rustypiston
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Leading Seaman · 87 pts
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Member since Dec 2012
Last online 25 days ago
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Last posted 26 days ago
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Re: USCG Utility Boat
@LewZ Nice forty boat! I recall seeing this model (or one similar to it) in a model magazine about 1972-73, very impressive.
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Re: USCG Utility Boat
Ran these "Forty" boats back in the 1970's. Our crews nick named "Tow Trucks", they could tow a 90' commercial fishing dragger with great ease. One of the bett…
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Re: USS Eastwind 1/48th scale
A superior project with great attention to detail. Also the paint job is pretty good too! Can you describe the amount of hours spent on it's building, referenc…
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USS READY PGM-87
The USS READY was an Asheville class gunboat that saw service in the USN during the Vietnam period of the 1970's. Four of the boats were outfitted with RIM mis…
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Gallery reply
my Monster Mersey
Super restoration work, it's a keeper!
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The Robert
I like your paint scheme, a classic. (I also like the colorful orange scheme too). Nice work!
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us coast guard
The RNLI built 13 of these(under license) as the Waveney class, starting in the early 1960's. When the boats got to be "long in the tooth" they found home port…
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Mary Ann hepworth
Beautiful wood work on the life boat, outstanding!!
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Blog reply
finished
Thanks for the update and photos, great job! By the way, how difficult is it to "handle " this boat, does it take two (or more) people to lift and move?
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Monster Mersey
You're to be commended for saving this model, it's unique and a nice original build. To have it lost to neglect would have been a shame. Bravo to you sir!
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