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It was a glorious day of sunshine, children, grand children, lots of great food, music and dancing, and a whole lot of cooling off at the pool today. Our youngest daughter turned 23 and she will be leaving for New Hampshire in two more weeks so today was her day. 

Tonight I took some photos of where I'm at with this wrecker, just a few more details to work out before the finish of it.

I realized something a couple of days ago worth mentioning about this model. Turns out this model was re-released by Revell in 1983, but it's originally a Renwall model, Revell buying the molds after Renwall went tango uniform. So that dates this model/molds back into the 60's when all those great old Renwall models were being produced.

I have a few more details to work out with the rear and forward winches. I thought I had some small chain I could use to hang off the front bumper but I could not locate it. Lost in the proverbial black hole of Calcutta. 

 

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The four stabilizers are movable and can be positioned either stowed or lowered.

 

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That has to be about the cleanest military vehicle I have ever seen Craig! FANTASTIC build. It is clear that this kit has waited a LONG time for the right person. Was the big crate just extra "scenery"?

Lou

 

Build logs: Colonial sloop Providence 1/48th scale kit bashed from AL Independence

Currant builds:

Constructo Brigantine Sentinel (Union) (On hold)

Minicraft 1/350 Titanic (For the Admiral)

1/350 Heavy Cruiser USS Houston (Resin)

Currant research/scratchbuild:

Schooner USS Lanikai/Hermes

Non ship build log:

1/35th UH-1H Huey

 

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4 hours ago, lmagna said:

That has to be about the cleanest military vehicle I have ever seen Craig! FANTASTIC build. It is clear that this kit has waited a LONG time for the right person. Was the big crate just extra "scenery"?

For 12 long years I worked directly for a US Army Major General. His nickname was Mr. Standards. Now we were not in a combat situation, but I can tell you with first hand experience many times over, you would not want to be on the receiving end of one of his inspections with a vehicle of any type that was dirty, rusted, or generally untidy. Heads would roll and buttocks would look like a Piranha had chewed them up when he was finished. I have literally watched him make officers cry. I am imagining this recovery vehicle was assigned to a unit under his command and was getting ready for inspection. 😄

Been there, done that, and got the tee shirt many times over.

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One thing I could/should have done that would have been a lot more realistic would have been to remove the molded on stabilizers on each side of the boom and replace them with some scratch built stabilizers. When the vehicle was moving or when it was lifting a maximum load weight, these stabilizers would be lowered to the mounts below.

 

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1 hour ago, CDW said:

I have literally watched him make officers cry.

It doesn't take a general to do that. We got a colonel at one point that came in and started doing somewhat the same thing to our unit. He seemed to be more interested in spit shine pretty rather than effective combat readiness. He also instituted a number of other VERY unpopular activities that made very little sense in a combat zone, in fact some of them were outright dangerous. He lasted about two months and transferred out. I suspect they thought he was going to wake up one morning with a grenade in his bunk! Even still, we seldom let our equipment get too dirty or worn looking for any length of time. We never seemed to have a shortage of OD green paint especially around inspection times!

Lou

 

Build logs: Colonial sloop Providence 1/48th scale kit bashed from AL Independence

Currant builds:

Constructo Brigantine Sentinel (Union) (On hold)

Minicraft 1/350 Titanic (For the Admiral)

1/350 Heavy Cruiser USS Houston (Resin)

Currant research/scratchbuild:

Schooner USS Lanikai/Hermes

Non ship build log:

1/35th UH-1H Huey

 

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Looking great Craig.  I like these work horse types of vehicles.

Mike

 

Current Wooden builds:  Amati/Victory Pegasus  MS Charles W. Morgan  Euromodel La Renommèe  

 

Plastic builds:    SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48  Five Star Yaeyama 1/700  Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama  Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700  Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32  Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72  IJN Notoro 1/700  Akitsu Maru 1/700

 

Completed builds :  Caldercraft Brig Badger   Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle  Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700   Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350

F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72  Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48  Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48  Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48

Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya  Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16

 

Terminated build:  HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn)  

 

On the shelf:  Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits

 

Future potential scratch builds:  HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans)

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Just now, Landlubber Mike said:

Looking great Craig.  I like these work horse types of vehicles.

Thanks Mike. I like them, too. These days, there are more of them available in all shapes and sizes than ever before, this being one of the earlier examples from the 60's.

When this model was introduced in the 60's, these vehicles were still in service.

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3 hours ago, CDW said:

For 12 long years I worked directly for a US Army Major General. His nickname was Mr. Standards. Now we were not in a combat situation, but I can tell you with first hand experience many times over, you would not want to be on the receiving end of one of his inspections with a vehicle of any type that was dirty, rusted, or generally untidy. Heads would roll and buttocks would look like a Piranha had chewed them up when he was finished. I have literally watched him make officers cry. I am imagining this recovery vehicle was assigned to a unit under his command and was getting ready for inspection. 😄

Been there, done that, and got the tee shirt many times over.

