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1/35th FSBR - Fire Support Boat, Riverine
« on: February 16, 2015, 05:53:12 PM »
OK. The build hasn't started, yet, but I'm back home, the kits are on the dining table (my work space) & I'm getting revved up to start.

A couple of changes from the original idea posted in Lemonjello's thread of his intriguing & awesome looking build.

Sure, sure, "it's for my own good." I'm starting to realize how limited this hull is, space-wise.  Too many ideas, not enough room for them all...

Ha! Check the measurements for a 1/72nd S-boat converted to a 1/35th PBR - long & very, very skinny! :-\

That's one of the hulls I'm working with. My answer is to widen it ... I think ... somehow ... because I want to fit it with a Vulcan ADS turret (from a M-113) & a quad-50 turret, too.

Weapons:
Main; 2 x 40mm Bofors in M42 "Duster" turret*
2ndary; 1 x 20mm Vulcan in M-163A1 turret
plus; various machine guns

I'll take a pic of the boxes & post before I commence the build.

:)




* I didn't have a .50cal quad in the stash & I was getting impatient to start so, well ... you know ... besides, this leaves me with a couple of turretless AFV's to play with later. ;)
« Last Edit: February 16, 2015, 05:57:33 PM by Old Wombat »
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Re: 1/35th FSBR - Fire Support Boat, Riverine
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2015, 09:38:09 PM »
Oooohhh, now I get to torture you with all sorts of good ideas! Can't wait to see this one progress, it's sure to be a stunner.

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Re: 1/35th FSBR - Fire Support Boat, Riverine
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2015, 05:25:27 AM »
Awesome! I'll be watching this one.

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Re: 1/35th FSBR - Fire Support Boat, Riverine
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2015, 05:52:20 AM »
I am having visions of this now.. looking nice.

O dear..now I am having visions.. Have I been whiffing too long or sniffing too much Extra thin ?

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Re: 1/35th FSBR - Fire Support Boat, Riverine
« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2015, 06:50:15 AM »
"Weapons:
Main; 2 x 40mm Bofors in M42 "Duster" turret*
2ndary; 1 x 20mm Vulcan in M-163A1 turret
plus; various machine guns"

You may have to have a second boat to haul the ammo!
Ooooohhh, armored resupply boat!

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Re: 1/35th FSBR - Fire Support Boat, Riverine
« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2015, 09:19:53 AM »
Awesome! I'll be watching this one.

Me too.  Got cleaner and soft cloth to clean monitor screen.  I be ready.

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Re: 1/35th FSBR - Fire Support Boat, Riverine
« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2015, 02:15:54 PM »
Rather than widening the hull, have you considered offsetting the control cabin to port or starboard ala
the Mk. 3 Sea Specter?
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Re: 1/35th FSBR - Fire Support Boat, Riverine
« Reply #7 on: February 17, 2015, 05:44:34 PM »
Actually, I have no option but to widen the hull of the S-Boat - the M-42 turret is as wide as the fore-deck (the widest part of the boat). As seen below;



And the promised pictures of the unstarted boxes as of about 30 min's ago.



Still have to set up my work space, which I should do in the next couple of days, but I have a few plans to draw up first for the mod's to the hull.

;)


PS: Thanks to Jon for the Sea Sled & split-hull catamaran ideas ... there'll be a touch of both in the final design. :))
« Last Edit: February 17, 2015, 05:54:23 PM by Old Wombat »
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Re: 1/35th FSBR - Fire Support Boat, Riverine
« Reply #8 on: February 18, 2015, 02:26:13 AM »
A shame you can not source the Vulcan and Duster parts in 1:72nd scale as that would solve your sizing issues rather well. 
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Re: 1/35th FSBR - Fire Support Boat, Riverine
« Reply #9 on: February 18, 2015, 05:07:23 AM »
I was checking 1/48th and no luck there either.

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Re: 1/35th FSBR - Fire Support Boat, Riverine
« Reply #10 on: February 18, 2015, 10:10:50 AM »
A shame you can not source the Vulcan and Duster parts in 1:72nd scale as that would solve your sizing issues rather well.

As the idea is to, eventually, display this in a diorama with another scale-o-rama'd kit-bash & the Tamiya 1/35th PBR, then 1/35th is the go-to scale. ;)
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Re: 1/35th FSBR - Fire Support Boat, Riverine
« Reply #11 on: February 18, 2015, 10:33:13 AM »
What, you didn't have a 1/32 GAU-8 handy? 

