The Ship Model Forum

Hello,
A Happy New Year to all ! It seems that 2019 will bring quite a lot of new models from many companies, Black Cat Models new effort is a 1/144 83-footer of the U.S.Coast Guard in service during WWII.
The kit comprises resin casted parts, 3D printed parts, brass and PE, plus decals for D-Day and regular WWII versions.
Will be available in mid-January.

https://blackcatmodels.eu/en/us-coast-guard/10-us-coast-guard-83-patrol-cutter.html







Four more 1/350 kits are scheduled for the first quarter of 2019 and will be announced in a few days.
Meow !!
Ben

Thank you for posting the info & link,Ben.

Scott

Here's some good websites:

http://uscg83footers.org/the_83_footer.htm

http://www.cg83527.org/83Model.htm

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K494 HMCS Arnprior
Royal Canadian Navy

That looks like a really sweet kit. I have a soft spot for gunboats and small ships.

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We like our history sanitized and theme-parked and self-congratulatory, not bloody and angry and unflattering. - Jonathan Yardley

Hello,
The 1/144 83-footer of the US Coast Guard is now available from Black Cat Models.

https://blackcatmodels.eu/en/us-coast-guard/10-us-coast-guard-83-patrol-cutter.html



It will be followed in a matter of weeks by a 1/350 Landing Craft Tank LCT(5) with a load of two Sherman tanks and four M-7 Priest howitzers.

And more to come very soon!
Meow!!
Ben

Here's one carrying a 150 ton load.

Five M3 Lee's x 30 tons each. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M3_Lee

Hello,
There were several options about the load of the future 1/350 LCT(5). Sell it empty, but it was no fun for modelers, or provide it with a full load modelers can mix the way they want. The second option was chosen as more kits are expected in this range quite soon.
Meow!!!
Ben