Friends..Colleagues..modelers..it was my long dream to complete the Cape Gull, the Coast guard ship of US Navy, of 50 s..i was seraching for the 3 view and proportion, but couldnt find..so i made the proportional drawings in my PC, and started work..one of the fascinating thing related to this craft is the crew cabin..its very nice and distinctive..

as usual, i started with thermocol..
shaping work..progress..

after shaping the hull..started putty work...
and as she is intended to operate in salt water, i coated her with red oxide..

then installed motor...
can see the cooling system...the motor is reworked one for less amps..

after installation, coated with heat sink compound..
and thorough checking..

after trial runs started structural works...

all guide rails were made of sewing needles..

all super structure is based with paper...

funnel is made of paper roll..
antenna mast is from sewing needles..

additional pipe works done with aluminum rods..
in real cape Gull i couldnt find any turret..but i added a simple turret at front..all paper..

the barell was made of ear bud tube..and absorber with paper roll..

used a micro servo, to drive the turret...

start to paint...
all round windows are bag lace eyelets..painted in copper..

all life rings is made of sewing machine bobbin winder O rings..sprayed..and added threads..

the boxes, actually i do not know what is the real use of these, are made of papers..
i found some racks for rockets, in real machine, but i added two RPG launchers in front..was made from drinking straws..with papers..

sliced ball heads from paper pins, as shown, and glued at the base of the rocket launchers, to mimic the rivets..

painted in deep green...

the rear machine gun is made of papers..with ball point refil, for barrel, and some thrown electronic components..

all details were added with papers..all in scale..

scale checking....
and sprayed with filler..

gun was oainted in olive drab..and detailed with drybrush technique..

and on the craft...
all bollards were made of paper base, and aluminum revets..painted in copper...

oh..sorry..

almost complete..
craft without lights..? no..i saw blue cabin lights in photographs..so added blue L E D strip..

she is ready to run...

ready for the show..

meet the Captain..