group build for the nam era U.S. Navy swift patrol boat

cool!
the sanding and filling's almost done, except for a couple of "simulated" nicks hear and there.
I got too tired of sanding and just left them be, but it still looks like battle damage, as they are not humongo ones.
I'm on to the assembly of the deck and goodies of the top of the cabin.
It'll be finished soon!

thats great to hear,sadly i have not started my pibber yet,im trying to get one of my builds out of the way,its pretty well finished just have to do the decals and paint a few spots.

take all the time you want gdarwin

if yours is just about finished are you going to start another boat kit?or are you going to wait for me to finish the pibber? hope you have a good day.

actually, I'm going to finish my ferdinand, Sd.Kfz.251/22 "'Pak Wagen", SR-71, and the mosquito

hi ,i just stared on the pibber,and so far so good,i will post pics to web site as soon as i have done some more on the kit.my site is posted on the bottom of page,have a good modeling day.

I finished the assembly and I'm moving on to paints
do you know how I weather rust?

hi,i have most of my kit built like you i will start on the piant soon.how do you do the rust on your kits,i just get hombrol rust and dry brush it on.

ohhhh, that's easy!

hi,well the pibber is comeing along,but i have a prob with the forward 50s,the way you are supsed to fit the rounds for the 50sdoes not work,so i might have to do some surgey ,i will know better when i put the gun cradle on.how is your kit doing?fine i hope.have a good modeling day.

today, the paints went one and I'm in love with my AB!looks pretty good, but looks blank because I still have to installl the guns and weather it.
the stand was painted silver aluminum lacquer out of a spray bottle and it looks good, except I haave to buff it u a little more. the decals are going on at this moment.

hi Jin,i got the forword 50s sorted out,what a pain,so i will go on to the rear gun mounts,i have not painted the hull yet but i will have to do it soon,how is your swift doing?thats all for now. have a good day.

everythings going fine, but the black part on my PCF-94 (J.Kerry's boat) hull got a few drips on them.
Now I'm gonna have to sand it all down, and repaint!
this kit's giving me the near the end griefs!

Jin,i know you feel,my pibber is a real pain,i can only work on it a few hours at a time,it just %:>{" me of so much i have to take a brake from it. have a good day.

hi Jin,if you go it my profile below you will get my home page addy ,as i said i would pics of my pibber,only 2 pics right now but i will get more.have a good day.

finally some progress pics!

this is how I blacked out the back sides of windows. I stuck 'em on a long piece of tape to prevent overspray and then ABed it.

this is how I paint the lifesavers. first is the "rough draft" by going off of the intended painting space. always paint the highest surface first. I panifully figured that out by not painting the white straps first.
here's what it looks like on the model

this is how it looks on the finished lifesaver

and the backside decals

the grey paint is on, and the black waterling part is on too.
all of the decals are on except for the USA flag decal.
I purposely took a brush and brushed paint on some areas for the quick field applied rough look.
next comes the installation of the windows and the weathering.
BTW, the top and bottom aren't joined together yet

whew!

wow! your's is looking awesome!

Jin,your swift looks great,when i have to paint small parts i allways leave them on the sprue and then glue them on,sometimes i have to do some touch up painting .nice work on your swift.

the lifesaver had to be painted that way because it was molded on with the cabin AAAAAAARRGH!
gave me some terrible griefs.
thanks for your comments

my rusting.
how does it look?


thanks in advance!

your rusting is good,but i think it would be better around the bottom of the doors and the scuper areas,and the ancher area,any place that would have a lot of use.but it still looks real good.

yeah, I got that fixed
I wasn't done when I posted it so I could at least do it correctly on the other side of the model
haveagoodday!

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that was quite a dog of a kit!
I'll post pics soon this week. my mom is confiscating my camera cause she wants to use them for a meeting

hello, i decided to join this group build after all.I will be doing a PBR MK II modeled after group YF-118.I'll keep you all posted and post updated pics when i got some work done..im doing some research now on it.

well its good to see another body on this build,i am also doing a pibber,i build out of the box mostly so i dont into the detail that much,but the pibber is not a bad build,and to the build.

im building right from the box too, but i think i may do a MK 1 instead..the only difference between the MK 1 and MK 2 is the front gun..i think it was a 30 cal instead of the the 50.im working on this build plus a destroyer build, and am getting ready for the pearl harbor build..sheesh, 3 builds to do, i gotta get cracking..will keep you all updated with progress.

YAY! you are in man!

the pibber i am doing is a mk-2 and the marking i will use are the 105,not sure about the rest.

hello? iron brigade?

i think im going to be doing the 107.i sat down with my dad who was a squad leader for a group of Mk I's during vietnam..he is giving me pinpoint info on where everything was on the ship, and whats different..the front gun will have to be changed from a 50 cal to a 30 cal..other than that, i think im almost ready to start painting and building..

its nice to have the kind of help that you have,if you go to my profile you will see a link to my web wage the pics of my pibber are on my site,just doing the figures now,so i will post more pics soon,have a good day.