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                        Long Time Modeler, 1st Time Boat Builder..

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                        Hans von Hammer
                        • Member since
                          June 2008
                        • From: Iowa
                        Long Time Modeler, 1st Time Boat Builder..
                        Posted by Hans von Hammer on Saturday, March 21, 2009 2:22 PM

                        Howdy, y'all... Just a couple quick Q's on the Dragon 1/35th "Nam Series" LSSC...

                        Rather than doing a typical "bang-bang shoot 'em up" dio with this kit, I'd like to show it tied up at the dock and getting something done to it, maintenence-wise, like an engine being replaced or the radar getting servoced, but have no idea where to look on-line for the radar, and I have ZERO knowledge in marine engines...

                        The other question is where exactly did these boats operate in Vietnam? Were they most common in the Delta or go farther North?  And what types of support facilites did the Navy have for them?

                         

                        Thanks in advance..

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                        tankerbuilder
                        • Member since
                          August 2008
                        Posted by tankerbuilder on Saturday, March 21, 2009 2:50 PM
                        the engines were either greymarine or g.m. the radars and such can be found on the pages of ads on yachting magazine i do believe they might heve been v8 engines but the old tried and true g.m.c. 671 /6 cylinder were probably used . it was and still is a dependable old warhorse       tankerbuilder    the operations area were the delta and rarely up the river on special missions . if my memory serves the facilities for repair quickly became catch as can necause the best places to do maintenance was well behind our lines .
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                        rokket
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                          February 2005
                        • From: Australia
                        Posted by rokket on Saturday, April 4, 2009 2:03 AM
                        Hope to see some pix as you go, sounds like a good dio!
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                        Gamewarden5
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                          April 2007
                        • From: Hubert, NC
                        Posted by Gamewarden5 on Saturday, April 4, 2009 9:42 PM

                        Hammer,

                        Give this site a shot http://www.warboats.org/lssc.htm

                        There is some general information about engines with a couple of schematic drawings.

                        Brian

                        Member: IPMS region 12 Eastern Carolina Plastic Modelers On the Bench: 1/72 Revell of Germany ATF Dingo 1/87th Lindbergh Tug Boat Life is full of choices, make one. Train easy, fight hard and die or Train hard, fight easy and live. Heroes stand on the shoulders of men greater than themselves.
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