 

2 hours ago, lmagna said:

It doesn't take a general to do that. We got a colonel at one point that came in and started doing somewhat the same thing to our unit. He seemed to be more interested in spit shine pretty rather than effective combat readiness. He also instituted a number of other VERY unpopular activities that made very little sense in a combat zone, in fact some of them were outright dangerous. He lasted about two months and transferred out. I suspect they thought he was going to wake up one morning with a grenade in his bunk! Even still, we seldom let our equipment get too dirty or worn looking for any length of time. We never seemed to have a shortage of OD green paint especially around inspection times!

That is why the term REMF strikes such a chord with all servicemen that have actually seen combat........ According to my father, it applied to anyone no matter the type of rank insignia they wore, he related a story where he actually was in the next room when the colonel, was berating a major for his lets say greater than spic and span tendencies in the "name" of efficiency. The colonel gave him the "Short" course on military efficiency in a combat zone, which had nothing to do with paint. He was soon separated from the division, yeah, completely out of the division he was that disliked and that was in Korea..... I can imagine similar things happening in all combat zones.... 

 

Some people just cannot figure what is important in what situation....

Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale

In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale

Completed: M8A1 HST  1930 Packard Boattail Speedster  M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer  F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C

Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433  F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale

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3 hours ago, CDW said:

One thing I could/should have done that would have been a lot more realistic would have been to remove the molded on stabilizers on each side of the boom and replace them with some scratch built stabilizers. When the vehicle was moving or when it was lifting a maximum load weight, these stabilizers would be lowered to the mounts below.

 

You could still do it brother, it's not that difficult. But it's true that it will be more difficult than having it off the model....

 

It looks great either way, it's may be a 60's kit but your build shows that modern techniques can make them look very very good...

 

Well done my friend....

Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale

In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale

Completed: M8A1 HST  1930 Packard Boattail Speedster  M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer  F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C

Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433  F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale

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Just now, Egilman said:

You could still do it brother, it's not that difficult. But it's true that it will be more difficult than having it off the model....

 

It looks great either way, it's may be a 60's kit but your build shows that modern techniques can make them look very very good...

 

Well done my friend....

Difficulty has nothing to do with it. It's just a matter of how I want to spend my time and what I want to spend it doing. 

 

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I always liked the Renwal kits. Thought the details were much sharper than Revell or Aurora. Their ships looked sharp.

Ken

Started: MS Bounty Longboat,

On Hold:  Heinkel USS Choctaw paper

Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1

Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section

 

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Very nice finish - she has come up a treat  - looks the business  with the boom and  pullys attached.

 

OC.

Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

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9 hours ago, lmagna said:

It doesn't take a general to do that. We got a colonel at one point that came in and started doing somewhat the same thing to our unit. He seemed to be more interested in spit shine pretty rather than effective combat readiness. He also instituted a number of other VERY unpopular activities that made very little sense in a combat zone, in fact some of them were outright dangerous. He lasted about two months and transferred out. I suspect they thought he was going to wake up one morning with a grenade in his bunk! Even still, we seldom let our equipment get too dirty or worn looking for any length of time. We never seemed to have a shortage of OD green paint especially around inspection times!

 

Had a Captain like that in 'Nam.  Was grunt but for some reason they put in an aviation shop.  Had people saluting, dusting the rafters in the hanger and polishing the concrete floor in the shop. Always had starched jungle utils and spit shined combat boots.  He was the bane of everyone's existence.  After I rotated home and discharged, I heard he got not so gentle wake up call that involved explosives.

Mark
"The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me

Current Build:                                                                                             
Past Builds:
 La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD           Triton Cross-Section   

 NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit                                                                            HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64               

 

Non-Ship Model:                                                                                         On hold, maybe forever:           

CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed                                                   Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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Had a CO in Thailand that expected us to be in our 1505s if not on the flying schedule. And he didn't do much flying himself. He didn't last long as squadron CO; got booted to a "training" position to get his ticket punched for a remote combat tour. Another REMF.

Ken

Started: MS Bounty Longboat,

On Hold:  Heinkel USS Choctaw paper

Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1

Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section

 

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Nice Craig, very nice!!

Current builds;

 Henry Ramey Upcher 1:25

Providence whaleboat- 1:25     HMS Winchelsea 1764 1:48 

Completed:

HM Cutter Sherbourne- 1:64- finished    Triton cross section scratch- 1:60 - finished 

Non ship:  SBD-3 Dauntless 1:48 Hasegawa -FINISHED

 

 

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I feel like I missed most of the party......your about done ;)   the wrecker looks great.....really like the use of the two drabs.  these older kits are why I enjoy being a nostalgia nut.....especially if I had built them before.  it gives ya a chance to see how evolved your skills have become.   really sweet looking model.........hell yea on the rusty chains  ;) 

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finished builds:
Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue
Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions
M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller
Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build

Billing T78 Norden

 

in dry dock:
Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20
Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required
Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400
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