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Got mine............... Thanks Nobi! john

:thumb:Thanks Barry! I got a giggle out of that. The scoop is I told Barry that even though he has posted some great pictures, I did not feel you guys were getting the actual scale of this beastie! I know I did not until after I printed out the deck parts and glued them up. If this one...

Thanks Jim........ unfortunately the picture of the plans I have posted here are in fact those plans........:oops:

Neat Lizzie! Tis a small world after all..................... RATS! Now I got that dang song in my headsign1 I'll check it out! Congrats again on getting some interest and possible being published.......... That is a major milestone! john

Aw Shucks Guys............ it's the software. Here is a full deck jpg Full deck is 7 sheets............. Barry's doing a BIG boat!

Longshaor.......... thanks for the info. Yeah the little I have found out it said that it was too loud, did not handle river vegetation well, and was turned over the South Vietnamese Navy pretty soon after we tried it. Funny......... but the SOC-R boat used now looks an awful lot like it...

OK....... this is truely a beta build............. kooklik I Ain't!

OK........ home for the weekend:thumb: Here is a copy of the "plans" I'm using to come up with this boat............ originally they are on an 8.5 x 11 piece of paper, but I scaled it down to 800 x 600 to fit here. john

Yeah Doug............. it seems I have a very good nack of wanting to do the least referenced stuffwall1 Believe me I have tried all kinds of combinations (but I still could have missed several) and have not come up with much on the way of usable information on this boat and also the other...

Thanks B-Manic........... but the PBR will come later. This craft is an RPC River Patrol Craft...........

Like I said there ain't much on this boat, I found this picture online. Besides it, I have only 1 other that is in the Squadron Signal book Riverine. There is also a small color profile in the book and I am going to use it for mt model. If ANYONE has any info on this craft please holler...

Cool build Padre!:thumb: I love the railings......... each one is an individual pin? Wow! john

Thanks Lizzie................. congrats on the publication shot...........That's really Neat! Also you are one of the ones I was hoping to be able to get some suggestions from:mrgreen: Pics tonight! john

OK................... guys I have started TRYING to design my Brown Water Navy boats, and I have chosen to start with the one with the least amount of reference material............ yeah I'm just a glutton for pain. Anyway I've started with the 36' RPC River Patrol Craft that was build from...

:-o Ditto all post! :-o

Looks dang good.............. y'all remember the episode where the cylon was a quickdraw cowboy............. "red-eye" or something like that. I don't know why but that last picture of the helmet reminded me of that episode. Wierd........... I know. john

Found some plans from www.floatingdrydock.com for a LCU-1641 today. Boy they sure were hidden! Thanks for the help guys! john

Thanks blaze............... some more pieces to the puzzle. We keep this up we just might becomes experts on the class. Still can not believe how little GOOD info there is on this boat. john

Thanks Jim.................. believe it or not. That's the best so far:cry: I can not believe how little is available about a boat that is so darn important that they are still in use 30+ years after they were built. So people complain about government waste........... heck these have...

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