Coast Guard chopper carrier

kerick · August 06, 2012, 09:02:53 AM

Been working on the chopper and some life boats. Had to add a space to hang the life boats from. I'll also add lots of the inflatable Navy style life raft containers.

kerick · August 06, 2012, 09:29:15 PM

Some pics from today. I painted the Jayhawk in USCG colors. I need to paint the nose black.

Here's the Jayhawk on deck.

Here's a shot of the deck edge elevator.

I'm still tempted to try a MV-22. Also working on some containers to stack on deck. Time will tell.

kerick · August 12, 2012, 07:37:03 PM

The containers are made, 53' and 40'. Sprayed on some gloss white and some of the bondo filler seemed to soak up the paint, even after letting the first coat dry for 24 hours. Other spots of Bondo I coated with liquid glue first and they seem fine. I must have missed a couple spots. Always some touchup somewhere.

kerick · August 16, 2012, 08:09:16 PM

Some pics with paint and details in place. The flight deck will be painted before the containers and the Jayhawk are permently attached. The life boats are the orange pieces on the side.

I added the Navy style inflateable rafts to the edges of the deck by glueing rod in place then cutting slots with a razor saw.

Slowly coming together. Some red decal stripes on the hull and landing spots for the helios next.

kerick · August 28, 2012, 08:10:05 PM

Well, I don't have any Coast Guard decals in the stash so this will become a hospital/relief ship with a really big flight deck. Painted the deck and attached the boats and containers. With some red crosses and and deck markings she will be colorful. Plenty of red decal stripes that can be cut to make red crosses.

sequoiaranger · August 29, 2012, 12:11:11 PM

I like the concept and execution.

Couldn't help but think that, in side-view, the ship looked a lot like a "Pine Island" seaplane carrier with its bow cut off and the stern becoming the "stem".

kerick · August 30, 2012, 07:59:04 AM

I see what you mean. I just wanted the flight deck to be in the front of the ship. Seems like there would be less trouble with wind turbulance than with the flight deck behind the superstructure. It must not be a big problem in the real world as many ships have the flight decks at the stern.

kerick · February 22, 2013, 07:17:28 PM

Finally got around to some decals. Coast Guard stripes on the bow with lots of little details. Pics will follow tomorrow.

kerick · February 23, 2013, 06:55:50 AM

As promised

Nice little diversion completely made from stuff I already had laying around. Hope you like it.

Captain Canada · February 23, 2013, 07:10:37 AM

I like it ! Very interesting ship. Looks great in those colours as well, always liked the USCG cutter style...

How many choppers are you going to have on it ?

kerick · February 23, 2013, 09:46:20 AM

Just one Jayhawk so far. I have a crazy idea for an MV-22.

NARSES2 · February 24, 2013, 03:08:53 AM

Quote from: kerick on February 23, 2013, 09:46:20 AM
Just one Jayhawk so far. I have a crazy idea for an MV-22.

That's not a crazy idea my friend. Nice build

kerick · February 24, 2013, 09:31:31 AM

Here's a couple shots with the Jayhawk in place. Not bad for something about 6 inches long. The ship, not the Jayhawk. That's 1/2 inch long.

Still needs a shot of dullcoat to knock the shine down a little. I painted it gloss white to help with the decals. The red and blue stripes on the hull came from an ooooooold decal sheet. What a pain! Decals kept breaking apart. I threw the whole sheet away, it was beyond my patience to deal with again. Lesson learned, decals do have a shelf life. I know you can spray them with gloss coat or spray varnish and I will save that for when I really need to use a certain sheet.

Joe C-P · February 28, 2013, 07:42:01 PM

Great execution of an interesting concept.

kerick · February 28, 2013, 07:57:43 PM

Thanks.
Nice to have finished something!