

    While the 83-footers were in service, though they did not sink any Japanese battleships or rid the seas of predatory U-Boote, the “matchstick fleet” performed unsung, locally vital service, in both theatres of The War. Coastal escort, harbour patrol, inshore patrol, rescue, distress-assistance, landing craft control, submarine-hunting; all were among the little boats’ and their young US Coast Guard’s crewmen’s duties.

    Author expertise with small naval units and skills as researcher-presenter comes through in a concise, informative volume garnished throughout with tasty, juicy photos, drawings, plans, lists and yummy, informative text (especially about the boats at Normandy).

    C’mon, like where else are y’ gonna get multiple illustrations of and data about a Maxim-Nordenfeldt 1-Pounder (originally planned as “main battery”), 7.2-inch rocket on a Mousetrap launcher or Mk VI Depth Charge? Or pics and specs of Hall-Scott Defender or Sterling Viking II, 600 HP gasoline engines?

    And check this out; a looonnng list of the boats and bits on their history and fate!

    All in the same place!? Right in this book; nowhere else.

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    Before you now-subject-inspired watercraft modelers raise your X-Acto-scarred hands to ask where to get a kit of these interesting little craft, here’s that previously-advertised spoiler; there are no kits of a Wheeler 83-footer. Sorry. Hard cheese, there. However, lose ye not hope (let alone, screw up your faces and cry); the old Lindberg 95-foot Coast Guard Patrol boat in 1/82 scale is not impossible for a veteran plastic-eer ship modeler (y’ gotta boldly go far beyond being a “kit-assembler”) to convert into a reasonable 1/72 Wheeler 83-footer.

    Or, because the subject is so interesting, a scratchbuild of a Wheeler 83-Footer would sure get a gob of attention at IPMS Nats or any other exhibition of nautical pretties!

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    Cost for Tim Connelly’s fascinating tome is $15.00, not much more than you’d plop down for a decent-oid fast food cheeseburger, fries and soft drink. This book has a health benefit, too. Really. It’ll last much longer in your hand and feed your insatiable appetite for floaty-stuff info, not push out that waistline.

     

    Specifics so you can purchase this fine bit of nautical WW II history on a tres’ unique boatsy subject? Here y’ go.

     

    Sub Busters: Wheeler Built 83-foot Patrol Cutters in World War II

    By Tim Connelly

    Available through http://www.amazon.com/Sub-Busters-USCGs-83-foot-Cutters/dp/1530417546/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1459117453&sr=8-1&keywords=tim+connelly

    7.44" x 9.69" (18.90 x 24.61 cm)

    Black & White on White paper 74 pages

    ISBN-13: 9781530417544

    ISBN-10: 1530417546

     

    Review© March, 2016

    by James Hood

    Author, Adventure—Into The Neverland

  12. Lindberg's USAF Rescue Boat

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    Bob,

     

    Hi.

     

    Well, I'll tell y'all. I went over on Thursday. And there was a mix up. Stan forgot to call to cancel. He had the oilburner guy over to repair his oilburner. Where the oilburner is - is right where I sit in my wheelchair at Stan's worktable ... Oh well.

     

    Next week, I hope the figures are painted ...

  15. HobbyBoss 1:72 P-39N Airacobra

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    Hello Freddie,

     

    Firstly, a HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE thank you for sounding in ...

     

    Secondly, I'm not, on the whole, a rivet-counter. I am - up to a point, if I choose to have a model shown and all that. However, in this case, the model, once built, will not ever be shown in a show or contest. It'll be built solely for my own enjoyment and viewing.

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