Revell 1/48 US Navy Swift Boat (PCF)

Nice crisp,clean build of an interesting subject. Well done.

Hi ;

  I took mine and did it the same way so I would have a " Patrol Craft , Fast " then I took another and converted it to an offshore oil rig crew boat !

 This one even lends itself to conversion to many more crafts . This kit was originally one of three types that MONOGRAM did .The PCF , the Command Junk and the RAG Boat  T.B.

Thank you very much for the commets on this one templar and tank-builder ! Would make a nice USCG boat also I would think.

Dash

Aha ;

 Now you get the picture . I think the C.G. had a few . Not sure though .  T.B.

That would be when CG was still part of Treasure, and before they moved to Transportation (where they were in my time).

I want to remember learning at Little Creek that CG crewed some Market Garden, but I also want to remember that their primary vessel was 80' cutters.

I never cared for the way Monogram handled the glazin on this kit., but, it is what it is.

The after cabin windows, in actual practice, were nearly always replaced with plywood in Naval service.  If one wants one of those details .  The guns wer typically under canvas coversunless immediate action was expected, too.

Ah;

  I think I saw some with panels locked in place on the River once while Boots on the ground in the Nam . This way the whole back cabin was the black hole .  T.B.