Lindberg 1:82 USCG Cape Class

Really first-rate job on a challenging old kit! Looks very well done.

Just as a heads-up---re your fabric flag mention---check out a line called BECC. They do real fabric flags in a dizzying variety of types and sizes, including USCG. I don't believe they sell direct, but they should be available through vendors like Model Dockyard and Loyalhanna.

Cheers

gregbale

Really first-rate job on a challenging old kit! Looks very well done.

Many thanks for the compliment,appreciated and will check out Becc, could be what the doctor ordered.

Really a nice model you have done. The painting, weathering & railing are great. My son in laws dad was Coast Guard Accademy & a pilot on the Panama Canal. He's retired now. Show us some more.

Thanks Gene 1, I'm hoping it's not overdone,as I have a tendency to be pretty heavy handed. I generally don't think to take pics during the work stages so I'm left with the finished product, and lucky to get  few that are viewable. Spent a lot of time in Panama when they widened the canal,wonder what the pilot would think of it.

gene1

Really a nice model you have done. The painting, weathering & railing are great. My son in laws dad was Coast Guard Accademy & a pilot on the Panama Canal. He's retired now. Show us some more.

Looks great!

What I do on those decal flags is scan, then print them on bond paper.  But before I print, I use my graphics program to make a mirror image, and butt that to the original image, halyard side to halyard side. After printout, I crease at that joint line, put a piece of thread in the joint, and glue the halves together with white glue.  That makes the paper pretty soft, so I can bend in some ripples.  After it is dry the ripples remain.  Handle it carefully- some inkjet inks can smear pretty easily when the paper is wet.

Templar1099 ;

 Hi !

  Well , this is the kit I brag on for accuracy . Rough , but right . The bad thing about it is typical Lindberg . Weld lines big enough that you would trip over them .

 That said , You did a nice job on weathering .Oh ! About that cabin to deck seam .Most modelers of ships do know that the reason for that is this vessel , is what was one of Lindberg's Best " Motorized " Kits . She was good looking and could go too . 

 I still use them for cut-aways for specific clients and friends . I also use them for 50s era Mega -Yacht conversions . Old fashioned vertical bulkheads and lots of brightwork ( Polished Wood , NOT BRASS ! ) and kick butt interiors . Visible through those great large windows .

 What really catches everyone's eye .The wood is real Mahogany and Ash , as well as Oak , skived to thickness and overlaid on Both sides of .010 sheet plastic . The polished Wood Transom with planks of slightly differing shades . Not really noticeable till you turn them toward the sunlight .

 Polished to a high sheen and lettered in gold leaf outlined in black . The gold as well , is clearcoated . Props in the static kit are a teensy small . Still , Can you do another ? You did great on this one and I'd like to see how you do , when you ramp it up . I believe the answer would be , Awesome ?        Tanker - Builder          P.S. On those pennants . I use ribbon of a nature used in Baby Showers , very thin and pliable . Available anywhere .

Don Stauffer

Looks great!

What I do on those decal flags is scan, then print them on bond paper.  But before I print, I use my graphics program to make a mirror image, and butt that to the original image, halyard side to halyard side. After printout, I crease at that joint line, put a piece of thread in the joint, and glue the halves together with white glue.  That makes the paper pretty soft, so I can bend in some ripples.  After it is dry the ripples remain.  Handle it carefully- some inkjet inks can smear pretty easily when the paper is wet.

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Thank you Don.Any chance I can farm out future work to you ?

 

 

Tanker - Builder

That said , You did a nice job on weathering .Oh ! About that cabin to deck seam .Most modelers of ships do know that the reason for that is this vessel , is what was one of Lindberg's Best " Motorized " Kits . She was good looking and could go too

Thanks TB, I caught on to it being a motorized kit whenI found the battery compartment on the sprues upon opening. I'm afraid they'll be playing hockey in hell before I can transform a kit into one of your versions. Another good idea on the flags and pennants for future reference.

