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1/72 Mach2, Vietnam River Boat, PBR 31 MkII ''Pibber''.


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1/72 Mach2 model, not the best, need a lot of scratch work, I Hope you enjoy the pictures.

 

Gerhard

 

Vietnam River Patrol Boat, PBR 31 MkII ''Pibber''. 458th Trans. Company, Military Police, PBR Qui Nhon

 

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I understand but a river is really easy. We are not talking clear water, they are cloudy with the earth washed into the river by the rain.

 

Any DIY medium, crack filler, tile adhesive, tile grout etc.

Flat base with a cut out for the hull.

Wrap hull in foil or cling film.

Spread water and push boat into it. Before the water fully sets remove boat and cut back and lumps whilst it is still soft.

Waves on a river, 150mm max = 2mm so keep the surface smooth

Bow wave and wake can be added with tissue and PVA (wood) glue.

Paint various shades of brown. Bow wave light brown/green to white on top.

Several coats of satin varnish

The tissue/PVA can also be used to fill any gaps between boat and river.

Go on give it a go. You are only talking about a couple of hours work and if it goes wrong you still have your PBR.

If it goes right you've made a good model great . . . .

 

HTH

 

Kev

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Nice.

 

I have 'nearly' finished one of these myself. I like some of the detail you have added, like the outlets on the side of the hull. And is that a grenade launcher you made on the waist gun position? The crew look good. Like you I discarded the figures from the kit, just too much to do to get them looking anyway near decent, which is a shame as they could have looked quite cool. Never seen a Military Police boat before, I guess that's US Army? Mine is going to be a standard Navy Riverine Forces boat.

 

'Never get out of the boat. Unless your going to go all the way'

 

 

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