Small Scale Military Headquarters

If you've been looking for the PTE patrol boat and have pretty much given up, I was in TRU the other day and saw a Zodiac CZ7 Radio Control Boat that looked like it had "possibilities for conversion." It is pretty close to 1:18 scale if not actually 1:18. The CZ7 is the civilian version of the Zodiac H733OB which is used by Navy and Army Special Ops among others. See image

Here's the TRU RC model picture

Here's a link to TRU online site
http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.js ... Id=3172680

I added a little "black out" flat black paint and have a pretty good start to a solution. I added added two 50 cal mounts and took out some of the seats as well as reversing one for the rear facing 50 cal.




If I get really motivated I will scratch build some armor plates and a new cabin to do a version of the Navy's Riverine RIB H733s with desert camo paint (see pictures).

The boats are on sale about 1/2 off regular price as the model is discontinued (I paid $34.95 for mine).
Mine's still a little dirty from putting in a lake, it moves pretty well but if there are waves it is rough going.[/url]

i've seen those for a couple of years up here but never got around to buying one. It is just a bit small for 1/18 but nothing dramatic. They're friggin' expensive up here, $60, which is the main reason i never got one. If i ever see one on clearance i'll probably snag it. Seemed like a fair bit of work getting it to look right; you did a great job.

Can you post a larger picture of the 2 view drawing?

They have theatre style folding seats near the stern don't they? There is something back there for seals to sit on/hang onto.

Very nice job!
Next time you have it at the lake, take some pics of it with the figures aboard.
Thanks for sharing your work with us.
Razor

Looks .

Here's a bigger pic of the drawing from Zodiac's site: