Oddball Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 (edited) Or to call it by its proper name, the British Powerboat Company 63ft Type 2. Bit of a mouthful that, we'll stick to whaleback shall we? I've always had a hankering for this kit ever since I built the Vosper MTB as a nipper and only just recently picked one up. So the kit is mostly standard, I didn't want to go too overboard with scratch building and aftermarket. The weapons were very questionable however, so I picked up a couple of sets of Vickers GO for the turrets and twin mounts on either side of the cockpit and I also found a 20mm Oerlikon and pedestal from UM models. I added some hinges to the ready ammunition boxes on deck and a couple of smaller parts from plastic stock, and made a new guide rail for the 20mm from fuse wire after I snapped the kit part twice. Rigging was done with 2lb fishing line and some dextrous knot tying, with a wee dab of superglue to keep it all in place. I may re-do the long aerials between the bow and stern if someone can tell me how to do those multi wire jobs they used, I can't for the life of me work out how to do it. And I've only just realised I've buggered up and put the deck decal the wrong way round. And it's all sealed in now, bugger! Edited March 8, 2019 by Oddball 31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Very nice. I currently have this subject moving very slowly on my bench and I too have got replacement guns for the twins and the Oerlikon but not bothering with the turret guns. As far as the for-aft aerial, I done this on my previous ASRL build here, post #72: HTH Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oddball Posted March 8, 2019 Author Share Posted March 8, 2019 Thanks for that fella, I may have a little go at that tonight. Delicate fingers out! I really want to build another one and go detail mad on it after looking at yours. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 4 hours ago, Oddball said: want to build another one Go for it. I have 3 more kits of Airfix's ASRL and after I've finished the current ASRL, I'll be looking at doing an MGB, MTB and a MAS/B using the same hull and stuff. Stuart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robgizlu Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Really nice job. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Looks good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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