Hi;
I am sure many of you have seen the Photo article of the "RAG" boat in the issue with the Aggressor Aircraft on the cover of the mag. This is an interesting article about Camo. Now the boat is a different story. Well done. It proves that some things MONOGRAM did were simple but interesting. I have done this one numerous times. NOT as a R.A.G. boat though.
Think about the many shallow draft boats that serve as multiple things to many folks. I have converted them to Inter-Island Mailboats, Grocery Barges, Lobster Boats, Inshore Crabbing Boat, Salvage vessels( Light) and the list goes on! I think the funniest was a floating food truck I built for a friend!
This hull lends itself to many types of conversions, even a Houseboat! My conversion to a Mail-Boat was a Prize winner more than once. Because of the scale It had many working features. The wheel turned the rudder.The side windows of the upper cabn opened and closed. The companionway top and door opened allowing egress and ingress to the lower forward cabin etc. Even the search-light and radar on the roof turned as well as the RDF loop on the same roof.
I had actually seen a boat such a this in Nova Scotia and chose to do my version of it. This hull is a winner. Because of the scale the possibilities are endless. My Prize winner met her demise in the last R.V. trip we took. We were full timers at the time. When We got nailed by a Dump-Truck who had lost his brakes, Destroying the bookshelves on the side of the R.V. is where the boat was at. There was nothing there afterward except Destroyed models, Dragon Figurines( The Wifes) and destroyed Books!
It took 11 long years before I saw some at a model show and glommed up on them. They are ALL in various states of conversion. The Hull lends itself that easily.