Looks good especially for such an old kit. I wish they made more GG ships. The weathering is about as far as I would take it. Patrol boats aren't out for long and when port, the crew is constantly cleaning and painting.

modelcrazy

Looks good especially for such an old kit. I wish they made more GG ships. The weathering is about as far as I would take it. Patrol boats aren't out for long and when port, the crew is constantly cleaning and painting.

 

Thanks MC, I agree,some of the modern CG vessels would make really nice subjects. I found very few pics of some of these wearing a lot of weather and being heavy handed I thought I restrained myself somewhat. I think my road block is getting what I see depicted in a photo. Does that make sense?

What Roadblock ?

 I see skill here and plenty in reserve . Just remember , A Lot of the C.G. Small cutters are now Natural Aluminum . They turn kind of a splotchy , even grey tone .

 As far as one of my versions . Well , it's not as hard as you think . Most of the work is above deck !  T.B.       P.S.  The build I am posting is the harder of the two . But , You'll see , there's even an easy way to do that one . 

Don't get me wrong, I don't think you were heavy handed. I few days out on the sea can wreak havoc on paint and metal. Your technique looks great .

Every time we pulled into port, woop, over the side the deck force non-rates went, needle guns and paint brushes in hand with the boatswain’s mate giving them what for. My job, being an electronics tech, was to lower the HF whip antennas and hook up all the landlines on the pier. Let me tell you, that 100-volt ring voltage hurt when you were trying to find the right lines assigned to your ship.

Man I’d love to see a Hamilton class high endurance cutter in styrene.

Tanker - Builder

What Roadblock ?

Once again,thanks for the vote of confidence TB. These older boats were steel hulled I believe but I concentrated on the elements effect on the color white. The different shades of staining all wash out to a grey from a distance, depicting that in scale is what eludes me. Onward and upward.

modelcrazy

Don't get me wrong, I don't think you were heavy handed

No MC, I wouldn't put words in your mouth, that statement is my own. Your comments and opinions carry some weight with me and are appreciated. What I see in front of me when I 'finish' does not translate over into photos, so more is added to get what I want to appear in pics,and by then it seems overdone.And yea I've seen the swabbies work a vessel even in pristine condition,gotta give them something to do. 

Talking abouy Swabbies :

 You know , I think on the Ozbourn D D ---- we must've painted that thing all the way across the Pacific . I am sure there was a paint trail somewhere . I lucked out . I only had to paint my office , Closet ? LOL.LOL. T.B.

modelcrazy

Man I’d love to see a Hamilton class high endurance cutter in styrene.

Not styrene---obviously---but in the event you hadn't seen them, JAG did some excellent 1/700 mixed-media Hamiltons in early and late/FRAM versions. They might still be available from the likes of Steel Navy or Evil-bay.

gregbale

 

 

modelcrazy

Man I’d love to see a Hamilton class high endurance cutter in styrene.

 

 

Not styrene---obviously---but in the event you hadn't seen them, JAG did some excellent 1/700 mixed-media Hamiltons in early and late/FRAM versions. They might still be available from the likes of Steel Navy or Evil-bay.

 

I'll take a look for them. Pre or post FRAM is fine

Tanker - Builder

What Roadblock ?

Just remember , A Lot of the C.G. Small cutters are now Natural Aluminum . They turn kind of a splotchy , even grey tone .

 

The "C.G. Small cutters" you are refering to are actually boats.  In the USCG, anything less than 100' LOA is a boat.  Boats will have 5 or 6 digit hull numbers, Some boats assigned to named cutters  will have an abbreviated cutter name on them along with a single number - "DAL 1" is the starboard 25' Motor Surfboat of the CGC DALLAS (WHEC 716).  If the cutter's boat is a RHI or SAFE boat it may just have the 5 or 6 digit boat number on the side.  USCG Cutters are 65' LOA or larger,have a name, and messing & berthing facilities for a permanently assigned crew. 

CWO, USCG, Retired