swasson

23 hours ago, swasson said:

I'm including some more photos of my models. My first scratch-built model was of IRIS the the buoy tender. I was 14 and had a subscription to the magazine "Ships and the Sea". They always ran a modeling project and someone did a multi-part story about this cutter. It had plans that fit on a magazine page (hence the size of the model), photos of the prototype and of the construction process (bread and butter). So I got some balsa sheets and built up a block to carve. My father took me into NYC one day to go Polks Model Hobbies on 5th Ave. so I could purchase some of the fittings.

During WWII a deck gun was mounted on the platform aft of the funnel.

Later as you can see I built the radio control Hornbeam.

I'm including some more photos of my models. My first scratch-built model was of IRIS the the buoy tender. I was 14 and had a subscription to the magazine "Ships and the Sea". They always ran a modeling project and someone did a multi-part story about this cutter. It had plans that fit on a magazine page, photos of the prototype and of the contruction process (bread and butter). So I got some balsa sheets and built up a block to carve. My father took me into NYC one day to go Polks Model Hobbies on 5th Ave. so I could purchase some of the fittings.

Later as you can see I built the radio control Hornbeam.

Thanks, Ryland. My model of the buoy tender, Hornbeam, won 3rd place at the 1985 Mariners Museum Semi-Scratch Built Powered Division Contest. Sam

On 10/8/2020 at 4:27 PM, Ryland Craze said:

Welcome to Model Ship World Sam.  You have some really nice looking models.  It must be a lot of fun to build a model and then get to run it on the water.  The Philadelphia Ship Model Society is near you.  They are currently meeting by Zoom due to the Covid 19 pandemic.  Here is a link to their website: https://www.philadelphiashipmodelsociety.com/

 

I'm a scale modeler specializing in scratch-building U.S. Coast Guard vessels for radio control operation.

I have built a 36' Motor Life Boat, a 38' Picket Boat, a 52' Motor Life Boat (Intrepid) and a 180' Iris class Buoy Tender (WLB 394 Hornbeam)

I have planned to build a 25' 8" Motor Surf Boat and a 30' Surf Rescue Boat both in 1 1/2" to the foot scale but at age 81 have lost some of my small motor skills and feel I could not do them justice.

I have plans for both and have framed-up the 30 footer.

I have a custom made brass skeg attached to the keel and stem plywood layout for the 25 footer with the prop shafts bored and station lines marked.

I am attaching photos of both as well as some of my completed models.

If anyone is interested in completing these two boats, please get in touch. I am in suburban Philadelphia.

Sam Wasson