Vietnam PBR

Ruger · Post by **Ruger** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 7:30 pm

Pabst Blue Ribbon? Can or bottle?

MV

Post by **aferguson** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 8:16 pm

well, since we cant count on 21c to release the PBR they've had for 7 years, i have a suggestion: at TRU i see a chap mei 'navy seal' boat. It looks to be about 20 inches long or so. I'm wondering if you could use the hull and deck of that and scratch build the rest. Would probably float too. I've never really looked at it closely so i don't know how suitable it would be but it has a sharp pointed bow, just like pbr's had.

Here's a picture of it:

http://cgi.ebay.com/True-Heroes-Navy-Se ... dZViewItem

Razor17019 · Post by **Razor17019** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 8:39 pm

It looks like this:

Aferg, I have had the same ideal about this boat. I did some research on the PBR Mark II- it was around 32 ft long and about 11 ft wide, so the 1/18 scale would be around 21" x 7" which this boat comes close to being.

Medic,
Just pull off all the extra "guns" on this thing and put in some twin .50's in the front, a .50 in the back with some M60's on the sides and you are ready to ROCK 'n ROLL. You could even get some of Pickelhaube's M60 gun shields for the sides.

Pickelhaube - how much for just the M60 shields?

Post by **aferguson** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 8:48 pm

here's another out of the box picture.....i think it would work very well as a pbr....it's a little sleeker looking but overall not bad.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b53/t ... C01369.jpg

http://www.warboats.org/images/jpg/PBRafter33.jpg

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 9:22 pm

Razor17019 wrote:It looks like this:

Aferg, I have had the same ideal about this boat. I did some research on the PBR Mark II- it was around 32 ft long and about 11 ft wide, so the 1/18 scale would be around 21" x 7" which this boat comes close to being.

Medic,
Just pull off all the extra "guns" on this thing and put in some twin .50's in the front, a .50 in the back with some M60's on the sides and you are ready to ROCK 'n ROLL. You could even get some of Pickelhaube's M60 gun shields for the sides.

Pickelhaube - how much for just the M60 shields?

How does $15 sound ?

Rogue 01 · Post by **Rogue 01** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 10:58 pm

it will be great like apocalipse

Razor17019 · Post by **Razor17019** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 4:38 pm

pickelhaube wrote:
Razor17019 wrote:It looks like this:

Aferg, I have had the same ideal about this boat. I did some research on the PBR Mark II- it was around 32 ft long and about 11 ft wide, so the 1/18 scale would be around 21" x 7" which this boat comes close to being.

Medic,
Just pull off all the extra "guns" on this thing and put in some twin .50's in the front, a .50 in the back with some M60's on the sides and you are ready to ROCK 'n ROLL. You could even get some of Pickelhaube's M60 gun shields for the sides.

Pickelhaube - how much for just the M60 shields?
How does $15 sound ?

Is that with or without the M60's?
Some of us have the M60's and some don't.
Let us know.
Razor

kevrut · Post by **kevrut** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 6:57 pm

I tried making one a couple years ago.

I found a wooden boat at the Goodwill and thought it was close to scale. It's 18.5" long. It came with a thermometer and a barometer in it. I had to make the deck and wheelhouse out of foamboard and cardboard. It does float too.

Thanks, Kevin.

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:19 pm

Razor17019 wrote:
pickelhaube wrote: How does $15 sound ?
Is that with or without the M60's?
Some of us have the M60's and some don't.
Let us know.
Razor

w/o

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 12:34 pm

Do I smell another custom brewing or is the coffee almost done ?

Post by **aferguson** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 1:47 pm

resurecting an old thread.

about the best use i've been able to come up with, for the True Heroes navy seal boat thingy, is a Royal Marines offshore raiding craft. Just strip the top deck off and use the hull. Almost exactly the right size.

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/7959/dinghyrw8.jpg

If anyone has a better use i'd like to hear it.

granch · Post by **granch** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 4:28 pm

Very nice to see other projects than aircrafts or tanks: there are so few boats here. I've found this excellent custom built with Goggle:

But there should be other models to be made with the GI Joe modell:

Or this one:

Or this one, perheaps?

All these originals, of course, have different sizes. I'll be glad to see some customs...
If you're interested, I've made (with an old bike tire and a half plastic box) a much smaller thing:

and at least this is my custom GI Joe River Patrol Boat (for pics, don't choose a river with too much current, I've lost 3 men):

granch · Post by **granch** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 4:37 pm

There is another one, smaller in size that would probably better fit with the Joe's assault boat:

Post by **aferguson** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 6:14 pm

can you tell me the names of the second and third boats?

granch · Post by **granch** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 12:05 am

Hello Afferg,
Sorry, not exactly. The 2nd one should be a Navy Seal (Coastal) Mk. V Patrol Boat, look at http://www.navyseal.com/redesigned_patrol_boat/. I couldn't find the other one anymore with goggle.

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