I had played around with making my LAV turret a twin M242 turret, but decided against it (for now). 

Looking forward to being inspired by this project.

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Re: 1/35th FSBR - Fire Support Boat, Riverine
« Reply #12 on: February 19, 2015, 02:32:38 AM »
Based on the armament you and John are using on yer respective projects, I have to ask; who you are fighting?  :icon_fsm:

Or are y'all just going to re-enact Porter's Mississippi campaigns? ;)
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Re: 1/35th FSBR - Fire Support Boat, Riverine
« Reply #13 on: February 19, 2015, 10:27:45 AM »
Possibly the Viet Kong? ???
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Re: 1/35th FSBR - Fire Support Boat, Riverine
« Reply #14 on: February 19, 2015, 02:00:20 PM »
Viet Kong? So yer fighting giant Indochinese guerillas?  ;)  ;D
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Re: 1/35th FSBR - Fire Support Boat, Riverine
« Reply #15 on: February 19, 2015, 02:49:08 PM »
 ;)
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Re: 1/35th FSBR - Fire Support Boat, Riverine
« Reply #16 on: February 25, 2015, 08:47:45 AM »
Really big ones!

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Re: 1/35th FSBR - Fire Support Boat, Riverine
« Reply #17 on: March 02, 2015, 04:40:20 PM »
OK, moving along here!

Some progress has happened & a bit more has happened since these photo's were taken - but not much.

The build in progress;

















As you can see the hull is a bit of a cross between the ocean-going hull of the S-boat & the sea-sled "inverted planing" hull.

Getting everything "right" is turning out to be a bit of a challenge (especially the sea-sled hull form) & I may, despite my best efforts, have to sheet over the rest of the deck as the PSR is becoming a bit troublesome.

Still, onwards & upwards!

More soon, I hope! :)

Guy

PS: Thomas the Tanker present for scaling, as usual.
« Last Edit: March 02, 2015, 04:45:53 PM by Old Wombat »
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Re: 1/35th FSBR - Fire Support Boat, Riverine
« Reply #18 on: March 02, 2015, 05:01:18 PM »
Nice, Nice, Nice :)
Look forward to more postings !

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Re: 1/35th FSBR - Fire Support Boat, Riverine
« Reply #19 on: March 02, 2015, 06:25:02 PM »
Thanks, Bill! :icon_alabanza:
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Re: 1/35th FSBR - Fire Support Boat, Riverine
« Reply #20 on: March 02, 2015, 08:51:27 PM »
In the words of George Takei, "Oh, myyy!"

That is looking impressive.  Looking forward to more updates as they become available. 

I feel your pain regarding the PSR; I had to cut/sand so much off the Elco that I just went ahead and clad the weather deck with sheet styrene.  Going that route gives you the advantage of starting with a much more uniform base, at least in my opinion.
« Last Edit: March 03, 2015, 01:49:34 AM by LemonJello »

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Re: 1/35th FSBR - Fire Support Boat, Riverine
« Reply #21 on: March 03, 2015, 12:00:06 PM »
OMG!  :o No-one abuses plastic like you, very cool Wombatus  8) 8)
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Re: 1/35th FSBR - Fire Support Boat, Riverine
« Reply #22 on: March 03, 2015, 12:38:35 PM »
Thank you, gentlemen! :icon_alabanza:
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Re: 1/35th FSBR - Fire Support Boat, Riverine
« Reply #23 on: March 06, 2015, 10:08:03 PM »
OK, here we are again with lots of photo's of the ongoing build.

I seem to be an unwitting member of the "Measure twice - cut once ... Bugger! ... Measure thrice - cut once ... $h*t! ... Measure four times - cut once ... Oh, for f^#k sake!" school of construction. I used the card template system, too - even that didn't work!

Anyway, I've gone with the "Near enough is good enough" school for now & I'll use putty to carefully fix any glaring faults.

This is what she looked like 2 days ago;















And here she is today;



















Hope I haven't put you all, including the insomniacs, to sleep with all these pic's.


Cheers!

Guy :D
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Re: 1/35th FSBR - Fire Support Boat, Riverine
« Reply #24 on: March 06, 2015, 10:31:10 PM »
Awesome!!!